MMA News

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night 108 Results: Joe Lauzon vs. Stevie Ray A lightweight scrap between veteran Joe Lauzon and Stevie Ray took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 108 main card in Nashville.

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night 108 Results: Jake Ellenberger vs. Mike Perry A welterweight scrap between Jake Ellenberger and Mike Perry kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 108 main card in Nashville.

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night 108 Results: Thales Leites vs. Sam Alvey A middleweight scrap between former title challenger Thales Leites and surging contender Sam Alvey served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 108 prelims in Nashville.

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night 108 Results: Brandon Moreno vs. Dustin Ortiz A flyweight tilt between Brandon Moreno and Dustin Ortiz took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 108 prelims in Nashville.

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night 108 Results: Jessica Penne vs. Danielle Taylor A strawweight bout between former title challenger Jessica Penne and Danielle Taylor kicked off the UFC Fight Night 108 prelims on FS2.

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night 108 Results: Cindy Dandois vs. Alexis Davis A women’s bantamweight scrap between Cindy Dandois and former title challenger Alexis Davis served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 108 Fight Pass prelims in Nashville.

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night 108 Results: Bryan Barberena vs. Joe Proctor A welterweight scrap between Bryan Barberena and Joe Proctor took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 108 Fight Pass prelims in Nashville.

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

UFC Fight Night 108 Results: Hector Sandoval KO’s Matt Schnell A flyweight bout between Hector Sandoval and Matt Schnell kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 108 fight card in Nashville.

Chris Taylor - April 22, 2017

The octagon invades Nashville this evening for UFC Fight Night 108, a thirteen bout fight card headlined by a featherweight tilt between Cub Swanson and Artem Lobov. Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from tonight’s event.

Tom Taylor - April 22, 2017

https://twitter.com/carlaesparza1/status/855653344886444034 Generally speaking, getting punched in the face by a UFC fighter is something most people try to avoid doing. Even UFC fighters do their best to avoid being punched by other UFC fighters. That’s how you avoid getting knocked out.

Tom Taylor - April 22, 2017

Last night, Bellator MMA touched down in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut with Bellator 178. The card produced a handful of truly impressive finishes. One of the more impressive finishes on the card was dealt by rising featherweight prospect, AJ McKee, who is the son of MMA veteran Antonio McKee. The younger McKee authored his win with a partially blocked, second round head kick. This thunderous kick, which occurred just 1:15 into the first round,  sent his foe Dominic Mazzotta careening to the mat in an unconscious heap.

Tom Taylor - April 22, 2017

According to a report from MMAFighting.com, Bellator MMA is on the verge of signing another former UFC title challenger. That title challenger is Canada’s Valérie Létourneau, who fought for the UFC strawweight title in 2015, putting forth a valiant effort against dominant champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Létourneau is currently on an unfortunate, three-fight losing streak, having dropped this fight to Jedrzejczyk, succumbed to strikes dealt by Joanne Calderwood, and given up a razor-thin decision to Viviane Pereira back in December. After these losses, she was released by the promotion.

Tom Taylor - April 22, 2017

On June 11, the UFC will head to the South Pacific with UFC New Zealand. The card, which will go down inside Aukland’s Spark Arena, already has fans very excited. Much of the excitement surrounding this card can be attributed to its dynamite main event. This main event will pit brick-fisted heavyweight veteran Mark Hunt against the streaking Derrick Lewis. Now, this main event is represented in an official, promotional fight poster – and it’s a good one. While the typical UFC promotional poster simply features the card’s competitors, side-by-side, this one shows Lewis and Hunt squaring off with crazed expressions on their faces.

Tom Taylor - April 22, 2017

Yesterday, it was reported that BJJ star and rising MMA talent Mackenzie Dern had failed to make weight for the Abu Dhabi World Pro jiu jitsu championship, and that she had been scratched from the tournament bracket as a result. Dern was expected to face Belgian brown belt Amal Amjahid in the opening round. One day removed from the news of this weigh-in miss, Dern has now released a statement, clarifying that she did not miss weight for the event, but that she decided to remove her own name from the tournament because she was not feeling up to par. Dern made her statement on Instagram.

Tom Taylor - April 22, 2017

Last night, news broke that former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir had been slapped with a two-year ban from the United States Anti-Doping Agency. His suspension stems from an in-competition test, conducted after his knockout loss to Mark Hunt. Mir tested positive for metabolites of the banned substance dehydrochloromethyltestosterone. USADA broke down their investigation of Mir’s failed test, and his resulting ban, in the following statement:

Tom Taylor - April 22, 2017

Back in December, in the co-main event of UFC 207, Dominick Cruz’s legendary bantamweight title run was cut short by an incredibly sharp Cody Garbrandt. Garbrandt was able to drop Cruz on multiple occasions, ultimately earning a sound, unanimous decision win for his efforts. Though there was some brief talk of an immediate Garbrandt vs. Cruz rematch, those talks quickly quieted and we haven’t heard much from Cruz since then. According to his head coach at Alliance MMA, Eric Del Fierro, however, Cruz has been busy in the gym, growing and evolving as a fighter.

Russell Ess - April 21, 2017

Bellator MMA has picked up a few of the UFC’s high-ranked fighters including former UFC welterweight challenger Rory MacDonald. MacDonald is set to make his Bellator MMA debut against knockout artist Paul Daley in Bellator 179’s main event on May 19 at the SSE Arena in London.

Russell Ess - April 21, 2017

The UFC bantamweight title fight between champion Cody Garbrandt and former champion TJ Dillashaw is heating up as they are set to meet in the Octagon at UFC 213 on July 8. With the two former teammates also starring as opposing coaches in the current season of The Ultimate Fighter, there is a ton of history between the two opponents. Once friends and training partners, they now find themselves on opposite sides set to do battle in the Octagon.