MMA legend Jose Aldo is still hoping to finalize an exhibition boxing match with five division world champion Floyd Mayweather. This Saturday night in Milwaukee, Aldo will take part in his second bout as a boxer, when he faces Jeremy Stephens on the main card of Gamebred Boxing 4. The two previously met in 2018, in the UFC, with Aldo ...
Raheam Forest is undefeated and carries championship gold around his waist, but the man known to his fans as “Rambo” is only just getting started as he looks to make his name as a top-level welterweight. Forest captured the CFFC welterweight title at CFFC 115, where he edged Collin Lubberts via split decision in Tunica, Mississippi. Now he’s set for ...
After going the distance to win the title in his last outing, CFFC heavyweight champion Greg Velasco is hoping to use the experience to take him to new heights as he puts his title on the line for the first time at CFFC 117. Velasco captured the title with a unanimous decision victory over Kevin “King Kevi” Sears at CFFC ...
Leah McCourt is back in the win column, back on form and potentially one win away from a shot at the Bellator women’s featherweight title. Northern Ireland’s McCourt saw her six-fight win streak snapped in Dublin in February 2022 when she lost a decision to former title challenger Sinead Kavanagh, but rebounded with a strong performance to defeat Dayana Silva ...
After capturing his first major MMA title and becoming a millionaire in the process, you’d be forgiven for thinking Brendan Loughnane would be taking things a little easier in 2023. But the Mancunian is having none of it. Rather than sitting back and enjoying the fruits of his labor in 2022, when he captured the PFL’s featherweight championship and the ...
Even die-hard fight freak Charles Dickens would agree: Last week was the best of weeks. And it was the worst of weeks. The former tag applies largely because of a Saturday night spent flitting between Las Vegas and central California, where dueling cards produced by Showtime and ESPN yielded compelling and street cred-enhancing main events at 168 and 140 pounds ...
A host of fighters on the cusp of contention will return to action at Bellator 293 as the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula plays host to the Bellator cage for the first time since 2019. The California venue was due to host a Bellator event back in May 2020 but the global COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of that ...
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is one of the biggest characters in the UFC’s 185-pound division, and he’s showing every bit of that character as he looks to rebound from one of the most horrific injuries ever seen inside the Octagon. Weidman snapped his leg during his bout with Uriah Hall at UFC 261 in April 2021. It was ...
England’s Arnold Allen has big plans to earn a shot at the UFC featherweight title, and hopes that a statement-making win over the division’s former champion will get him there. Allen will take on Max Holloway in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Kansas City, Missouri on April 15 in a bout that could propel him from fringe ...
Bellator have confirmed a date, a location and a pair of blockbuster championship bouts for Bellator 297 in June. The WinTrust Arena in Chicago will play host to the event, which takes place on Friday June 16, with two huge title fights at the top of the card. The main event will see a battle for the light heavyweight title, ...