The UFC heads to New York City for UFC 295 as “The Big Apple” plays host to a blockbuster show at Madison Square Garden. The event was due to be headlined by a heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, but following a shoulder injury to the champion, that bout is off the card, and the light heavyweight ...
Two weeks’ notice to fight for an interim UFC heavyweight title against arguably the scariest man in the entire promotion would be considered a fool’s errand by many. But Tom Aspinall is not just anyone. The Englishman has his eyes on the prize and plans to sit atop the UFC heavyweight division sooner rather than later. And if that means ...
Kayla Harrison gets opponent switch, faces Aspen Ladd at 2023 PFL World Championship – Fighters Only
Two-time PFL women’s lightweight world champion Kayla Harrison will face a different opponent at the 2023 PFL World Championships. After PFL officials stated that Harrison’s original opponent Julia Budd had “refused to fulfill her contractual obligation,” former UFC bantamweight contender has been drafted in on two weeks’ notice to take on the two-time Olympic judo champion. The event, which takes ...
King’ Callum Walsh, (8-0, 7 KOs), of Cork, Ireland stepped on the scales on Wednesday. Joining Walsh at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square was his opposition on Thursday night, Ismael ‘The Beast’ Villarreal, (13-1, 9 KOs), of the Bronx, NY. Fighting in the lightweight division, Knockout Machine Cain Sandoval, (10-0, 10 KOs), of Sacramento, CA faces Brooklyn’s Battle-Tested Wesley ...
WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is hoping that his undisputed clash with WBC champion Tyson Fury will land in the month of February. Their fight was being pegged to land on December 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, last month, Fury took more punishment than expected in a crossover boxing match with former UFC world champion Francis ...
Callum Walsh will fight for just the ninth time as a professional Thursday night in New York. The Irish southpaw’s opponent, Ismael Villarreal, has displayed power, but he is not ranked in the top 15 among junior middleweight contenders by the IBF, WBA, WBC or WBO. Walsh’s Hall-of-Fame trainer nevertheless believes that his ambitious 22-year-old prospect will accomplish one of ...
UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley has revealed that the UFC is open to the idea of a pay-per-view boxing match with Ryan Garcia. Back in August, O’Malley became the UFC’s bantamweight champion when he knocked out Aljamain Sterling in two rounds. After the win, O'Malley quickly called for a boxing match with Gervonta 'Tank' Davis. A few weeks later, he ...
The UFC heads to New York City for UFC 295 as “The Big Apple” plays host to a blockbuster show at Madison Square Garden. The event was due to be headlined by a heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, but following a shoulder injury to the champion, that bout is off the card, and the light heavyweight ...
The new headliner at UFC 295 features an explosive battle for the vacant 205-pound title, as former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka returns to claim the title he never lost in the Octagon, but standing in his way is former middleweight champion and vicious knockout artist Alex Pereira. The matchup offers a fascinating clash between two of the most dangerous ...
Tom Aspinall will leave New York City as the interim UFC heavyweight champion of the world, and he’ll make it look easy. That’s the view of former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, who has predicted a strong performance, and a clear win, for the Englishman at UFC 295. Aspinall takes on No. 1-ranked heavyweight contender Sergei Pavlovich in the co-main ...