Featherweight contenders Cub Swanson and Frankie Edgar faced off again tonight (Sat., April 21, 2018) from inside the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, live on Fox Sports 1. Their previous fight in 2014 had been a lopsided beatdown in favor of Edgar, snapping Swanson’s six-fight win streak and dashing his title aspirations. Both men […]
UFC Fight Night 128 went down tonight (Saturday, April 21, 2018) from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. The main event saw thrilling lightweight contenders Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee square up. Lee completely dominated large portions of the contest with his top control, passes, and ground and pound. But a battered Barboza nearly […]
Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee both had a little something to prove Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 128. Both were coming off losses. Both had to regain the thrust that their careers lost. Both needed to prove they could beat a legitimate contender. Lee accomplished his mission. He manhandled Barboza, and with the exception […]
A heavyweight showdown between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis is reported to have been targeted for the upcoming UFC 226 event on July 7th during International Fight Week in Las Vegas. Ngannou has been the most hyped new star in the heavyweight ranks for quite some time, but his bid to take the title from […]
Max Holloway will get his desired date and location for his next UFC featherweight title defense. A matchup between Holloway (19-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) and top contender Brian Ortega (14-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) is set for UFC 226. UFC President Dana White confirmed the booking to multiple outlets after MMAjunkie reported earlier that the bout […]
Conor McGregor is in talks to fight bitter rival Khabib Nurmagomedov next, it has emerged. The current UFC lightweight champion revealed he is 100% up for putting his belt on the line against the Dubliner. Speculation has been rife that The Notorious will meet Nate Diaz in a third fight – but he could settle […]
In a surprising about-face, Mikey Garcia has vacated his junior welterweight world title and plans to instead defend his lightweight belt. On March 10 in San Antonio, Garcia won a unanimous decision against Sergey Lipinets to take a 140-pound world title. With the victory, Garcia also became a four-division titleholder and only the third fighter […]
Former five-weight champion and future Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather believes the biggest fight in boxing will soon be between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. The welterweight division is one of the most stacked in boxing today with a number of big names fighting at 147 pounds from the likes of World Boxing Association […]
Junior middleweight Vanes Martirosyan made his play for a big opportunity and he landed it. On May 5th at the StubHub Center in California, Vanes will move up to the middleweight division to challenge IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in an HBO televised main event. Vanes replaces Mexican supertar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, […]
CM Punk's next opponent on how bad he'll beat him this summer CM Punk's mixed martial arts (MMA) debut back in 2016 didn't go the former WWE Champion's way. He's hoping to right that wrong this summer in his own backyard of Chicago, Illinois. Punk decided to walk away from the professional wrestling industry back […]
