Two middleweights with an increasingly heated rivalry will throw down in a light heavyweight clash in the main event of UFC Fight Night 196 in Las Vegas. Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori both want to earn another shot at reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, but their contender bout took a strange turn during fight week when Costa arrived over ...
Fight week in Las Vegas is usually a relatively straightforward affair. The fighters check in early in the week, then those featured at the sharp end of the fight card are made available for virtual and in-person media day sessions. Then, following their interviews, the serious business of making weight begins. The fighters are often tapering down their weight from ...
UAE Warriors returns to action next week with a double-header of events, with two championships up for grabs in the second event of the weekend as Abu Dhabi gets set for a huge week of MMA action. The action kicks off at the Jiu Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, October 28 with UAE Warriors 23: Arabia 5 set ...
“Ouch!” That’s what your opponent is supposed to say. Sometimes that opponent is a punching bag. Sometimes it’s a person. “Ouch” is never something you want your body to say when you’re training. Except, that’s exactly what happens in the world of combat sports, even when you’re not sparring and are using them to get a little exercise. A research ...
Former Bellator and Rizin FF bantamweight world champion Kyoji Horiguchi returns to the Bellator cage to challenge current champion Sergio Pettis in a dynamite bout at Mohegan Sun on December 3. Pettis and Horiguchi will do battle for the 135-pound title at Bellator 272, with the Japanese star looking to recapture the title he never lost in the cage. Horiguchi ...
The UFC Apex played host to UFC Fight Night 195: Ladd vs. Dumont as the two title hopefuls went toe to toe in the main event looking to move one step closer to a shot at two-division champion Amanda Nunes. The UFC’s photographers were in place at cageside and you can check out their images, as provided to Fighters Only, ...
The final of the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix has been set, with 205-pound champion Vadim Nemkov set to face Corey Anderson in the tournament finale. Nemkov, who entered the tournament as the reigning champion, has worked his way through the brackets, defending his title at each stage to book his place in the final. He defeated former champion Phil ...
Aspen Ladd’s quest to challenge Amanda Nunes for UFC championship gold suffered a blow in the main event of UFC Vegas 40 as she suffered a unanimous decision loss to Norma Dumont. Ladd, who was previously well on her way toward securing a title shot at 135 pounds, headlined against Brazil’s Dumont at the UFC Apex, only to lose on ...
Aspen Ladd’s quest to challenge Amanda Nunes for UFC championship gold suffered a blow in the main event of UFC Fight Night 195 as she suffered a unanimous decision loss to Norma Dumont. Ladd, who was previously well on her way toward securing a title shot at 135 pounds, headlined against Brazil’s Dumont at the UFC Apex, only to lose ...
The semi-finals of the $1 million Bellator light heavyweight grand prix are the star attraction at Bellator 268, which takes place this Saturday night in Phoenix, Arizona. Reigning 205-pound champion Vadim Nemkov features in the night’s main event against tournament alternate and No. 5 ranked contender Julius Anglickas, who steps in to replace Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, who is dealing with ...