One of the UFC’s biggest crowd-pleasers has called it a career. MMA Fighting broke the news that Carlos Condit, known to his legion of fans as ‘The Natural Born Killer’ is calling time on a 19-year, 46-fight career that took him to championship glory in both the WEC and the UFC. Condit won the WEC welterweight title in March 2007 ...
Alexander Volkanovski may be one of the world’s best fighters, but prior to his octagon successes, Australia’s reigning UFC featherweight champion was chasing greatness in a completely different sporting realm. Volkanovski previously played rugby league back home in Wollongong, Australia, where he played for Warilla Gorillas alongside his friends as a prop forward. Despite his small stature, Volkanovski was a ...
The long-awaited Bellator debut of Yoel Romero is finally here. “The Soldier of God,” an Olympic silver medallist in freestyle wrestling and multi-time UFC title challenger, was all set to kick off his Bellator career against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at Bellator 258 in May, but he was ruled out of the light heavyweight grand prix bout after failing his pre-fight ...
Brazil reigned supreme at Triller Fight Club: Legends II as former UFC champions Vitor Belfort and Anderson Silva served up a pair of first-round finishes in Florida. The main event of the evening saw Belfort, who was originally set to face Oscar De La Hoya, take on 58-year-old Evander Holyfield, and scored a mercifully quick stoppage victory over the former ...
Three former UFC champions will pull on the big gloves and throw hands in the two featured bouts of the night in Florida at Triller Fight Club’s latest pay-per-view offering on FITE TV. The main event of the evening was all set to feature former UFC champion Vitor Belfort against boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya. But, after “The Golden ...
Cage Warriors returns to action with the latest “Trilogy” series of events, and the middle show, Cage Warriors 128, now has a confirmed headliner. Rising Irish star Paul Hughes and French former champion Morgan Charriere will face off for the interim Cage Warriors featherweight title at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday October 1 as two of ...
UFC Fight Night 191 was supposed to take place in London, England. But, after the UFC decided to switch the event from The O2 Arena to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, the fighters took the venue change in their stride and served up an action-packed night of fights. Check out the official results below, accompanied by action shots taken ...
Derek Brunson and Darren Till head into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 191 main event in Las Vegas with their sights set on an impressive victory – and a shot a the undisputed UFC middleweight title. With reigning 185-pound world champion Israel Adesanya rapidly running out of fresh contenders to face him for his middleweight title, all eyes will be on ...
This Saturday night, September 4, several UFC hopefuls are set for action at UAE Warriors 22 at the Jiu-Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi as they look to score big wins to attract the attention of the top brass in Las Vegas. In the night’s main event, former BAMMA champion Rany Saadeh takes on decorated wrestler and longtime Bellator fighter Shawn ...
This Friday night, September 3, at UAE Warriors 21: Arabia 4, the promotion will crown their first ever Arabia champions at the Jiu-Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi. Former Bellator fighter and UAE native Mohammad Yahya (9-3) will face Algeria’s Yazid Chouchane (7-2) in the main event for the inaugural UAE Warriors Arabia lightweight championship while popular Kuwaiti fighter Abdullah Boushehri (8-2) will battle Morocco’s Badreddine Diani (3-1) in the co-main event ...