Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is still eager to push ahead with his ambition of having a boxing match with a top-rated pugilist. The man Ngannou wants to face is former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Ngannou, 36-years-old, has already revealed in a recent interview that he's been talking with Wilder's team about a potential fight. According to Ngannou, ...
Richard Schaefer Named President of Anthem Sports Group; Will Continue To Promote Donaire, Stanionis
Richard Schaefer is off to his next adventure. The veteran promoter is prepared to hit the ground running in his new role as president of Anthem Sports Group (ASG), a multi-platform firm based in Toronto that has taken strides to enhance its plans for expansion in the combat sports market. Schaefer joins the company on the heels of his departure ...
Francis Ngannou is determined to get in the squared circle first before he ever steps back into the octagon. In an interview with ESPN on Friday, the former UFC champion from Cameroon offered an update on his career, saying he expects to announce his boxing debut in the next “month or two.” His opponent is up in the air, but ...
Georgian bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili delivered a statement performance to defeat former champion Petr Yan in an incredible five-round display at UFC Las Vegas. Dvalishvili faced off with Russia’s Yan in a bout that saw tempers flare during fight week with the tensions between the fighters’ respective countries forming the backdrop for a heated rivalry that was decided inside the ...
Russian lightweight phenom Usman Nurmagomedov extended his perfect professional record to 17-0 with a swift submission of Benson Henderson at Bellator 292 in San Jose. Competing in the first round of the Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix, Nurmagomedov put his title on the line against former UFC and WEC 155-pound champion Henderson, who was looking to make a run at ...
Former UFC middleweight prospect Impa Kasanganay landed himself a PFL contract as a light heavyweight after producing the most impressive performance of the night on Week 7 of the PFL Challenger Series in Orlando, Florida. Kasanganay featured in the main event of the four-fight card at Universal Studios, where he finished Egyptian contender Osama Elsaidy via first-round TKO to improve ...
Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions’ acclaimed Hollywood Fight Nights series will debut at the iconic Commerce Casino on Friday, April 14 and broadcast live internationally on UFC Fight Pass. The event is headlined by cross-town rivalry featherweight showdown between popular, hard-hitting Omar Cande Trinidad, (11-0-1, 9 KOs), of Los Angeles, CA and Downey, CA native Adan Ochoa, (12-2, 5 KOs), scheduled ...
Former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson knows a thing or two about winning championship gold, and he’s looking to add the Bellator strap to his collection when he faces Usman Nurmagomedov in the first round of the Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix. Henderson faces Nurmagomedov in the main event of Bellator 292 on Friday, March 10 as he ...
If there’s a better way to turn 54 – while staying both married and out of jail – I can’t think of it. So even though my birthday morning flight from Las Vegas to Miami was filled with people whose direction-following skills would rate badly among 10-year-olds – the fact that I spent my birthday eve at T-Mobile Arena covering ...
Former UFC featherweight contender Shane Burgos has been thrown straight into the main event spotlight for his PFL debut, and will take on 2022 PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier at PFL 3. Burgos, who will compete in the PFL’s lightweight season, takes on “The Canadian Gangster” in the headline bout of the PFL’s third regular season event of 2023, with ...