Ra’eese Aleem respects Stephen Fulton for embracing the biggest challenge of Fulton’s career. One of Fulton’s 122-pound rivals just can’t envision the unbeaten WBC/WBO champion traveling to Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue’s home country and upsetting one of boxing’s most complete, dangerous fighters. Philadelphia’s Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs) is scheduled to defend his two belts versus Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) on ...
Sergio Pettis produced arguably the biggest statement of his MMA career as he claimed a clear unanimous decision win over pound-for-pound star Patricio Pitbull to retain his bantamweight title at Bellator 297. Pettis and Pitbull faced off for the 135-pound title in the co-main event in Chicago, as Pitbull made his bid for history as the first fighter to capture ...
York Hall, London - ‘Sweet’ Caroline Dubois delivered in an eight round victory over a high-level opponent in Yanina del Carmen Lescano to take the 7th professional victory of her career. Dubois controlled every single round of the fight, scoring a knockdown in the fifth and landing heavy punches throughout the fight. This was an invaluable learning experience for Dubois, ...
Vilson Ndregjoni claimed a statement victory in the main event of CFFC 120 in Atlantic City, but left without the title after being forced to relinquish the belt before even stepping into the CFFC cage. Ndregjoni failed to make championship weight ahead of his scheduled bantamweight title matchup with Wendel Araujo, who was still eligible to win the belt after ...
Legacy Fight Alliance crowned two new champions in Owensboro, Kentucky on Friday night as John Sweeney and Azamat Bekoev captured titles at LFA 160. In the night’s main event, Sweeney outpointed Allan Begosso over five rounds to claim a landslide unanimous decision victory, with scores of 50-45, 49-46, 49-46 to add his name to the promotion’s list of bantamweight champions. ...
The PFL’s 2023 heavyweight and women’s featherweight playoff spots were confirmed at PFL 5 in Atlanta, as one champion progressed to the semi-finals of the season, and another fell by the wayside. The 2022 women’s lightweight champion Larissa Pacheco showed that she had brought her punch power down a weight class as she demolished Amber Leibrock in just 45 seconds ...
London Shootfighters hot prospect Norbert Novenyi Jr continued his rise up the Bellator middleweight rankings with a near-flawless victory at Bellator 297. Novenyi Jr. needed just 46 seconds to knock out Kamil Oniszczuk on the preliminary card as he improved his record to 7-0 with a superb display. Oniszczuk was expected to provide a stern test of Novenyi’s credentials, but ...
The Oktagon cage is open for business once again, with the Czech-Slovak promotion returning to Germany for Oktagon 44, which takes place Saturday night in Oberhausen. Ahead of fight night, the fighters took to the scale for the official weigh-ins, with the headlining title fight between Pavol Langer and Alexander Poppeck made official after both men hit championship weight for ...
Olympic silver medal winner Frazer Clarke went the ten round distance for the first time on Friday at York Hall in London. Clarke picked up a decision win over tough heavyweight veteran Marius Wach of Poland. The unbeaten Brit was the mandatory challenger to British champion Fabio Wardley. The contest was heading to a purse bid when Clarke was unexpectedly pulled ...
The vacant IBO world super bantamweight title will be on the line when Lee McGregor makes a hero’s return to Edinburgh next month. ‘Lightning’ faces the dangerous Mexican Erik Robles at the Meadowbank Sports Centre on Friday, July 21, live-and-free-to-air on Channel 5. Excitement levels were already through the roof for McGregor’s homecoming, but the stakes have been raised with ...