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Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones did not hold back on what he expects to happen at UFC 243. That card is slated to take place in Australia in October with a middleweight title unification clash between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya headlining the event. Adesanya and Jones have gone back-and-forth in recent months in what…
All fighters successfully weighed in ahead of the upcoming UFC event in Greenville, South Carolina, this Saturday, June 22. Both Renato Moicano and Chan Sung Jung weighed in at 146 pounds, and given that neither has missed weight before, the fact that they both made weight will be of little surprise to anyone. Following the…
Angela Lee will continue fighting at strawweight when ONE Championship returns to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 12, for ONE: Masters of Destiny. Lee (9-1), the ONE Championship women’s atomweight champion, will face eight-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Michelle Nicolini (5-2) in a strawweight contest that will serve as the co-main event of the evening….
The UFC markets itself as a global sport, and it certainly is. Very few other sports, let alone leagues, have the kind of diversity on their rosters as mixed martial arts does. Dozens and dozens of countries are represented in the UFC’s Octagon, but there are several omissions. One such country that has yet to…
Last week, the UFC announced an official partnership with major CBD brand, Aurora Cannabis Inc. The partnership details a multi-year collaboration researching the potential benefits of CBD for combat sports athletes, based out of the UFC Performance Institute (PI). So for the UFC and its fighters, a long-term deal to validate and provide access to…
Roque Martinez, the DEEP Megaton Champion, meets Jake Heun this weekend at RIZIN 16 in Kobe, Japan. The Guamanian is 9-1 in his last ten, with his only loss since 2011 coming from Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic via a cut inflicted by the Croatian kickboxer’s elbow. Despite his career going rather well, Martinez has had…
June 8 marks Donald Cerrone’s third Octagon appearance of 2019, as he’ll face off against #3 ranked Tony Ferguson in what is being looked at as the number one contender fight in the lightweight division. Since moving back down to lightweight, “Cowboy” has defeated both Alexander Hernandez and Al Iaquinta, both within the space of…
Shamrock FC owner Jesse Finney, 44, knows a thing or two about fighting. A former kickboxer and mixed martial artist, Finney was introduced to combat sports at a very young age. “How I got started in mixed martial arts is a really long story,” Finney began in an interview with The Body Lock. “My stepdad…
Mike Trizano isn’t interested in the trash-talking side of the game. He lets his performances speak for themselves. Unlike some of the other cast members on the show, the Ultimate Fighter 27 lightweight winner wasn’t much of a character. He didn’t need to be. Trizano defeated Thailand Clark and John Gunther to land a spot…
After a dominant, one-round submission victory over former Titan FC featherweight champion Luis Gomez (7-3), Herbert Burns (8-2) stood next to UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (15-1), who doubles as a Titan commentator when the promotion puts on a Florida show. “[I] came here tonight and showed that I belong in the best company of…
