LAS VEGAS – After an intense and emotional build, Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia are just over 24 hours away from finally sharing the ring in an anticipated boxing clash. The two undefeated boxers had their final fight week staredown ahead of their mega boxing fight this Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. The bout will be contested
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As big of a year for his career that 2022 was, for bantamweight Raufeon Stots, 2023 could be even better. As part of Bellator’s million dollar bantamweight tournament, Stots picked up wins in his first two bouts and now finds himself on the precipice of taking the tournament title, claiming the prize money, and establishing
HONOLULU – Bellator’s return to Hawaii has led to some disappointing news for a pair of fighters. The promotion has released Ray Borg and Keoni Diggs after they struggled to make weight for Bellator 295 and never made their trips to the scale at Friday’s official weigh-ins. Those weight failures resulted in the cancellation of
HONOLULU – The stage is set for the conclusion of the Bellator bantamweight grand prix after finalists Raufeon Stots and Patchy Mix made weight on Friday. After going through the eight-man tournament, interim champ Stots (19-1 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) will meet Mix (17-1 MMA, 6-1 BMA) for the belt and $1 million grand prix prize in
UFC Vegas 71 Weigh-In Results The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 71: Pavlovich vs Blaydes fight card at the UFC Apex officially weighed in on Friday in Las Vegas. A heavyweight bout between No. 3-ranked Sergei Pavlovich (17-1) and No. 4-ranked Curtis Blaydes (17-3, 1 NC) headlines the fight card. [embedded content] UFC Vegas
Check out these photos of the UFC Fight Night 222 official weigh-ins and faceoffs at the UFC host hotel in Las Vegas. (Photos by Ken Hathaway, MMA Junkie) UFC Fight Night 222 – Batgerel Danaa Weigh-In Danaa Batgerel UFC Fight Night 222 – Brady Hiestand Brady Hiestand UFC Fight Night 222 – Karine Silva Karine
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC Fight Night 222 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The Theater at Virgin Hotels hosts Saturday’s card, which streams on ESPN+. Among those weighing in
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Liz Carmouche proved she still has power in Bellator. Back in the summer of 2021, Carmouche (18-7 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) picked up her first TKO victory since putting away Jessica Andrade in 2013 during her UFC days, as she quickly dispatched Kana Watanabe in a first-round TKO win at Bellator 261. It was a quick
It didn’t take long for the UFC to get the crucial lightweight bout between Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush back on the books. After an injury to former champion Oliveira (33-9 MMA, 21-9 UFC) caused a postponement to his clash against Dariush (22-4-1 MMA, 16-4-1 UFC) at UFC 288 on May 6, the promotion has
Curtis Blaydes doesn’t think Francis Ngannou made a mistake leaving the UFC When former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou left the fight promotion in January, he was expecting to land a high-paying, high-profile boxing match. It’s been three months and that high-profile bout hasn’t come to fruition leaving many thinking Ngannou made a big mistake
“Was that it?” I asked, as our rental car drove past the pegged spot on the GPS. We pulled up on the curb around the backside of the building and received a shaka from an oncoming black truck. We paused to let it pass and bang a uey. We were back staring at the outside
A big UFC middleweight matchup is taking the marquee spot in Las Vegas on June 17. UFC president Dana White announced Thursday on Instagram Live that the UFC Fight Night event will now be headlined by Jared Cannonier (16-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) vs. Marvin Vettori (19-6-1 MMA, 9-4-1 UFC). The clash of former middleweight title
There’s not much that featherweight Justin Gonzales looks back on his 2022 with anything other than happiness. Coming off his only career loss in 2021, Gonzales rebounded in 2022 with back-to-back wins, and was able to cement a future with Bellator in the process. “I think it was a great year,” Gonzales told MMAWeekly.com. “I
On this day in 2013, former lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov put on a historical performance at UFC 160 when he smashed the record for the most single fight takedowns, completing 21 of an attempted 28, to secure the win. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS,
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Another key middleweight bout is headlining a UFC event this summer. On July 1, Sean Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) returns to action to take on Abus Magomedov (25-4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs live on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 7 p.m. ET. UFC president
Top featherweight contenders will still collide in a UFC main event, but now they have a new date. Originally set for June 17, Josh Emmett will now compete in his second promotional main event against Ilia Topuria, who will compete in his first five-round UFC fight, a week later on June 24. UFC president Dana