UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev may have his sights set on double-champ status after UFC 294, but his head coach admits that he’d love to see his charge settle some unfinished business first. Chatting to Submission Radio, American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez gave his take on Makhachev’s current situation and admitted that, after the Russian’s title defense against ...
Abu Dhabi Showdown Week has been bolstered with the addition of another big night of fights, with UAE Warriors confirming to Fighters Only that they will be holding an event as part of the week-long festivities. UAE Warriors 45 will take place on Friday, October 20 at a venue to be confirmed in due course, though one potential location option ...
Top 10 bantamweights will go head to head in a main event clash with potential championship ramifications in Nashville, Tennessee this weekend. UFC Nashville will feature a five-round 135-pound contender clash, as Cory Sandhagen takes on Rob Font with big things potentially on the line for the winner. Sandhagen enters the bout as the higher-ranked man, coming in as the ...
The official weigh-ins took place in San Antonio ahead of the PFL’s first Playoff event of 2023, with one of the four featherweight contenders failing to make the required weight for his semi-final matchup. Jesus Pinedo, who blasted his way into the final four with a shock knockout of 2022 champion Brendan Loughane, is all set to face top seed ...
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has revealed that he secured the services of Hall of Famer Mike Tyson to be the head trainer for the upcoming fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury. Ngannou and Fury will collide in a non-title boxing match on October 28 in Saudi Arabia. Tyson, a former undisputed heavyweight champion, is excited with his role ...
Jake Paul and Nate Diaz are set to do big business by the time they enter the ring. Their upcoming ten-round bout will headline a DAZN/ESPN+/PPV.com Pay-Per-View event this Saturday from American Airlines Center (AAC) in Dallas, Texas. The show is guaranteed to produce the largest live gate for any boxing event at the venue and its second-best for any ...
One of the biggest fan-favorites in French MMA finally has his shot on the big stage. Former Cage Warriors featherweight champion Morgan Charriere has signed with the UFC, with news of “The Last Pirate’s” opportunity initially emerging via a report by Maitres Fumiers. Soon after, Charriere’s manager Graham Boylan shared a video of him surprising the Frenchman with the news ...
Nate Diaz will be fighting upstart boxer Jake Paul on Saturday. The matchup will feature another high-profiled MMA star stepping out of the cage and into the squared circle to battle a boxer. Outside of Anderson Silva outlasting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in 2021, MMA fighters have not had much of a good run crossing over into boxing lately. The ...
Dan Hardy says the PFL would be the ideal landing spot for Michael “Venom” Page as the Bellator star ponders his next move following his move into free agency. Page has been one of Bellator’s biggest stars over the past decade, and his announcement on The MMA Hour that he is now a free agent has sparked plenty of intrigue ...
They might be rivals in the same division, but Michael Chandler had no problem heaping praise on former opponent Justin Gaethje following “The Highlight’s” knockout win over Dustin Poirier at UFC 291 last weekend. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chandler broke down Gaethje’s BMF title-winning performance as he knocked out Poirier with a spectacular head kick in the main event ...