The fighters took to the scale in Chicago ahead of Friday night’s Bellator 297 event, and all eyes were on the promotion’s featherweight champion as he looked to make bantamweight for the first time. Patricio Pitbull is bidding to capture a Bellator title in a third different weight class when he takes on bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis in the co-main ...
John Fury, father and trainer for undefeated light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury, says a deal is very close for a grudge fight with Youtuber turned boxer KSI. Last month, Fury was ringside for KSI's fight with unbeaten pro Joe Fournier. KSI was initially awarded with a second round knockout win, but the outcome was later overturned and changed to a ...
The official weigh-ins ahead of PFL 5 took place on Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, with all of the key matchups locked in for Friday night’s fight night at the Overtime Elite Arena. Twenty-three of the 24 fighters set for action made their contracted weights, with heavyweight main eventers Ante Delija and Maurice Greene both tipping the scale above the 250-pound ...
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is not convinced that former two-time world champion Anthony Joshua is "serious" about a potential rematch for the month of August. Joshua picked up a seventh round knockout win over Joshua in December of 2015. A rematch was discussed in early 2019, but the two sides were unable to reach an agreement - with Joshua and ...
Always a bridesmaid but never quite the bride, Sergiy Derevyanchenko has had the sort of career that leaves him little to no room for error. For the Ukrainian native, winning a world title has always been at the very top of his agenda. But after suffering close defeats at the hands of Daniel Jacobs, Jermall Charlo, and Carlos Adames at ...
The main event of UFC Vegas 75 features a pair of middleweights desperate to gatecrash the title picture again at 185 pounds, and if the pre-fight talk is anything to go by, we could be in for a cracker. That’s certainly Marvin Vettori’s hope, with “The Italian Dream” reacting excitedly to comments made earlier in the day by his opponent, ...
France meets the Ivory Coast with heavyweight gold on the line as French promotion Hexagone MMA returns to action on Saturday night, June 17, in Reims, France. Headlining the show is a battle for the promotion’s heavyweight title, with France’s Prince Aounallah taking on Ivory Coast’s Paul-Emmanuel Gnaze, while French lightweight star Anthony Dizy takes on Peru’s Roger Garcia in ...
Jaron Ennis and Roiman Villa will still fight in Atlantic City on July 8, but at a different venue than initially expected. BoxingScene.com has learned that the Ennis-Villa bout will headline a Premier Boxing Champions card at Boardwalk Hall’s Adrian Phillips Theater. Philadelphia’s Ennis announced and BoxingScene.com reported recently that their fight would be held at nearby Borgata Hotel Casino ...
Rising Star Promotions, in association with the Atlantic City Sports Commission, brings boxing back to Atlantic City’s historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, July 22, 7pm (doors at 6pm) with Boardwalk Boxing. The event will be headlined by N.J. native and middleweight title contender Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (35-5-1, 14 KOs) in the 10-round Main Event (opponent TBD) for his ...
Featherweight hot prospect Dennis Buzukja knows where he wants to be, and that’s the UFC’s Octagon. The 25-year-old Longo-Weidman MMA prospect was all set to do just that in May when he accepted a short-notice fight with undefeated Russian contender Movsar Evloev at UFC 288, only for Evloev to opt to face Diego Lopes instead. It left Buzukja on the ...