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UFC 260 Results: Sean O’Malley vs. Thomas Almeida play-by-play, live blog
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UFC 260 Results: Sean O’Malley vs. Thomas Almeida play-by-play, live blog

Sean O’Malley vs. Thomas Almeida takes place tonight at UFC 260 at the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Body Lock is here to bring you live O’Malley vs. Almeida play-by-play updates, live video highlights, live blog, and updates during the fight. Want to watch the fight with us? Join us here on…

UFC Vegas 18: Alistair Overeem vs. Alexander Volkov predictions, preview
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UFC Vegas 18: Alistair Overeem vs. Alexander Volkov predictions, preview

Alistair Overeem will face Alexander Volkov in the final bout of a relatively stacked UFC Fight Night card this Saturday. Overeem vs. Volkov is the first of three heavyweight main event bouts scheduled for February, with Blaydes vs. Lewis and Rozenstruik vs. Gane coming later in the month. Overeem steps into this fight on a…

Tenshin Nasukawa, Takanori Gomi added to RIZIN 26

Tenshin Nasukawa, Takanori Gomi added to RIZIN 26

They might be less than two weeks away from their year-ending RIZIN 26 fight card, but RIZIN Fighting Federation isn’t done adding firepower just yet. Joining an already stacked card is two more fights featuring some of Japan’s biggest stars. In kickboxing action, the phenom Tenshin Nasukawa (39-0) will reportedly face a legitimate muay thai…

Javier Mendez says next lightweight title fight has to include Dustin Poirier
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Javier Mendez says next lightweight title fight has to include Dustin Poirier

The next lightweight title fight must involve Dustin Poirier according to American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez. The 155-pound title is now vacant after Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement from the sport following his impressive win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 this past weekend. The question immediately turned to who should battle for…

Javier Mendez thinks Jon Jones ‘steamrolls’ everyone at heavyweight except Francis Ngannou
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Javier Mendez thinks Jon Jones ‘steamrolls’ everyone at heavyweight except Francis Ngannou

Jon Jones will be a major success at heavyweight. At least according to American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez. Jones is currently planning a move up to the heavyweight division following the vacating of his light heavyweight crown. It’s a move he has been planning as far back as 2013 which has led to…

UFC 254: Khabib Nurmagomedov coach talks Justin Gaethje’s wrestling, ‘a lot of variables to takedowns’ in MMA
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UFC 254: Khabib Nurmagomedov coach talks Justin Gaethje’s wrestling, ‘a lot of variables to takedowns’ in MMA

Whatever advantages Justin Gaethje might have in the wrestling, Khabib Nurmagomedov will have plenty of his own according to American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez. In just over a week, Nurmagomedov meets Gaethje in a highly-anticipated lightweight title unification bout in the UFC 254 headliner on October 24. It’s a fight many observers in…

Eugene Bareman questions Chris Weidman as potential Israel Adesanya opponent: ‘Is he even ranked?’
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Eugene Bareman questions Chris Weidman as potential Israel Adesanya opponent: ‘Is he even ranked?’

City Kickboxing head coach Eugene Bareman doesn’t think Chris Weidman makes any sense as a potential next opponent for Israel Adesanya. Adesanya is coming off a second-round TKO win over Paulo Costa and has already targeted his next title defense to be against Jared Cannonier who meets Robert Whittaker at UFC 254 later this month….

‘Superstitious’ Javier Mendez doesn’t want Tony Ferguson again but Khabib has to fight him if UFC wants
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‘Superstitious’ Javier Mendez doesn’t want Tony Ferguson again but Khabib has to fight him if UFC wants

Could a Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson fight be booked for an unprecedented sixth time? American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez certainly hopes not. The pair were set to battle each other for the lightweight title at UFC 249 in April with many expectant that the long-awaited fight would finally come to fruition this…

RIZIN 23 Results

RIZIN 23 Results

RIZIN Fighting Federation returned this morning with a jam-packed fight card – but they aren’t done yet. About 20 hours after Roberto de Souza took out Yusuke Yachi in the main event of RIZIN 22, the company returns with an even better card tonight in the form of RIZIN 23. In the main event of…

RIZIN 22 Results

RIZIN 22 Results

Finally – RIZIN Fighting Federation is back! Tonight live on iPPV, RIZIN 22 goes down from the Pia Arena MM in Yokohama, Japan. In what will be their first show since February, and show #1 of their back-to-back events this weekend, RIZIN 22 will see lightweight headliners Yusuke Yachi and Roberto de Souza do battle…