A former bantamweight champion will face off against the division’s newest star as Oktagon MMA heads back to the UK for a packed night of fights in Newcastle on January 27. Oktagon 52 will represent European promotion Oktagon’s second visit to UK shores, as the Utilita Arena plays host to the event, and there’s already a dynamite matchup lined up. ...
WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu is reportedly heading off to Thailand to begin training camp for a potential March date for his next world title defense. Last month in Australia, Tszyu made the first defense of his title with a dominant twelve round unanimous decision over top contender Brian Mendoza. There are now ongoing discussions to hold an event ...
Bobby Green was all set to take on Dan Hooker at UFC Austin, but injury to his Kiwi opponent left him without an opponent for what was supposed to be a pivotal bout for his career. Green was set to face Hooker in a bout that, if successful, could potentially have propelled him into the mix of contenders at 155 ...
UFC light heavyweight contenders Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker will renew their rivalry when they face off in the main event of a UFC Fight Night event in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 13. Ankalaev and Walker faced off at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, with the bout halted just three minutes, 13 seconds into the opening round and ruled ...
Brave CF returns to Brazil on December 7, in association with Victorious, but will not be crowning its first flyweight champion after another injury halted the company’s plans. The Brave CF Flyweight title curse is real. After yet another injury, the organization will not be crowning its first-ever 125-pound champion in Brazil after all after Flavio Queiroz, who was supposed ...
Jose Benavidez Jr. readily admits that his two professional losses came against elite-level opponents. The former WBA interim super lightweight champion cannot help but think, though, that those two fights would’ve unfolded differently if he didn’t have significant difficulty getting down to 147 pounds and later 154 pounds. Benavidez reflected on those two defeats during a virtual press conference recently ...
Robert Garcia had some scouting work to do. Considering that he has Raymond Muratalla in his stable, the longtime trainer figured that it made the most sense to hop on a flight and head to Vegas. This past Thursday, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Shakur Stevenson and Edwin De Los Santos squared off in the main event. ...
This isn’t the same Subriel Matias that arrived in Las Vegas nearly four years ago for his fight with Petros Ananyan. Matias admits he wasn’t taking training seriously enough back then. He partially attributed his lackluster performance in his first fight against Ananyan to smoking marijuana and other “vices” that kept the Puerto Rican knockout artist from reaching his potential. ...
Daniel Dubois knew he was never going to win a war of words with Jarrell Miller. The former secondary WBA heavyweight titlist is far more confident of what he do to his brash future foe in the ring. “I signed up for it. This is big time boxing,” Dubois noted of his forthcoming battle versus Brooklyn’s Miller (26-0-1, 22KOs). ...
Solomon Dacres still has a major part to play in the future of a flourishing British heavyweight division but the unbeaten English champion made heavy work of Saturday night’s title defense against Michael Webster. Just a couple of weeks after signing a long term deal with Queensberry Promotions, an opportunity arose for Dacres to make a hastily arranged title defense ...