Its finally here, one of the greatest kickboxing bouts of the year tops a stacked GLORY 84 show tonight. The kickboxing titans return home to Rotterdam, Netherlands with a blockbuster card you will not want to miss. Headlining tonight, an intriguing champ vs champ contest between two of the best strikers on the planet. Entering […]
The four participants of the GLORY 85 heavyweight tournament were announced today at a press conference in Amsterdam. The Netherlands’ Luis Tavares (63-8, 21 KO), Enver Sljivar (40-6, 23 KO) of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Nigeria’s Tariq Osaro (21-2-1, 10 KO), and France’s Nordine Mahieddine (27-14, 12 KO) will all go head-to-head in a four-man one-night tournament with the opportunity to face […]
Combate Global and Paramount+ today announced a new time slot – Saturday nights – for the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise’s events, beginning March 11, streaming live on Paramount+ (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT). Combate Global’s move to Saturday nights comes during the 30th year anniversary of the sport of MMA that Combate Global […]
The inaugural ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Champion is the latest star to be announced for ONE Championship’s debut live event in the U.S. Mikey Musumeci is set to put his crown on the line for the second time against decorated grappler Osamah Almarwai at ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III on Saturday, […]
Luke Burns has become a household name when talking about UK MMA at an amateur level, his ability to grab a person’s attention with his very confident talk before a bout and a relentless style which always guarantees a fighter who will not give up under any capacity. After going on 1-4 in his last […]
GLORY 84 takes place this Saturday, March 11, and will be headlined by a Champion vs. Champion superfight as Tyjani Beztati (23-4, 8 KO) puts his GLORY lightweight championship on the line against featherweight king Petchpanomrung ‘Petch’ Kiatmookao (168-38-3, 27 KO). Known as ‘The Wonderboy’, Beztati’s reign began at GLORY 78 with a unanimous decision win over Elvis Gashi and has since defended […]
The UFC is touching down in the T-Mobile Arena for the first time this year. Tonight, the highly-anticipated UFC 285 is set to deliver on all cylinders. At the top of the card, Jon Jones returns and looks to cement himself as the greatest mixed martial artist of all time, but first, he must get […]
See below for the updated fight card for HEXAGONE MMA 7 on 11 March in Poitiers, France. The event will be broadcast on BT Sport (UK /IRE) and DAZN (internationally, including USA & Canada). With HEXAGONE MMA 7, the Arena Futuroscope will host a mixed martial arts (MMA) fight night for its very first time. Just two months […]
Combate Global and RIZIN today announced a showdown between two women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) stars – Claire Lopez (7-4) and Rena Kubota (13-4) – from their respective fight organizations, for Saturday, April 29, in Tokyo, Japan. The matchup will be contested at RIZIN’s much-anticipated event at Yoyogi Gymnasium, at a catchweight of 112.6 pounds, and will consist of […]
The weigh-ins for Cage Warriors’ first show of 2023, Cage Warriors 149, went off without a hitch at California’s first and luckiest casino – the Sycuan Casino Resort – this morning, with all twelve athletes hitting their marks comfortably. Despite taking the bout on just over a week’s notice, Johnny Campbell made the 136lb bantamweight […]
The MMA Calendar for March brings some of the biggest fights of the year with plenty of promotions doing huge things. It’s an especially busy month for the UK fans with a selection of the bigger promotions putting on events. As always, the dates shown are reflective of what day it will be in the […]
After falling through at the very last second, the fight between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann will hopefully go ahead at the second attempt. MMA Play 365 x VMTV | Along with the aid of Bayes AI, check out this preview for tonight’s light heavyweight UFC main event between Ryan Spann and Nikita Krylov. Be […]
It was recently announced by ONE that Welterweight mega prospect, Roberto “Robocop” Soldic, will make his return when the Asian giants touch down in Colorado on May 5th for ONE Fight Night 10. The heavy-handed Croatian will meet former champ Zebaztian “The Bandit” Kadestam, a fight which, with a win propels either man to the […]
After crowning six new champions in their electrifying 2022 season, the PFL are primed and ready to make an even bigger impression in 2023. The MMA trailblazers have announced their first 3 events for this year and here’s everything you need to know. Firstly, all 3 events will take place in Las Vegas at The […]
Combate Global today announced that it has signed 19-year-old bantamweight (135 pounds) Angelo Pettis (1-0) to an exclusive, multi-fight promotional agreement. Pettis, the cousin of MMA sensations Anthony “Showtime” Pettis and Sergio Pettis, will debut for Combate Global in Miami, Fla. on a date to be announced soon. “Signing with Combate is my opportunity to jump straight into a […]
Light Heavyweight kickboxing ace, Artem Vakhitov emerged victorious this afternoon in his first fight since being released from Glory. Best known for being the former Glory light heavyweight champion and the concensus best light heavyweight kickboxer in the world, Vakhitov was stripped of his belt and released from Glory in June of last year. The […]
Over the last few years now there has been an ongoing hatred between Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal, but it has never been ended inside (or outside) the octagon. Recently on Ariel Helwani’s podcast ‘The MMA Hour’, Edwards stated, “If he goes out there and beats Gilbert, I think that’s the fight to make.” And […]
After an action packed January ends, the schedule for February is starting to stack up making it an exciting month ahead. Without further ado here’s your MMA calendar for this month! *Note*: The dates shown for each event are the dates they kick off in the event’s location. For example, if a US event says […]
The funky fighting style of Stamp Fairtex will return to the Circle at a historic card for ONE Championship. The former two-sport World Champion will feature at ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III – the Singapore-based promotion’s U.S. on-ground debut show – on Friday, 5th May, at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. […]
The boys are back on the mic. for your weekly episode of the Verbal Money podcast! In this episode, we make our predictions for who will be a UFC champion in each weight class at the end of 2023. We also recap the past week of action & Jamie ponders how to solve the mystery […]
A huge middleweight championship bout pitting top prospect Will Currie against former title challenger Mick Stanton has been confirmed for CW 151: Unplugged. The pair will contest the title (vacated by recent UFC signee Christian Leroy Duncan) at the BT Sport Studios on Friday, March 24th. London’s Will Currie (9-2) has been on a tear […]
Though it seems that he’s always in the headlines, Conor McGregor has officially returned to MMA news spotlight. Last week, McGregor hinted that he had been offered a coaching job on The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC’s premier reality TV show. Fan buzz immediately spread like wildfire, wondering who the Irishman would be stood opposite from. […]
Asian combat sports giants, ONE Championship, are going back to the roots of combat competition with their latest Muay Thai grand prix, with 16 of the best strikers on the planet battling it out in an openweight tournament, with a grand prize of $1 million dollars. Who doesn’t love a good old tournament in combat […]
Jacob Smith may have come up short in his ONE debut last year, but the British banger is coming back to make things right. Smith returns to the flyweight Muay Thai division at ONE Fight Night 7 on Friday, 24th February, at the illustrious Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, where he is set to meet […]
