Zhilei Zhang may have to resort to “Plan C” given recent developments in the heavyweight division. The hard-hitting southpaw heavyweight from China is coming off a rousing, definitive third-round knockout of Joe Joyce last month, a rematch of their first fight in April, which Zhang also won by stoppage. After the fight, Zhang indicated that he wanted to glove up ...
Grant Dawson and Bobby Green may be about to throw hands in the main event of UFC Vegas 80, but Grant Dawson has a ton of respect for his more experienced opponent. Dawson and Green are set to face off in a five-round lightweight bout at the UFC Apex, with Green set to pose the biggest test of Dawson’s 22-fight ...
Dana White eyeing Noche UFC event at the Las Vegas Sphere: ‘We’ll put on an incredible show’ The venue, which has been an eye-catching addition to the Las Vegas skyline, hosted a U2 concert last weekend, with those that attended giving rave reviews about the venue, its facilities, and the unique atmosphere inside. And, speaking to reporters after the Contender ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom is shaking his head at the recent reports that WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will likely walk away with $200 million for his fights with Francis Ngannou and Oleksandr Usyk. Fury will face Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champion, in a non-title crossover boxing match on October 28th in Saudi Arabia. There is a rematch clause ...
Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington has never been shy to put himself front and center, and he plans on doing exactly that when he returns to action at UFC 296 in December. Covington returns to take on defending champion Leon Edwards for the undisputed UFC welterweight title in the main event of the UFC’s final pay-per-view event of ...
UFC CEO Dana White handed out contracts to all four winners, plus one lucky loser, as the latest night of Contender Series action added another fistful of prospects to the UFC roster. Brazilian hopefuls Rodolfo Bellato, Victor Hugo, and Mauricio Ruffy, plus Bahrain’s Magomed Gadzhiyasulov and Bolivia’s Jost Medina, went home with UFC contracts after impressing the UFC boss on ...
LAS VEGAS – The date of Tyson Fury’s fight against Oleksandr Usyk will mostly depend upon him emerging unscathed from his exhibition with Francis Ngannou. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of The General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, wants Fury and Usyk to square off as soon as possible, perhaps as early as December 23, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ...
Wales’ Aaron Aby takes on America’s Elias Garcia as Oktagon MMA gets set to crown its first flyweight champion at Oktagon 48. The matchup will form the main event of the Czech-Slovak promotion’s debut event on UK soil as they host a big-arena show at the AO Arena in Manchester on November 4. Aby’s career arc is a remarkable one. ...
LAS VEGAS – With his legendary, proud promoter standing beside him, Curmel Mouton exuded confidence that defies his age. The highly touted, 17-year-old featherweight prospect predicted that he’ll become a better fighter than Naoya Inoue when he was informed that Shakur Stevenson compared his skill set to that of the renowned Japanese superstar the day before Moton made his impressive ...
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch is over the moon with the recent news that a deal was finalized for an undisputed fight between heavyweight world champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. They attempted to make a deal earlier this year, but the fighters were unable to agree on the financial terms for the rematch. Fury will return to the ...