MMA News

Chris Taylor - November 17, 2018

A middleweight bout between Cezar Ferreira and Ian Heinisch took place on tonight’s UFC Argentina main card. The fight was a back and forth affair. Ferreira was able to get Heinisch to the ground in round one but had to fight off numerous submission attempts from the UFC newcomer.

Chris Taylor - November 17, 2018

A women’s strawweight bout between Cynthia Calvillo and Poliana Botelho kicked off tonight’s UFC Argentina main card on FS1. Calvillo missed weight for the event (118lbs), and thus will surrender 20% of her fight purse to opponent Poliana Botelho.

Chris Taylor - November 17, 2018

UFC Argentina takes center stage tonight as the promotion invades Buenos Aires for its UFC Fight Night 140 event. Tonight’s UFC Argentina event is headlined by a welterweight bout featuring hometown favorite Santiago Ponzinnibio taking on Neil Magny.

Cole Shelton - November 17, 2018

Jake Shields doesn’t know what his future holds. Shields most recently fought for PFL this year in which he lost to Ray Cooper III back in late October. Since the loss, Jake has been contemplating his future.

Chris Taylor - November 17, 2018

Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather (50-0 Boxing) is interested in setting up a super-fight with current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov (27-0 MMA). Of course, Floyd Mayweather is requesting that this potential contest take place inside the ring under official boxing rules.

Chris Taylor - November 17, 2018

Former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz will reportedly make his highly anticipated return to the octagon this March at UFC 235 in Las Vegas. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, the former UFC welterweight title challenger, Diaz, will take on perennial contender Jorge Masvidal at the pay-per-view event on March 2.

Chris Taylor - November 17, 2018

Donald Cerrone is eyeing a fight with former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor for his return to the 155-pound division. Shortly following his emphatic first-round submission victory over Mike Perry at UFC Denver, “Cowboy” teased a potential fight with Conor McGregor on Instagram.

Thomas Taylor - November 17, 2018

On Saturday night (Saturday morning in North America), ONE Championship returned to Jakarta, Indonesia with ONE: Warrior’s Dream. This exciting, finish-filled card, was topped by a welterweight title fight, as Swedish knockout artist Zebaztian Kadestam battled undefeated American wrestler Tyler McGuire for the ONE welterweight title vacated by Ben Askren. With less than 30 seconds left in the fight, Kadestam won with a huge, last-minute knockout.  

Chris Taylor - November 16, 2018

Cynthia Calvillo nearly fell off the scale while attempting to weigh-in for her UFC Argentina fight with Poliana Botelho. The 31-year-old, Calvillo, missed the strawweight non-title fight limit by two pounds weighing in at 118.

Cole Shelton - November 16, 2018

For most competitors on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) the goal is to win the show and earn a UFC contract. However, TUF 28 fighter Leah Letson didn’t have that worry. No matter how she did on the show, she was guaranteed to fight in the UFC. “Mine was a little bit of a different story, just because I am already signed to the UFC. My coaches called me and told ‘hey they are asking if you want to be on TUF, do you want to do it?” So it was more of a decision if I wanted to do it,” Letson said to BJPENN.com. “After I talked to my coaches we thought it was a great opportunity to get my name out there and get some exposure. And, get some ring rust off because it had been a year and a half since I fought. I knew the fights wouldn’t count on my record. I knew no matter how I did on the show I would still have my UFC contract. It was a win-win situation for me. It was a pretty cool opportunity that I got presented that I definitely wanted to take up.”

Drake Riggs - November 16, 2018

Invicta FC put on yet another good night of action as they touched down for the first time in Oklahoma for Invicta FC 32. In a pivotal bantamweight matchup, the “Raging Panda” Julia Avila (6-1) made her return to the Invicta cage as she took on the always tough Alexa Conners (5-3).

Chris Taylor - November 16, 2018

Frankie Edgar has made a living off of fighting larger men. The former UFC lightweight champion, has always been considered small, even while competing in the UFC’s featherweight division.

Chris Taylor - November 16, 2018

Bellator 209 took place yesterday evening, but aired on tape delay tonight on DAZN. The event, which marked Bellator’s first in nearly a month, was headlined by a featherweight title fight featuring reigning division champion Patricio Freire taking on Emmanuel Sanchez.

Cole Shelton - November 16, 2018

Ilima-Lei MacFarlane is quickly emerging as one of Bellator’s biggest stars. The current women’s flyweight champion is set to defend her title for the second time against Valerie Letourneau on December 15.

Drake Riggs - November 16, 2018

When you hear the name “Gracie”, you automatically think of someone with some pretty damn good Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Well, the case is no different for the son of Rickson, Kron Gracie. It now appears that another Gracie may be finding their way back into the Octagon as ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that the UFC is looking to bring the BJJ wizard in.

Tom Taylor - November 16, 2018

Some fight fans choose to support their favorite fighters by buying their pay-per-views or their walk-out shirts. Others choose to show their support by getting their favorite fighters permanently tattooed onto their skin. That’s just what one Conor McGregor fan has done, and it’s actually some pretty impressive artwork. See this impressive Conor McGregor tattoo, which was done by artist Steve Butcher back in June, in the Instagram video below.

Tom Taylor - November 16, 2018

Earlier this week, fan favorite UFC welterweight contender Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, who’s recently been teasing a return to the lightweight division, hinted that he could be fighting former UFC lightweight and featherweight champ Conor McGregor in the near future.

Tom Taylor - November 16, 2018

In November of 2016, in the main event of UFC 205, Conor McGregor made good on months of pre-fight trash talk and knocked out Eddie Alvarez to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes concurrently. Post-fight, with a belt strapped over each shoulder, the Irish star unleashed a victory speech that went down as an instant classic.