UFC 294 fight night is almost upon us, and the final pre-fight obligations for the fighters has arrived, as they take to the stage for the final faceoffs ahead of their respective matchups in Abu Dhabi. Fight week has been dominated by the dual storylines around the main and co-main events, with reigning featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former welterweight ...
The fighters have weighed in ahead of fight night in Abu Dhabi, with the entire main card making their contracted weights for fight night at the Etihad Arena. The two men set for action in the main event, Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski, both made weight for their lightweight title fight, with lightweight champion Makhachev hitting the 155-pound limit on ...
The UFC returns to “Fight Island” as Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island plays host to one of the biggest UFC pay-per-views of 2023, with two late changes at the top of the card turning an exciting lineup into a can’t-miss night of fights at the Etihad Arena. UFC 294 will be headlined by a rematch for the undisputed UFC lightweight championship ...
Tyson Fury has fought 34 professional boxing matches since 2008, dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, and has been floored four times by Deontay Wilder across a thrilling trilogy, but the WBC heavyweight champion proclaims wrestling is the harder discipline. "WWE's too hard for me,” Fury told ESPN. “Boxing is much easier than WWE. It's very physical and taxing on the ...
John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is planning to confront Mike Tyson next week in Saudia Arabia. On October 28 in Riyadh, Fury will take part in a non-title crossover boxing match with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. Ngannou, who makes his professional debut as a boxer, has hired Hall of Famer Mike Tyson to train ...
The UFC has announced that it has extended its partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) which will see the promotion continue to bring huge pay-per-view events to the region through to 2028. The news was announced via a press release, which hailed the success of the partnership to date, and confirmed the extension of the ...
He may be coming in on less than two weeks’ notice, but Alexander Volkanovski is focusing on the positives ahead of his lightweight title rematch with Islam Makhachev at UFC 294. When former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira sustained a cut in sparring ahead of the event, the UFC scrambled to find a replacement to face reigning 155-pound king Makhachev. Their ...
Cage Warriors have announced a second championship bout for Cage Warriors 164, with the promotion’s vacant bantamweight title set to be contested on the November 25 card in Newcastle. Cage Warriors 164 heads to Newcastle’s Vertu Motors Arena, where two titles will now be on the line. Middleweight champ Mick Stanton will look to defend his 185-pound title against Italy’s ...
The UFC returns to “Fight Island” as Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island plays host to one of the biggest UFC pay-per-views of 2023, with two late changes at the top of the card turning an exciting lineup into a can’t-miss night of fights at the Etihad Arena. UFC 294 will be headlined by a rematch for the undisputed UFC lightweight championship ...
Week 6 of Oktagon Challenge: England vs. Ireland delivered the fight of the season so far – but fans will need to wait until next week to find out who has secured the first spot in the final! It was confirmed at the end of Week 5 that Beau Gavin would be the first competitor to represent England in the ...