Apr 16, 2021 Vadim Nemkov has clearly established himself as the man to beat in Bellator’s light heavyweight tournament, following Friday night’s convincing title defense over Phil Davis. Nemkov (14-3) is already Bellator’s 205-pound champion, but with bigger names in the promotion’s tournament, including Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Yoel Romero and Ryan Bader, it would be
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7:21 PM ET Saturday night’s UFC co-main event has been scrapped just minutes after the Fight Night card got underway. A scheduled featherweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose is now off because of an injury to Klose, the UFC announced on the broadcast. The card will resume with 10 fights. Stephens (28-18, 1
12:42 PM ET Eddie Alvarez is getting right back to work. The former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion will fight at ONE on TNT IV on April 28 in Singapore, sources told ESPN. The bout will take place just three weeks after his last fight for ONE. Alvarez will fight the winner of Marat Gafurov
Apr 15, 2021 Kamaru Usman was in the corner for Francis Ngannou when Ngannou won the UFC heavyweight title last month. Now, Ngannou will return the favor for his fellow champion friend. Ngannou will be a cornerman for Usman’s welterweight title defense against Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261 on April 24
Apr 15, 2021 Invicta Fighting Championships has a new owner and a new television home. The premier all-women’s MMA promotion has been acquired by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Los Angeles- and Toronto-based media company, Anthem and Invicta officials told ESPN. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. As a result, Invicta will now air
7:40 AM ET Robert Whittaker won’t say it, but others have been (rightfully) saying it for him. He should be fighting for another UFC championship now. The former middleweight champ is set to face Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. This fight was supposed to happen in February 2019 —
5:36 PM ET UFC two-weight champion Amanda Nunes will defend her bantamweight title against Julianna Pena this summer, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The 135-pound title fight will take place on a UFC 265 pay-per-view event in August. The event does not yet have an official date or location, but Aug. 7 is the
Apr 14, 2021 A capacity crowd will be present at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced on Wednesday. The pay-per-view card will be held at T-Mobile Arena and headlined by the trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. “I signed bout agreement this morning,” McGregor told ESPN’s
8:31 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Fabricio Werdum used to own a UFC championship belt. No one else in the PFL’s heavyweight division can say that. The jiu-jitsu black belt from Brazil has a half dozen gold medals from the World Jiu-Jitsu Championships and Abu Dhabi Combat Club World Championships. The other nine PFL heavies don’t
Apr 13, 2021 UFC 261 on April 24 will be the first time Zhang Weili enters the Octagon since a capacity crowd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas roared in appreciation of her first title defense on March 7, 2020. It will also mark the first time a packed house will be on hand