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Dana White, has criticized the Professional Fighters League (PFL) for signing Francis Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion. White expressed his disappointment in a tweet, stating that the PFL is “trying to be like Bellator,” another mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. White’s criticism comes after Ngannou’s contract with the UFC expired, and he chose to […]

UFC Vegas 73 took place on May 20, 2023, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event featured a total of 12 fights, with four fighters earning $50,000 bonuses for their performances. Diego Ferreira’s crushing KO of Michael Johnson was among the highlights of the night. DIEGO FERREIRA PUT MICHAEL JOHNSON TO SLEEP 😱 […]

UFC Vegas 73 kicked off the prelims with a welterweight matchup between Themba Gorimbo and Takashi Sato. Gorimbo was out working Sato early in the fight and then dropped him in the second round almost getting the finish. He seemed winded as the fight progressed into the later rounds but he was able to outlast […]

The UFC kicks off today’s fight night card UFC Vegas 73 with some fireworks, especially in the women’s flyweight division with a fight between Natalia Silva and Victoria Leonardo. It wasn’t a fight that lasted long as Silva dispatched her in 2:58 of the first round via a standing TKO finish. https://twitter.com/bjpenndotcom/status/1660024906883518464?s=20 Natalia Silva has […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: keeps it moving up the prelims with a fight between Orion Cosce and Gilbert Urbina in the welterweight division. Cosce is coming off his first win his UFC career with a dominant performance against Blood Diamond. Urbina is making his return after almost a two-year layoff after […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: keeps it moving on the prelims with a fight between Ilir Latifi and Rodrigo Nascimento in the heavyweight division. Latifi is coming off back-to-back wins for the first time since 2018 but has only fought twice over the last two years and is now 40 years old. […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: continues on the prelims with a fight in the lightweight division between Chase Hooper and Nick Fiore. Hooper will be making his lightweight debut on the heels of a brutal knockout loss to Steve Garcia his last time out. Fiore is looking to put his short-notice debut […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: keeps the prelims moving with a fight in the women’s flyweight division between Victoria Leonardo and Natalia Silva. Leonardo has had a rough stretch in her first three fights with the promotion but is coming off her first UFC win. Meanwhile, Silva has looked sensational in her […]

UFC Vegas 73 Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill: kicks off the prelims with a welterweight showdown between Takashi Sato and Themba Gorimbo. This should be a fun one to kick off the prelims as these two fighters all action all the time and being that both need a bad we can expect fireworks in this […]

The Francis Ngannou sweepstakes has finally come to an end and he has signed with the PFL for one of the most lucrative deals in MMA history. Many believed that Ngannou fumbled the bag so to speak when he declined one of the biggest contracts in UFC history. As the reports have come out, it […]

The waiting is finally over as the biggest free agent in combat sports, Francis Ngannou has a new home. He has officially signed with the Professional Fighters League and as the kids say “got the bag”. This was by far the most lucrative contract for any MMA fighter out there and he got more than […]

Former Glory kickboxing world champion Cedric Doumbe was a hot commodity when he turned to MMA after his kickboxing career was finished. He finished his Glory career as the 2-time welterweight champion with a professional kickboxing record of 75-6-1 (45 KO). "CÉDRIC DOUMBÉ PROMISED US A KNOCKOUT AND IT ONLY TOOK SECONDS TO DELIVER IT" […]

At UFC 288 we saw the return of Kron Gracie after on the shelf for over 3 years. Normally when a fighter takes a long extended period of time off they come back a better version of themselves but that wasn’t the case with Gracie. Dana White reacts to Kron Gracie’s UFC 288 performance: ‘It […]

Matt Brown responds to Conor McGregor’s comments about the knockout record being tied this past weekend. Brown turned back time this weekend at UFC Charlotte with a brutal first-round knockout against Court McGee. He timed a beautiful right-hand counter that sat down McGee that follow-up shots weren’t even necessary. MATT BROWN DID THAT 😮 #UFCCHARLOTTE […]

Last night we had a great night of fights at UFC Charlotte as we saw two heavyweight contenders throw down in the main event in a fight between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Jailton Almeida. Rozenstruik put on 20+ lbs in hopes of being able to defend the takedowns of Almeida easier but unfortunately, it did not […]

UFC Charlotte was an exciting fight card for the Charlotte, North Carolina fight fans. It was a fight card where we saw the emergence of heavyweight contender Jailton Almeida. He absolutely dominated his toughest opposition to date in Jairzinho Rozenstruik with a first-round rear-naked choke submission. Another day, another submission win for Jailton Almeida pic.twitter.com/qDEugtKtXD […]

Francis Ngannou is the biggest free agent in all of combat sports right now and he hints at a massive announcement this upcoming week. Ngannou has been making all of his rounds to the various organizations about being their next big signing but we have yet to see anything materialize just yet. People in the […]

The former UFC men’s flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo was mulling over what to do next after losing his title against Brandon Moreno at UFC 283. We saw reports that Figueiredo was going to move up to bantamweight shortly after his title loss due to the weight cut just being a bit too much for him […]

UFC Charlotte delivered for the fight fans in North Carolina. It was a record-setting night as the Charlotte, North Carolina fans packed the house with a sold-out crowd that had the highest-ever attendance in UFC Fight Night history. #UFCCharlotte Gate: $2.09 millionAttendance: 18,712 (sold out and highest-ever attendance figure for a domestic UFC Fight Night) […]

