Ahead of the PFL Europe Playoffs in Paris on September 30, the promotion’s Head of Fighter Operations Dan Hardy chatted exclusively to Fighters Only’s Simon Head to give his half-term report on PFL Europe’s inaugural season. We’re halfway through the inaugural PFL Europe season, so now seems like the perfect time to catch up and get a half-term report from ...
‘King’ Callum Walsh will make his New York debut on one of boxing’s biggest stages, The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The ten-round main event on Thursday, November 9 will be broadcast globally on UFC Fight Pass, which is also making its Garden debut for boxing. “Every fighter aspires to fight at Madison Square Garden,” said Walsh. “It’s a big ...
Zhilei Zhang isn’t going anywhere. The hard-hitting Chinese heavyweight will remain a Queensberry Promotions-affiliated fighter for the foreseeable future, according to the British company’s founder Frank Warren. Zhang notched the biggest win of his career last Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London with a brutal third-round knockout of the once highly-regarded Joe Joyce in their 12-round, contractually-stipulated heavyweight ...
Terry Lane, co-manager of Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang, would love to match his fighter against WBC world champion Tyson Fury. The two sides were in serious talks earlier this year, and a deal appeared to be close, but then Joe Joyce derailed those discussions by exercising an immediate rematch clause to force a second encounter with Zhang. Last Saturday night ...
Boxing used to be a simple sport. Its complexities should become even less accentuated when a fighter becomes a world champion. To put it in its simplest form, just fight other good fighters. Tyson Fury, however, is making things far more complicated than it has to be. In just over a month, the WBC titlist will be taking on boxing ...
The lightweight main event at UFC Vegas 79 was expected to propel the winner closer to championship contention at 155 pounds, but questions still remain after Mateusz Gamrot emerged victorious from his bout with Rafael Fiziev. Gamrot and Fiziev faced off in the headline bout at the UFC Apex, but the eagerly-anticipated matchup between the former two-division KSW champion and ...
British promoter Frank Warren warns that the loser of Saturday’s heavyweight contest between Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang will see their championship aspirations stymied for at least a couple of years. China’s Zhang (25-1-1, 20 KOs) and London’s Joyce (15-1, 14 KOs) will meet at OVO Arena Wembley tonight in London for their 12-round rematch, five months after Zhang sprang ...
The UFC returns to its Las Vegas home of the UFC Apex for this weekend’s UFC Fight Night event, as lightweight contenders Rafael Fiziev and Mateusz Gamrot get set to face off in the main event. The fighters took to the scale in Sin City for the official weigh-ins, where all 22 fighters had no problems making weight for their ...
Oktagon MMA’s new reality show, Oktagon Challenge: England vs. Ireland, has brought plenty of trash talk and plenty of fun as the two teams of rival MMA prospects go head to head in team challenges before returning to live together under one roof. The show, which streams in the UK on Channel 4’s platforms, offers a chance for a group ...
The main event of the UFC’s final pay-per-view event of 2023 has been confirmed, with the undisputed welterweight title on the line in Las Vegas. Reigning 170-pound champion Leon Edwards will be looking to make the second defense of his title when he faces former interim champion Colby Covington in the headline bout of UFC 296. The bout was confirmed ...