Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is just a couple of days in front of its highly-anticipated BKFC 41 event, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (April 29, 2023) at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo., featuring former UFC sluggers “Platinum” Mike Perry and Luke Rockhold. In the BKFC 41 co-headliner, ex-UFC contender Chad “Money” Mendes
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MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main event for UFC Fight Night 223. UFC Fight Night 223 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Song Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC)
Nate Diaz on Thursday voluntarily turned himself in to the New Orleans Police Department. The move comes after the New Orleans PD issued an arrest warrant stemming from a recent street fight that Diaz was involved in. “Nate voluntarily turned himself into the New Orleans Police Department this morning at approximately 7:10AM CT,” Diaz’s representative,
The final BKFC 41 pre-event news conference takes place Thursday, and you can watch a live stream of the festivities right here on MMA Junkie at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT). Expected to attend are UFC veterans Mike Perry, Luke Rockhold, Eddie Alvarez, and Chad Mendes, along with Bare Knuckle FC president David Feldman.
Former two-division UFC champion and Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo is returning to action after three years away, which raises a few questions for some. Cejudo’s exit from fighting was one most combat spot athletes dream of, but rarely get to experience. “Triple C” walked away from the sport on a win, with the flyweight
Another UFC Vegas 72 shake-up, Brian Kelleher drops out The UFC Vegas 72 fight card just can’t catch a break. Already hit with the headliner change two weeks before the event and several fight week shake-ups, the bout between Brian Kelleher and Journey Newson has now been scratched. A bantamweight battle between Kelleher and Newson
LAS VEGAS – More than two years after he was signed to the UFC, Fernando Padilla will finally get the chance to make his debut on Saturday when he meets Julian Erosa at UFC Fight Night 223. Delays, which were largely centered around visa issues, prevented the Mexican prospect from keeping on the timeline he intended
UFC Fight Night 222’s Bobby Green talks to MMA Junkie and other reporters post-fight after his no contest with Jared Gordon due to an accidental clash of heads in Las Vegas. Full fight recap: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2023/04/ufc-fight-night-222-video-bobby-green-vs-jared-gordon-no-contest-accidental-headbutt Be sure to subscribe to receive updates when we post new content: http://bit.ly/3YstIQd Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part
UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber supports Deiveson Figueiredo’s decision to remain at flyweight. Figueiredo announced that he’s moving up to bantamweight after losing his UFC flyweight title to Brandon Moreno in their fourth fight at UFC 283 in January, but opted to stay at 125 pounds. Figueiredo (21-3-1 MMA, 10-3-1 UFC) is projected to
Chad Mendes hasn’t lost his desire to compete, but it needs to be worth it in order for him to continue past BKFC 41. Mendes takes on Eddie Alvarez in the co-main event Saturday at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card streams on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point. Mendes, a multiple-time UFC
LAS VEGAS – Song Yadong recognizes Ricky Simon is a tough fighter, but the skills don’t have him worried. At UFC Fight Night 223 on Saturday, Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) and Simon (20-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) collide in a five-round main event at the UFC Apex. The bout originally was scheduled for a three-round
Israel Adesanya ‘grateful’ for rivalry with Alex Pereira UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya cleared out the middleweight division until an old rival, Alex Pereira, showed up in the fight promotion. Heading into their UFC 281 title bout, Pereira had beaten Adesanya twice in kickboxing, once by decision and once by knockout. In dramatic fashion, Pereira
LAS VEGAS – Caio Borralho is pushing himself to the limit in pursuit of greatness, and that means mixing it up with some of the best in his division inside the training room. Borralho (13-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who meets Michal Oleksiejczuk (18-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 223 co-main event, did not
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Nate Diaz made headlines yet again this weekend when the Stockton native found himself in a Bourbon Street Brawl that resulted in one would-be influencer getting choked out in the streets. Mike Heck is off this week so Jed Meshew steps in to host an all-new edition of Between the Links, where the panel discusses
Gianni Vazquez remembers the lights turning on and off, but his memory admittedly is distorted. “To be honest, I cannot remember everything perfectly – how it happened,” Vazquez told MMA Junkie days after Fury FC 76. The sounds are more vivid memories than the sights for Vazquez, who recalls a familiar voice screaming for referee
While Chris Camozzi closed out his time in the PFL in 2021 on a high note winning back-to-back fights, the light-heavyweight fighter decided to make the transition to bare-knuckle fighting in 2022 and carried his success over to a new combat sport. Facing fellow MMA alum Bubba McDaniel last October in his BKFC debut, Camozzi
The UFC closes its busy April schedule on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 223, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with a main card that streams on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2. A bantamweight main event will close the card. Song Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) will try to make good