The two bantamweight contenders set for action in the main event both made weight ahead of UFC Vegas 72, with Song Yadong and Ricky Simon both hitting the non-title bantamweight limit of 136 pounds for their five-round main event. The co-main event also saw both fighters register identical weights, with Caio Borralho and Michal Oleksiekjczuk both tipping the scale at ...
Number 10 bantamweight contender Ricky Simon is experiencing his first fight week as a UFC main event fighter, and the 30-year-old feels right at home. Simon takes on Chinese contender Song Yadong in the main event of UFC Vegas 72, which takes place Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. And, chatting to reporters on media day ahead ...
The Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia fight did even bigger business than those involved in the event expected. BoxingScene.com has learned that their Showtime Pay-Per-View main event generated approximately 1.2 million buys in the United States. Most insiders interviewed by BoxingScene.com before Davis’ seventh-round knockout of Garcia projected that it would produce anywhere between 450,000 and 750,000 buys, which still would’ve been ...
The 3Arena in Dublin will host a huge title unification battle as reigning Cage Warriors welterweight champion Rhys McKee takes on interim champion and UK MMA legend Jimmy Wallhead. The pair will face off in the main event of Cage Warriors 153, which takes place Saturday night, April 29, with Dublin’s famed 3Arena set to generate another unforgettable atmosphere for ...
Patchy Mix’s stunning knockout of Raufeon Stots received additional recognition when he was added to the promotion’s official pound-for-pound top 10. In the latest update to the official Bellator MMA Fighter Rankings, Mix has broken into the pound-for-pound list, at number nine, while in the women’s pound-for-pound rankings, former flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane also received a boost as she moved ...
The scheduled fight between social media star Jake Paul and UFC veteran Nate Diaz will move forward as planned. On Tuesday, both sides announced that a press conference has been set down for May 9th at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas. Both Paul and Diaz will be present to have their first face to face. The fight will ...
A huge weekend of MMA for UK fans will kick off with a rematch for the Cage Warriors middleweight title on Friday, July 21. Cage Warriors 157 will take place on that date from the Indigo at The O2, with a UFC Fight Night takes place at The O2 Arena the following night. And the Cage Warriors card, which already ...
The ongoing story of Conor McGregor is set to go under the spotlight in a new docuseries, “McGregor Forever,” which is due for release on Netflix on May 17. The documentary series will feature four hour-long episodes detailing the Irish superstar’s UFC career and battle back to fitness following his broken leg sustained against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in ...
‘King’ Callum Walsh, (6-0, 5 KOs), of Cork, Ireland faces veteran Carson Jones, (43-15-3, 31 KOs), of Oklahoma City, OK on the next edition of the ‘Hollywood Fight Nights’ series at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA and broadcast globally on UFC Fight Pass. Said Tom Loeffler, “Callum continues to show in each fight that he has both the ...
UFC 288 got a big-time addition with the booking of a huge welterweight clash, with Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad agreeing to face off in a five-round co-main event bout that looks set to crown the next number-one contender in the 170-pound division. It means a quick turnaround for Burns, who defeated Jorge Masvidal via unanimous decision at UFC 287 ...