UFC Charlotte: Rozentruik vs. Almeida keeps it moving on the prelims with a fight in the lightweight division between Natan Levy and Pete Rodriguez. Levy is riding a two-fight winning streak into this matchup meanwhile, Rodriguez is coming off a brutal knockout win in his previous bout. With that said, check out our UFC odds […]

UFC Charlotte: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida keeps it move on the prelims with a fight in the women’s flyweight division between Ji Yeon Kim and Mandy Bohm. Both Kim and Bohm are coming off losing streaks and desperately need a win to keep their UFC career alive this Saturday. With that said, check out our UFC […]

UFC Charlotte: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida continues on the prelims in the welterweight division with a fight between Gabe Green and Bryan Battle. Both Green and Battle lost their last fight and are in need to pick up a big win this weekend. With that said, check out our UFC odds series for our Green-Battle prediction […]

UFC Charlotte Rozenstruik vs. Almeida kicks off the fight card in the women’s bantamweight division with a fight between Jessica-Rose Clark and promotional newcomer Tainara Lisboa. Clark is desperately in need of a win after losing two straight meanwhile, Lisboa is looking for the biggest win of her career this Saturday. With that said, check […]

Bellator 296 Mousasi vs. Edwards continues on as we are finally up to our main event fight in the middleweight division between Gegard Mousasi and Fabian Edwards. Mousasi is coming off losing his title to Johnny Eblen meanwhile Edwards is coming off the biggest win of his career against Lyota Machida two fights ago. With […]

Bellator 296: Mousasi vs. Edwards continues on to the co-main event for a first-round matchup in the lightweight grand prix between Brent Primus and Mansour Barnaoui. Brent Primus steps in to take Sydney Outlaw’s place in the Grand Prix meanwhile Monsour Barnaoui will look to continue his hot streak with a win on Friday night. […]

Bellator 296: Mousasi vs. Edwards moves on with a middleweight matchup between the former Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima and Costello van Steenis. Lima is hoping a move to 185 lbs can help him right this ship as he takes on the surging Costello van Steenis. With that said, check out our Bellator odds series […]

Bellator 296: Mousasi vs. Edwards kicks off the main card with a bout in the lightweight division between Thibault Gouti and Kane Mousah. Gouti and Mousah are both high-level strikers which means we should be in for a treat when they get the main card started for us. With that said, check out our Bellator […]

Dana White and the UFC hint at a potential straweight title bout for their return to China between the champion Zhang Weili and Yan Xiaonan. Weili has been on the shelf ever since she won the title after finishing Carla Esparza in round 2 back in November 2022. Yan Xiaonan says she met Dana White […]

The UFC will move forward with a women’s straweight bout between Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill to headline their UFC Fight Night on May 20th. They originally lost their main event fight that was scheduled between Raquel Pennington and Irene Aldana. Irene Aldana is now slated to fight for the bantamweight championship against Amanda Nunes […]

Henry Cejudo has been getting a ton of hate after his loss at UFC 288, most recently from ex-Eagles tight end Clay Harbor. Henry Cejudo may be small in stature at 5’4″ and fights at 135 lbs but is an Olympic Gold Medalist in wrestling and a two-division UFC world champion in the flyweight and […]

After a closely contested loss at UFC 288, Henry Cejudo ripped Conor McGregor for his criticism of his fight with Aljamain Sterling. Cejudo lost a razor-close split decision to the champion Sterling coming off a 3-year layoff. There were a lot of positive tweets and mentions about Henry Cejudo’s title loss but there was also […]

UFC 288 has now come and gone and Aljamain Sterling is still the king of the bantamweight division. After Sterling was able to beat “Triple C” Henry Cejudo via a close split decision, he called out “Suga” Sean O’Malley as his next opponent for his bantamweight strap. Sean O’Malley and Aljamain Sterling exchanged words in […]

The dust has settled and UFC 288 from Newark, NJ has come and gone with much excitement from the fans. We saw the pound-for-pound king in the bantamweight division Aljamain Sterling retain his title via a split decision against “Triple C” Henry Cejudo. There were many mixed feelings about the decision, but it was a […]

In the co-main event, we have a No. 1 contender fight in the welterweight division between Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns. Both fighters are hungry and looking to get the next crack at the champion of the division and that happens with a win here this weekend at UFC 288. With that said, check out […]

The featured bout on the prelims is a banger in the lightweight division between Drew Dober and Matt Frevola. Both Dober and Frevola are coming into this fight with knockout streaks so you can certainly expect an insane amount of violence in this one. With that said, check out our UFC odds series for our […]

We keep it moving on the prelims in the heavyweight division with a fight between promotional newcomer Braxton Smith and Parker Porter. Smith is coming into his UFC debut with a 5-fight knockout streak meanwhile, Porter is in need of a big win to keep his UFC dreams alive. With that said, check out our […]

As we continue on the early prelims, we have a fight in the middleweight division between Phil Hawes and Ikram Aliskerov. Hawes is desperately in need of a win meanwhile, Aliskerov is riding a 5-fight winning streak into his UFC debut. With that said, check out our UFC odds series for our Hawes-Aliskerov prediction and […]

Moving on with the early prelims we have a fight in the middleweight division between Joseph Holmes and Claudio Ribeiro. Both Holmes and Ribeiro are coming off a fight where they were finished, so we know going into this fight they will be hungry to get the win come Saturday night. With that said, check […]

One Championship is making their debut in the United States of America with a stacked fight card and a main event fight between Demetrious Johnson and Adriano Moraes. These two will battle it out in the rubber match for the One Championship flyweight title. The first two fights ended in a finish so we can […]