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UFC 236 Predictions and Picks: The Body Lock tips Holloway vs. Poirier and more
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UFC 236 Predictions and Picks: The Body Lock tips Holloway vs. Poirier and more

On Saturday, April 13, UFC 236 will bring an end to the 42-day drought of UFC pay-per-view (PPV) events, and fight fans are blessed with another two title fights (albeit for interim titles). UFC 236 will be the first UFC PPV event that will be distributed exclusively via ESPN+. We’re here to bring you our picks and…

ONE Championship Roots of Honor Results: Martin Nguyen, Joshua Pacio earn big knockout wins
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ONE Championship Roots of Honor Results: Martin Nguyen, Joshua Pacio earn big knockout wins

ONE Championship brought a fight card packed with 15 bouts to Manila, Philippines, on Friday, April 12 for ONE: Roots of Honor. The event featured two title fights at the top of the card. Martin Nguyen defended the ONE Featherweight Championship in the main event of the evening. Before then, Joshua Pacio knocked out Yosuke…

ONE Championship: Roots of Honor fight card preview

ONE Championship: Roots of Honor fight card preview

ONE Championship returns to Manila, Philippines, this Friday, April 12, for an event that is topped with two excellent title fights. The main event of the evening is a ONE Featherweight Championship bout that will see Martin Nguyen attempt to defend his title from Narantungalag Jadambaa. In the co-main event, Joshua Pacio will challenge Yosuke…

Gustavo Balart: ONE Championship’s 4-foot-11 flyweight dark horse
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Gustavo Balart: ONE Championship’s 4-foot-11 flyweight dark horse

ONE Championship, one of Asia’s foremost mixed martial arts promotions, has spent plenty of time on recent news cycles in the global spotlight. There was, of course, the blockbuster “trade” with the UFC involving Demetrious Johnson and Ben Askren, the splashy signings of Eddie Alvarez, Sage Northcutt, and Vitor Belfort; and the ongoing Lightweight and…

MMA Results Hub: Covering Everything in US and World MMA (Apr. 10 – Apr. 16)
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MMA Results Hub: Covering Everything in US and World MMA (Apr. 10 – Apr. 16)

The MMA Results Hub is your go-to for coverage of every major professional mixed martial arts fight across the globe. With links to finishing clips, live updating world MMA results, full event recaps, highlights plucked from streams worldwide, and pre-event interviews. We’ll begin with the more mainstream/easily watchable stuff and then go deep into every…

RIZIN announces Manny Pacquiao as ambassador for Filipino fighters to the promotion and Tenshin Nasukawa’s next fight

RIZIN announces Manny Pacquiao as ambassador for Filipino fighters to the promotion and Tenshin Nasukawa’s next fight

Earlier this week, RIZIN FF CEO, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, posted a picture of himself with world-renowned pugilist Manny Pacquiao on Twitter. The caption suggested that Manny Pacquiao would be involved with the promotion in some way. I’m here in the Philippines. RIZIN.15 will have this man involved in a way. We will be ready to announce…

Fortis MMA’s Austin Lingo: Contender Series or LFA belt next

Fortis MMA’s Austin Lingo: Contender Series or LFA belt next

Just two weeks ago, Legacy Fighting Alliance returned to The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas, for LFA 62: Kenney vs. Cachero. On the card, local favorite Austin Lingo (6-0) kept his undefeated career rolling with a lightning-quick, 25-second submission over Angel Cruz (5-4). The origin of “Lights Out” “I knew he was coming in with…

The Oblique Kick: Understanding MMA’s most controversial leg kick

The Oblique Kick: Understanding MMA’s most controversial leg kick

While mixed martial arts is a sport cherished by many, the sport’s inherent motif of violence has, had, and will continue to make it a contentious, problematic activity for many. The societal acceptance and global fanbases of MMA are growing at unprecedented rates, but watching two men or women do battle in a fenced enclosure…

UFC 236’s Dwight Grant: Tyron Woodley deserves rematch with Kamaru Usman
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UFC 236’s Dwight Grant: Tyron Woodley deserves rematch with Kamaru Usman

UFC welterweight Dwight Grant (9-2) certainly did not expect Kamaru Usman to defeat Tyron Woodley in the manner that he did last month. Heading into the bout, Woodley was a heavy favorite as he was set to defend his welterweight title against Usman in the co-main event of UFC 235. However, it was “The Nigerian…