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 ...
Conor McGregor’s inactivity may have seen him drop out of the UFC’s official rankings lists, but that won’t stop the promotion from throwing him straight into a lightweight title fight if the stars align upon his return. That’s the view of former UFC middleweight champion and UFC analyst Michael Bisping, who said that McGregor has a very good chance of ...
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is on her way back to the octagon, and she has her sights set on an old nemesis. Jedrzejczyk’s recent form is patchy – she has lost four of her last six – but she remains one of the world’s premier 115-pound fighters. However, she hasn’t competed since her split-decision loss to then-champion Zhang Weili at UFC 248 ...
The UFC are determined to hit the ground running in 2022, and their fight card for UFC 272 on March 5 is looking stacked to the gills already. Topping the bill is a mouth-watering world championship double-header, with a pair of fan-friendly rematches set to light up the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Headlining the event is a trilogy fight ...
The two female fighters who have proudly flown the flag for Irish MMA will face off in a huge featherweight matchup in Dublin on February 25. Former featherweight championship challenger Sinead Kavanagh and rising contender Leah McCourt will do battle in the cage at the 3Arena, Dublin as part of a stacked lineup on the Emerald Isle. Northern Ireland’s McCourt ...