He’s been away from the cage for three years, but Henry Cejudo looked like he hadn’t missed a day as he took to the stage for the UFC 288 press conference and eased straight back into his “King of Cringe” pre-fight persona. The former Olympic wrestling champion and two-division UFC champion started out life in the UFC trying to put ...
Bantamweight title challengers Dylan Hazan and Caolan Loughran had no issues on the scale as they both successfully made championship weight for their 135-pound title fight at Cage Warriors 154 on Saturday night in Rome. Both Hazan and Loughran hit the championship limit of 135 pounds at the official weigh-ins in Rome on Friday morning, but tensions were high when ...
The biggest female star in Bellator MMA is going nowhere. Bellator officials confirmed that the promotion has signed women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg to a new, exclusive, multi-fight contract. The 37-year-old, who has captured major titles in Strikeforce, UFC and Bellator during her stellar mixed martial arts career, has also branched out into professional boxing in recent months. But her ...
Pick It: World Champion Saul Alvarez vs. TBRB #5 John Ryder (Saturday, DAZN PPV, 7:00 PM EST) It’s a homecoming for boxing’s most established superstar as he defends the undisputed super middleweight title for the second time. 32-year old Saul Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KO) shook off his light heavyweight loss to Dmitrii Bivol with a decisive, rivalry-concluding victory over Gennadiy ...
The already-stacked fight card for Bellator 297 just got even bigger, with the addition of six more bouts to the lineup for Chicago. The event is set to take place on Friday, June 16 at the WinTrust Arena, with a pair of championship bouts scheduled to top the card in the Windy City. Light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov will put ...
Cage Warriors has bolstered its roster with the addition of multiple fighters on long-term, exclusive multi-fight deals. Via a press release from the organization, Cage Warriors confirmed five names who have been added to their fighter roster: Matteo Martignoni (1-0) made his professional debut late last year, and is the latest in a number of Italian prospects to commit to ...
Thirteen-time MMA world champion Demetrious Johnson arrived in ONE Championship in 2019 as a proven commodity in the West – but he wanted to affirm his legacy with his move to the Singapore-based outfit. The ONE flyweight world champion will surely do that if he successfully defends his crown against Adriano Moraes in their thunderous main event trilogy bout at ...
Light heavyweight contender Joshua Buatsi would embrace the scenario of fighting the winner of the upcoming showdown between WBC, WBO, IBF champion Artur Beterbiev and mandatory challenger Callum Smith. Buatsi is back on Saturday night, when he faces top rated Pawel Stepien. Beterbiev vs. Smith is still without a finalized date or location. Top Rank, who co-promote Beterbiev, recently outbid ...
A grinning Gervonta Davis demonstratively answered in the affirmative when Showtime’s Jim Gray asked him recently if he has added an unofficial title to his resume. “I’m definitely the face of boxing,” Davis replied to Gray’s question in the immediate aftermath of his seventh-round knockout of Ryan Garcia on April 22. “Abso-f----ng-lutely!” Canelo Alvarez admitted Thursday that he is a ...
An undefeated fighter from Claressa Shields’ hometown will be featured on her undercard June 3 in Detroit. BoxingScene.com has learned that Ardreal Holmes will box Wendy Toussaint in a 10-round junior middleweight match that night. DAZN will stream Holmes-Toussaint in what figures to be a competitive co-feature before Shields faces Hanna Gabriels in the main event, a 10-round rematch, at ...