Saygid Izagakhmaev is all set to make his ONE Championship debut when he faces former title challenge James Nakashima in a 170 pound (ONE lightweight division) matchup at ONE: Heavy Hitters on Friday, January 14 in Singapore, and he has one of the sport’s all-time greats backing him for success. Former undisputed UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is a longtime ...
Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway has been ruled out of his planned trilogy bout with reigning 145-pound champion Alexander Volkanovski, according to reports. Holloway was all set to face Volkanovski in an eagerly-anticipated third title bout in the main event of UFC 272, which is set to take place in Las Vegas on March 5. However, sources told ESPN’s ...
Francis Ngannou says he’d fight Tyson Fury ‘in a ring, an octagon, or a phone booth’ – Fighters Only
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is afraid of no man, even if that man is boxing’s heavyweight champion of the world, Tyson Fury. The WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing champion took to social media to ponder a potential cross-codes superfight with “The Predator” as he asked his two million followers, “Who would like to see me fight this beast ...
Conor McGregor’s inactivity may have seen him drop out of the UFC’s official rankings lists, but that won’t stop the promotion from throwing him straight into a lightweight title fight if the stars align upon his return. That’s the view of former UFC middleweight champion and UFC analyst Michael Bisping, who said that McGregor has a very good chance of ...
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is on her way back to the octagon, and she has her sights set on an old nemesis. Jedrzejczyk’s recent form is patchy – she has lost four of her last six – but she remains one of the world’s premier 115-pound fighters. However, she hasn’t competed since her split-decision loss to then-champion Zhang Weili at UFC 248 ...
The UFC are determined to hit the ground running in 2022, and their fight card for UFC 272 on March 5 is looking stacked to the gills already. Topping the bill is a mouth-watering world championship double-header, with a pair of fan-friendly rematches set to light up the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Headlining the event is a trilogy fight ...
The two female fighters who have proudly flown the flag for Irish MMA will face off in a huge featherweight matchup in Dublin on February 25. Former featherweight championship challenger Sinead Kavanagh and rising contender Leah McCourt will do battle in the cage at the 3Arena, Dublin as part of a stacked lineup on the Emerald Isle. Northern Ireland’s McCourt ...
Bellator have made sure they hit the ground running in 2022, with officials confirming a stacked lineup of bouts for their first event of the new year. Bellator 273 will feature a heavyweight title unification fight in its main event, with reigning champ Ryan Bader set to put his title on the line against current interim champion Valentin Moldavsky. Former ...
Bellator have made sure they hit the ground running in 2022, with officials confirming a stacked lineup of bouts for their first event of the new year. Bellator 273 will feature a heavyweight title unification fight in its main event, with reigning champ Ryan Bader set to put his title on the line against current interim champion Valentin Moldavsky. Former ...
Derrick Lewis wrote his name into the history books as the fighter with the most knockouts in UFC history with a first-round bludgeoning of Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night 199. Fighting in the main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Lewis managed to draw Daukaus into an exchange mid-way through the round, then unloaded a heavy-duty barrage ...