The latest event from Asia’s largest martial arts promoter is now upon us, with ONE: Heavy Hitters coming to you live from Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The fight card features a battle for the ONE women’s strawweight title, as “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan looks to register another title defense against dangerous Japanese judoka and submission specialist Ayaka Miura. ...
Georgian featherweight contender Giga Chikadze is making plenty of noise with his fists and his feet in the octagon, but feels that he needs to start making some enemies in order to hasten his path to the top of the division. Chikadze takes on fellow contender Calvin Kattar on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Vegas 46, and ...
Alexander Volkanovski will still get to put his UFC featherweight title on the line in Q1, but he’ll just have to wait an extra month. Volkanovski was originally due to face off against old rival Max Holloway in a trilogy bout at UFC 272 on March 5, but injury to the Hawaiian meant that matchup had to be scrapped from ...
The welterweight rivalry that has captured the imagination of UFC fans will finally reach the octagon, with former teammates Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal set to go head to head in the main event of UFC 272. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reported that the UFC’s chief business officer Hunter Campbell had informed him of the matchup, with contracts set to be ...
The first UFC main event of 2022 is all set to serve up a classic striker versus striker matchup as two fringe contenders look to surge into championship contention at 145 pounds. In the red corner, Calvin Kattar returns to the octagon after taking a year away after his comprehensive decision loss at the relentless hands of former featherweight champion ...
Bahraini MMA promotion Brave CF will crown a brand new bantamweight champion at Brave CF 57 as the organisation prepares for a huge week in March. Friday, March 11 will see Brave CF 57 take place as part of the promotion’s International Combat Week festivities, which will also feature the recently-announced MMA Super Cup amateur national team tournament. Already confirmed ...
Bahraini MMA promotion Brave CF has announced the launch of a brand new team-based competition for amateur MMA. Called the “MMA Super Cup,” the competition is a new tournament which will be promoted in partnership with the world’s governing body of amateur MMA, IMMAF, as well as KHK Sports and the Bahrain Mixed Martial Arts Federation. The inaugural tournament, which ...
Saygid Izagakhmaev is all set to make his ONE Championship debut when he faces former title challenge James Nakashima in a 170 pound (ONE lightweight division) matchup at ONE: Heavy Hitters on Friday, January 14 in Singapore, and he has one of the sport’s all-time greats backing him for success. Former undisputed UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is a longtime ...
Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway has been ruled out of his planned trilogy bout with reigning 145-pound champion Alexander Volkanovski, according to reports. Holloway was all set to face Volkanovski in an eagerly-anticipated third title bout in the main event of UFC 272, which is set to take place in Las Vegas on March 5. However, sources told ESPN’s ...
Francis Ngannou says he’d fight Tyson Fury ‘in a ring, an octagon, or a phone booth’ – Fighters Only
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is afraid of no man, even if that man is boxing’s heavyweight champion of the world, Tyson Fury. The WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing champion took to social media to ponder a potential cross-codes superfight with “The Predator” as he asked his two million followers, “Who would like to see me fight this beast ...