WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is still hopeful that he can finalize an undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk – but he’s far from confident that a future clash can be made with domestic rival Anthony Joshua. Earlier this year, Fury and Usyk were in serious discussions, but they were unable to reach an agreement on the financial terms for a ...
Israel Adesanya’s camp is giving Sean Strickland “full respect” ahead of their UFC 293 showdown in Sydney. Strickland was named as a short-notice opponent for Adesanya in the main event in Australia, which takes place on September 9. It was thought that the likely next challenge for Adesanya would be Dricus du Plessis, but with the South African contender ruled ...
Bellator will celebrate a major milestone on Saturday, October 7 when Bellator 300 takes place in San Diego, California. The promotion’s matchmakers have stacked the deck for the event, which will take place at the Pechanga Arena, with four championship fights scheduled in the biggest championship lineup in the promotion’s history. Headlining the show is a battle for the Bellator ...
Nate Diaz may have departed the UFC to box Jake Paul, but he’ll always be welcomed by the UFC, says UFC president Dana White. Diaz fought out his contract and banked a huge payday when he boxed Paul in Dallas, Texas last weekend as he took Paul the distance in a losing effort in their 10-round boxing match. And, despite ...
Dana White was in a generous mood as his Contender Series returned to action at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The 57th Contender Series event kicked off the seventh season of the Tuesday night talent-finding fight series, with all five winners on the night earning contracts from the UFC president. The featured bout of the night saw undefeated Brazilian ...
The upcoming UFC pay-per-view event in Sydney now has a main event, and one of the sport’s biggest stars set to top the card in Australia. Undisputed middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will headline the event at the 21,000-capacity Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday, September 9 as he takes on the number-five middleweight contender Sean Strickland. Adesanya was expected to face ...
Two of the most well-rounded, technical welterweights in the UFC go head to head in the main event of UFC Vegas 78, as the UFC Apex plays host to the latest UFC Fight Night event. The matchup sees 10th-ranked Luque looking to get back to winning ways after suffering back-to-back defeats to Belal Muhammad and Geoff Neal, while former lightweight ...
Cory Sandhagen’s dominant victory over Rob Font may have been a landslide on the scorecards, but the manner of his victory didn’t impress the watching crowd at UFC Nashville, as “The Sandman” turned to his ground game to claim a shutout decision victory. Sandhagen sustained a torn tricep in the opening round, with the injury significant enough force him to ...
Cory Sandhagen’s dominant victory over Rob Font may have been a landslide on the scorecards, but the manner of his victory didn’t impress the watching crowd at UFC Nashville, as “The Sandman” turned to his ground game to claim a shutout decision victory. Sandhagen sustained a torn tricep in the opening round, with the injury significant enough force him to ...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. apparently feels that Errol Spence Jr. has completely outgrown the division in which he has fought his entire career. What’s more, the Hall of Fame fighter thinks that it is in Spence’s best interests to jump up not one, but possibly two or three weight classes in order to perform at optimal strength. Spence, of Desoto, Texas, ...