The fighters took to the scale in Tennessee ahead of UFC Nashville, with 23 of the 24 athletes set for action hitting their contracted weights during the two-hour early-morning session. The event will be headlined by a 140-pound catchweight bout between bantamweight contenders Cory Sandhagen and Rob Font. Font’s short-notice appearance in the main event, as a replacement for Umar ...
It was supposed to be an all-out war, something that boxing fans would never forget. Errol Spence Jr. and Terence “Bud” Crawford captured the imagination of the boxing world. No matter how you sliced it, considering their resumes, the two were viewed as the best welterweights around. And while Jaron Ennis would vehemently disagree with that statement, he quietly took ...
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev may have his sights set on double-champ status after UFC 294, but his head coach admits that he’d love to see his charge settle some unfinished business first. Chatting to Submission Radio, American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez gave his take on Makhachev’s current situation and admitted that, after the Russian’s title defense against ...
French MMA promotion Hexagone MMA is all set to break new ground as they take their cage to the Netherlands on October 28. The upcoming show, in partnership with local organization Enfusion Cage Events (ECE), will see Hexagone head to Alkmaar for a shot at the Hoornse Vaart Sports Complex, with Hexagone providing the main card bouts, and ECE booking ...
Nothing in the repertoire of Errol Spence Jr. struck trainer Brian McIntyre as particularly complex. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Far from it. The veteran trainer of Terence Crawford was hardly impressed by Spence’s performance against his charge last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Omaha, Nebraska’s Crawford dropped Spence three times en route to stopping the Texan in ...
Abu Dhabi Showdown Week has been bolstered with the addition of another big night of fights, with UAE Warriors confirming to Fighters Only that they will be holding an event as part of the week-long festivities. UAE Warriors 45 will take place on Friday, October 20 at a venue to be confirmed in due course, though one potential location option ...
Top 10 bantamweights will go head to head in a main event clash with potential championship ramifications in Nashville, Tennessee this weekend. UFC Nashville will feature a five-round 135-pound contender clash, as Cory Sandhagen takes on Rob Font with big things potentially on the line for the winner. Sandhagen enters the bout as the higher-ranked man, coming in as the ...
Anthony Joshua believes Tyson Fury’s decision to face Francis Ngannou is ‘massively frustrating’ for the heavyweight division - and says his British rival should have waited until he was no longer WBC champion to do it. After talks broke down for Fury’s unification with Oleksandr Usyk earlier this year, the 6ft 9in heavyweight decided to arrange a clash with MMA ...
The Brave CF bantamweight title will be on the line at in Bogota, Colombia, as Jose Torres and Nkosi Ndebele face off for the 135-pound crown. Both men arrive in Bogota in stellar form. Torres is undefeated under the Brave CF banner with three wins and one draw to his name, while Ndebele has been with Brave CF from his ...
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Callum Johnson (20-1, 14 KOs), 37-years-old, is coming out of retirement for one final run. And this time around, Johnson will attempt to find success in the cruiserweight division. Johnson has been out of the ring since October of 2021, when he picked up a ten round majority decision win over Server Emurlaev. "I've got bored of this retirement. I'm ...