Michael “Venom” Page hasn’t put pen to paper on his latest promotional contract yet, but he’s edging closer. Page departed Bellator at the end of his contract, and rumors were rife that he was all set to make the jump to the UFC. Those rumors only grew stronger when he was captured at Octagonside in Abu Dhabi for UFC 294. ...
The bad blood between Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy apparently still persists. In a recent interview with Brian Custer on The Last Stand Podcast, the native of Victorville, Calif., took issue with some claims made by Bernard Hopkins, one of the key brass at Golden Boy Promotions, ahead of Garcia’s upcoming 140-pound fight with Oscar Duarte on Dec. 2 at ...
One venue and a choice from two top-tier opponents. Promoter Eddie Hearn cannot—and refuses to—envision any other scenario that’s next for Katie Taylor than to headline at Croke Park. The famed Dublin venue was eyed for her long overdue homecoming earlier this year but costs instead drove both DAZN-aired headliners versus Chantelle Cameron to the 9,000-seat 3Arena in May and ...
Two-division ONE world champion Christian Lee looks set to make his way back to the promotion early in 2024. ONE chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong told South China Morning Post that “The Warrior” has been gearing up for a return to action, which may come as soon as February. The world’s largest martial arts organization returns to Singapore Indoor Stadium ...
The full undercard and broadcast team is set for the year-end installment of the Most Valuable Promotions' MVProspects series. Promising junior middleweight prospect Yoenis Tellez and series regular Lorenzo Medina appear in separate bouts as part of the December 15 DAZN show topped by the Jake Paul-Andre August cruiserweight fight from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Cuba’s Tellez (6-0, ...
Two of the most dangerous grapplers in the UFC lightweight division face off in a pivotal main event bout in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, December 2. Both Beneil Dariush and Arman Tsarukyan have the mat skills to put their 155-pound rivals in big trouble, but who will prevail when they’re pitted head to head in a five-round headliner? Dariush heads ...
Terence Crawford is stuck in a holding pattern trying to determine the next steps of his Hall of Fame-bound career. The Nebraska native Crawford is coming off a crushing KO victory against Errol Spence Jr. in July that made him the undisputed welterweight champion. The bout had a rematch clause that has since been activated, but it remains to be ...
“Super” Sage Northcutt once looked up to Japanese MMA legend Shinya Aoki, but the ONE Championship veteran soon became a rival for the American star. The pair were set to clash in 2021, but Northcutt wasn’t ready to return to action following the devastating injury he suffered in his promotional debut in 2019. Their rivalry didn’t fizzle, however, and their ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn has an idea for an attractive in-house matchup for next year. The Matchroom head suggested his company may look into making a super middleweight bout in 2024 between two of their clients: New York-based Puerto Rican Edgar Berlanga and rising star Diego Pacheco, a Los Angeles native of Mexican descent. Talk of a Berlanga vs. Pacheco ...
At Brave CF 76, fight fans witnessed an epic comeback – and one of the best come-from-behind performances in the history of Brave Combat Federation. In the fourth fight of the evening, we saw a bantamweight collision take place between Randi Febian and Dewantoro. We expected to see an incredible brawl between the two men, and when push came to ...