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According to ESPN Deportes, former UFC minimum women’s champion Brazilian Jessica Andrade will fight next September 4th at UFC 266. Cynthia Calvillo, the fifth-ranked flyweight, will be her rival. Recall that Jessica Andrade entered the octagon for the last time on April 24 at UFC 261 and battered an early defeat from the champion of…
Two-time Olympic champion and undisputed world middleweight boxing champion, Claressa Shields, took her first MMA win by defeating Brittney Elkin early at the PFL 4 in Atlantic City. The fight, which became the main event of the event, ended in the third round after Claressa Shields covered the opponent’s unsuccessful pass, took a dominant position…
Mixed martial arts legend Fedor Emelianenko can hold a repeat fight with American Matt Mitrione, who four years ago managed to finish the Russian in the first round. This was reported by the sports correspondent of the TASS news agency Igor Lazorin, referring to the head of Bellator Scott Coker: “Matt Mitrion can become the…
Bellator 260 takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena with the main card airing on Showtime after prelims on MMA Junkie. Atop the bill is Douglas Lima (32-7 MMA, 14-3 BMMA), who defends his title against Yaroslav Amosov (25-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) in the main event. The co-main event also features a 175-pound catchweight fight. U.K….
UFC president Dana White refutes opinio that 185lbs champ Israel Adesanya has cleaned out the middleweight division ahead of UFC 263. Adesanya returns back to the middleweight division this Saturday night when he takes on Marvin Vettori in a rematch that headlines UFC 263. Coming off of his first career loss to Jan Blachowicz at…
Alan Patrick getting poked in the eye at UFC Fight Night 189. Patrick’s lightweight fight with Mason Jones at the UFC Apex was ruled a no contest after an accidental eye poke rendered him unable to continue. 180 days on the sidelines after getting poked in the eye. Patrick must have doctor clearance for his…
New UFC fighter Terrance McKinney speaks his story of redemption after being tased by police while on acid and shrooms in the summer of 2015. McKinney takes on Matt Frevola on the UFC 263 undercard this Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona. For McKinney, he is taking the fight on short notice after Frank Camacho had…
The official weigh-in ceremony for tomorrow’s Bellator 260 tournament has just finished at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event of which will be a welterweight title fight between champion Douglas Lima (32-8) and undefeated Ukrainian Yaroslav Amosov (25-0). Co-headliners Paul Daley (43-17-2 MMA, 9-4 BMMA) and Jason Jackson (14-4 MMA, 5-1…
The President of the UFC, Dana White, answered the question of when fans will see the performance of Khamzat Chimaev, who won three outstanding victories in the organization in two months, after which he did not return to the octagon for almost a year. “I think he will be in Las Vegas this week and…
