While by most accounts lightweight Archie Colgan had a busy 2022 with three bouts, he could have actually been busier. Upon suffering an injury early in the year, Colgan had to miss a few months before finally be able to return, but still managed to pick up victories in all three of his bouts and
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All the pre-fight activities are in the books for Bellator 293 following Thursday’s ceremonial weigh-ins. In the main event, Marcelo Golm (10-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) takes on Daniel James (14-6-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) at heavyweight. Golm is a slight betting favorite. In the co-feature, Leah McCourt (7-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) meets former UFC title challenger Cat
The UFC is headed back to Charlotte, N.C. for the first time since 2018. Thursday, the promotion officially announced its upcoming May 13 event will be held at Spectrum Center. MMA Junkie reported Thursday that Charlotte was the frontrunner for the event, which also had been linked to Nashville. While a fight card was not
Former UFC champ Tim “the Maine-iac” Sylvia is set to make his debut in SlapFIGHT Championship, America’s first regulated slap competition league, on April 22 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Though Sylvia hasn’t fought for the better part of a decade, this is a big moment for the sport and, more specifically, for SlapFIGHT. Sylvia is
Corey Anderson and Phil Davis have been atop major promotions’ light heavyweight divisions for nearly a decade but have never crossed paths. That will change June 16 as a 205-pound bout between Anderson (16-6 MMA, 10-5 BMMA) and Davis (24-6 MMA, 11-3 BMMA) has been added to Bellator 297 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The
Official weigh-ins for Bellator 293 took place Thursday at the Bellator host hotel. The nearby Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif., hosts Friday’s event, which has a main card on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. All fighters who actually made it to the scale Thursday made weight. Among those who weighed in were Marcelo
Justin Gaethje sees Dustin Poirier as a logical next fight in his pursuit of gold. Gaethje (24-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) snapped Rafael Fiziev’s winning streak earlier this month at UFC 286 in London and is looking to re-enter the title picture. A rematch with Poirier is on Gaethje’s mind, as he looks to avenge his 2018
Anthony Joshua will never again be seen as the near-perfect fighting machine who knocked out 21 of his first 22 professional opponents, including future Hall of Famer Wladimir Klitschko in 2017. The 2012 Olympic champion’s stunning seventh-round knockout loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. in 2019 and back-to-back setbacks against former cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in
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Bryce Meredith thinks he might be cut out for this MMA thing. Meredith, a three-time Division-I All-American wrestler and the 2018 Big 12 Conference champion at 141 pounds at the University of Wyoming, is three fights into his MMA career with a trio of bouts under theLFA banner. Friday, Meredith (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) will
Leah McCourt believes there’s a lot on the line in her next fight. The Bellator women’s featherweight contender thinks she can get a shot at champion Cris Cyborg if victorious in her return. McCourt (7-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) takes on former UFC title challenger Cat Zingano in the co-main event of Bellator 293. The event
Cat Zingano has a big fight to focus on this Friday at Bellator 293, where she’ll meet Leah McCourt in what is likely a No. 1 contenders fight in the women’s featherweight division. Cris Cyborg, on the other hand, is nowhere to be found. In fact, it’s coming up on a year since the reigning
Rising Japanese flyweight Tatsuro Taira has his fourth UFC challenge. At a UFC Fight Night event scheduled for June 17, Taira (13-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will take on Brazil’s Kleydson Rodrigues (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC), both fighters recently announced on social media. The event does not currently have a known location or venue. At this
Maria Henderson is aware her family name carries big weight in the MMA world, but she’s not going to let that affect her. The Bellator newcomer is kicking off her professional MMA career now that her husband, former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson, retired from fighting. Benson hung up his gloves earlier this
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Randi Field is hoping Bellator makes an addition to its divisions. The Bellator prospect would like to see the promotion open up strawweght as she feels she’s best suited for 115 pounds. Field (3-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) has competed at flyweight for Bellator and returns this Friday to fight at a catchweight of 120 pounds.