It definitely wasn’t easy, but Dominique Wooding can now call himself a Cage Warriors champion. Wooding (8-4) captured the English promotion’s vacant bantamweight title on Thursday at Cage Warriors 127 in London, scoring a third-round knockout in a fight that he was clearly losing up to that point. Standing in the way of Wooding’s championship
Month: September 2021
Oct 30, 2019 Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Editor’s note: This story was originally published before UFC 244. Walker’s next fight takes place on Oct. 2 against Thiago Santos. Good luck finding a recent UFC fighter who’s had quite the rapid rise as that of
Credit: ONE Championship Rodtang Jitmuangnon says feeling something “wrong” in his body led to a hospital visit and his recent COVID-19 positive test. To the relief of decision-makers in ONE Championship and fans of the powerhouse MMA organization, “The Iron Man’s” special rules fight with UFC flyweight great Demetrious Johnson is still scheduled for December
Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo has slammed Conor McGregor for his recent antics, recommending that he join “Alcoholics Anonymous.” McGregor was last in action at UFC 264 in July. In what was his second meeting in the Octagon with Dustin Poirier this year, the Irishman left the arena without the desired result yet again.
Bellator 267: Lima vs. MVP 2 weigh-in results and video The athletes competing on the Bellator 267 fight card at Wembley Arena in London on Friday officially weighed in on Thursday. The event is headlined by a rematch between former welterweight champion Douglas Lima and Michael “Venom” Page. The two first fought at Bellator 221
Alexander Volkanovski is just a couple of days removed from his latest featherweight title defense, which came in the form of a unanimous decision victory over Brian Ortega in the UFC 266 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. The general consensus is that Volkanovski will move on to face the winner
By Danny Segura | September 30, 2021 8:50 am ET Follow @dannyseguratv HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Claressa Shields is disappointed with how female athletes have been treated in boxing. The two-time boxing Olympic gold medalist and current undefeated boxing champion doesn’t feel women have received a fair shake when it comes to opportunities competing professionally in
Top-ranked bantamweights Pedro Munhoz and Dominick Cruz are expected to collide at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. Multiple people with knowledge of the news told MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are in place for the bout, though contracts have not been finalized. UFC 269 is expected to take place in Las Vegas and airs live
8:02 AM ET The main event and co-main event of UFC 266 featured big victories for reigning champions Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko, but the real stories of the weekend were Nick Diaz, making his return after a lengthy absence from the UFC, and Jon Jones, who after getting his fight inducted into the UFC
[embedded content] The press conference for the 2021 PFL championship will take place today at 5 pm ET at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, in Hollywood, Fl. and you can watch it all in the embedded video above. This will be the league’s third championship event and will feature several champions from previous
The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories Here are some of the raw reactions from the MMA community to the sport’s hottest stories! Full Details Behind Jon Jones’ Recent Arrest Have Been Revealed Jon Jones (Photo: Josh Hedges/Zuffa) Yesterday, more details behind Jon Jones‘ arrest last week were revealed. Jones is
A Canadian newspaper used a photo of Daniel Cormier for Jon Jones arrest A Canadian newspaper has made an epic and hilarious mistake in its coverage of the Jon Jones arrest. The unnamed newspaper ran a photo accompanying their coverage of the UFC Hall of Famers arrest, except they used a photo of Daniel Cormier
Robbie Lawler evened the score with Nick Diaz at UFC 266 on Saturday night 17 years after their first bout. Daniel Cormier caught up with the former UFC welterweight champion after the bout. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the
Alexander Volkanovski breaks down his win over Brian Ortega at UFC 266, how he got out of two dangerous submission attempts, who he wants to face next, recent tweets from Henry Cejudo and Conor McGregor, and much more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The
UFC 267 loses Petr Yan vs Aljamain Sterling and Islam Makhachev vs Rafael Dos Anjos bout, Conor McGregor praises Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler for UFC 266 bout, and disrespects Nate Diaz for his boxing skills, Leonardo Santos vs Alexander Hernandez bout will not happen on the next UFC Fight Night event card and much
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tyron Woodley is far from the only MMA fighter to make his way onto Jake Paul’s hitlist. Now that Paul has defeated Woodley, he seems ready to move on (tattoo or not). At the top of that register is very likely Conor McGregor, the biggest star in the sport with whom
LONDON – As Michael Page prepares to take on Douglas Lima for the second time in his career, it would be easy to wonder how the English welterweight’s first MMA defeat will have affected him ahead of the upcoming rematch. Lima (32-9 MMA, 14-5 BMMA) knocked out Page (19-1 MMA, 15-1 BMMA) at Bellator 221
Douglas Lima is no longer a Bellator champion, which could open the door for a possible move to another organization once his contract is completed. That said, he’s not considering that option just yet. “The Phenom” does have some bold ideas for the future, though. Speaking on the latest episode of MMA Fighting’s Portuguese-language podcast
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