The biggest female star in Bellator MMA is going nowhere. Bellator officials confirmed that the promotion has signed women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg to a new, exclusive, multi-fight contract. The 37-year-old, who has captured major titles in Strikeforce, UFC and Bellator during her stellar mixed martial arts career, has also branched out into professional boxing in recent months. But her ...
The already-stacked fight card for Bellator 297 just got even bigger, with the addition of six more bouts to the lineup for Chicago. The event is set to take place on Friday, June 16 at the WinTrust Arena, with a pair of championship bouts scheduled to top the card in the Windy City. Light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov will put ...
UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is on top of the world as he heads into the biggest fight of his career. Sterling will put his 135-pound title on the line against former two division champion Henry Cejudo in the main event of UFC 288 on Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey. Remarkably, it’ll be the first time Sterling headlines a ...
Cage Fury Fighting Championships and Fury Professional Grappling have confirmed that they will return to their regular home at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia for the latest submission grappling event, and they’ve booked some notable names for the card. Fury Professional Grappling 7 will take place on Saturday, May 27, and will be streamed live on UFC Fight Pass following ...
Reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes has a new challenger for her upcoming title defense at UFC 289. Originally, “The Lioness” was due to face Julianna Pena in a bantamweight title trilogy bout in Vancouver, Canada on Saturday, June 10. But an injury in training has ruled “The Venezuelan Vixen” out of action and unable to compete. It didn’t ...
For four Italian prospects, Cage Warriors 154 represents the chance to claim so much more than just a victory for their professional MMA records. It’s a chance to transform their lives. Edoardo Caiazza, Khadim Dia, Francesco Mazzeo, and Luca Borando all earned training camp spots on the MMA Fight Academy, a team put together as an initiative between Cage Warriors ...
The PFL’s 2022 featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane will take center stage when the promotion resumes its regular season schedule in Atlanta, Georgia in June. The second half of the PFL’s regular season will all be held at Atlanta’s Overtime Elite Arena, with Loughnane set to play a starring role as the featherweights and light heavyweights return to action for their ...
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson agrees with the opinion that Gervonta “Tank” Davis is the new “face of boxing.” Last month, Davis picked up his most high profile win when he knocked out Ryan Garcia in seven rounds. The Showtime Pay-Per-View generated a smashing 1.2 million buys, with a gate of $22 million at the T-Mobile Arena in Las ...
Chinese bantamweight contender Song Yadong edged closer to the division’s big guns with a fifth-round TKO of Ricky Simon at UFC Vegas 72. Song and Simon faced off in the main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and it was Song’s striking that prevailed over Simon’s wrestling as the 25-year-old outstruck his American opponent before eventually droppping him ...
Rhys McKee unified the Cage Warriors 170-pound titles in Dublin after stopping interim champion Jimmy Wallhead on his stool at the end of the fourth round at the 3Arena. The battle between reigning champion McKee and interim champ Wallhead was one of the most eagerly-anticipated bouts on the European scene this year, and the pair delivered a superb spectacle in ...