Over the past two decades, Dana White has steered the UFC to the sporting mainstream, but despite a remarkable run at the helm of the promotion, the 52-year-old is far from finished. Now he’s targeting global domination. Speaking to Bloomberg as part of a feature on the business of sports, White lifted the lid on what has made the UFC ...
Bellator’s upcoming visit to Dublin has a new main event, with an Irish star set to fight for championship gold. The eagerly-anticipated lightweight rematch between rival contenders Peter Queally and Patricky Pitbull was originally booked as a three-round co-main event bout, but recent events have caused the bout to be elevated to a title fight. Irish lightweight contender Queally had ...
The first UFC pay-per-view event of 2022 will cement the promotion’s undisputed heavyweight champion. According to reports from French outlet La Sueur that were subsequently confirmed with sources by MMA Junkie, current champ Francis Ngannou will take on the recently-crowned interim champion Ciryl Gane on Saturday, January 22. The bout will see the former training partners face off for the ...
Former two division UFC world champion Henry Cejudo has been making the headlines for different reasons over recent days, but ‘The Messenger’ hasn’t just been campaigning for his octagon return. Cejudo has made no secret of his desire to return to the UFC and challenge reigning UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. But, in his latest appearance in his podcast, “The ...
Former light heavyweight title challenger Thiago ‘Marreta’ Santos headed into Saturday night’s UFC Vegas 38 main event with one aim – win at all costs. The Brazilian, the only man to win on a judge’s scorecard against the pound-for-pound great Jon Jones, arrived in Las Vegas desperate to turn his form around following three consecutive defeats in his last three ...
Cage Warriors crowned a hat-trick of new champions, with new flyweight, bantamweight, interim featherweight belt-holders added to the promotion’s roll of honour this past weekend. London’s iconic York Hall in Bethnal Green played host to the promotion’s latest “Trilogy” series, with Cage Warriors 127, 128 and 129 serving up three back-to-back nights of action, with a new champion crowned on ...
The Bellator cage landed in London for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the English fans came out in force for a wild night at Bellator 267. The SSE Arena at Wembley was packed to the rafters for the first big-arena MMA event since lockdown, and the event had the feel of a big reunion as the fans ...
The Bellator cage has landed in London ahead of Friday night’s Bellator 267 event at the SSE Arena at Wembley, and the main event features one of London’s own looking to exact revenge for his only career defeat. Michael ‘Venom’ Page lost his undefeated record when he was spectacularly knocked out by Douglas Lima at Bellator 221. Now, after winning ...
The featherweight title battle between Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega served up an instant classic at UFC 266. It was one of the best title fights we’ve seen inside the octagon in some time, and a fight that Daniel Cormier described as the best fight he’s ever called live. Volkanovski claimed a landslide decision on the scorecards, earning scores of ...
Alexander Volkanovski produced a brilliant performance to retain his UFC featherweight title in the main event of UFC 266, but his victory didn’t come without a major scare. After bossing the opening two rounds against challenger Brian Ortega, Volkanovski found himself in big trouble when he was decked by a left hand, then caught in a deep guillotine choke. How ...