MMA News

Chris Taylor - October 2, 2021

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 38 was co-headlined by a middleweight matchup featuring Kevin Holland squaring off with Kyle Daukaus. Holland (21-7 MMA) was looking to snap a two-fight losing skid this evening. ‘Big Mouth’ had suffered back-to-back unanimous decision losses to Derek Brunson and Marvin Vettori in his most recent efforts.

Chris Taylor - October 2, 2021

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 38 is co-headlined by a middleweight matchup featuring Kevin Holland squaring off with Kyle Daukaus. Holland (21-7 MMA) will be looking to snap a two-fight losing skid this evening. ‘Big Mouth’ is coming off of back-to-back unanimous decision losses to Derek Brunson and Marvin Vettori in his most recent efforts.

Chris Taylor - October 2, 2021

Former UFC champion Michael Bisping has suggested a “fun fight” with a “big storyline” for reigning middleweight kingpin Israel Adesanya. Adesanya (21-1 MMA) is expected to collide in a rematch with Robert Whittaker in early 2022. Should ‘Stylebender’ emerge victorious over ‘The Reaper’ for a second time, Michael Bisping believes he knows the perfect next challenger.

Chris Taylor - October 2, 2021

UFC welterweight contender Vicente Luque has offered a gutsy stipulation for his potential December showdown with Nate Diaz. Luque (21-7-1 MMA) is currently the hottest fighter in the promotions welterweight division, having won four-straights fights all by way of stoppage. ‘The Silent Assassin’ has earned back-to-back first round submission victories over Tyron Woodley and Michael Chiesa in his most recent efforts.

Chris Taylor - October 2, 2021

Douglas Lima (32-10 MMA) has reacted following his split-decision loss to Michael Page (20-1 MMA) at last night’s Bellator 267 event. Lima and Page collided for a second time yesterday in London, England. The pair had originally squared off at Bellator 221 in May of 2019, with ‘The Phenom’ emerging victorious by way of second round knockout.

Chris Taylor - October 2, 2021

Jorge Masvidal does not want to see Nick Diaz tarnish his legacy following his TKO loss to Robbie Lawler at last weekend’s UFC 266 event. Diaz (26-10 MMA) returned from a six year hiatus last Saturday for a middleweight bout with his former opponent in Lawler. The pair had initially collided 17 years ago in a welterweight bout at UFC 47, with the Stockton Slugger emerging victorious by way of second round knockout.

Chris Taylor - October 2, 2021

The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 38 event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by light heavyweights Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker. Santos (21-9 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest in hopes of snapping a three-fight losing skid. The former light heavyweight title challenger suffered a unanimous decision loss to Aleksandar Rakic in his most recent effort at UFC 259.

Drake Riggs - October 1, 2021

FORT LAUDERDALE — Claressa Shields is fully committed to forging a strong and viable MMA career. The former three-division 11-0 boxing champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist joined MMA as a PFL lightweight in 2021. The tournament formatted promotion currently has Shields on the outside looking in as she keeps gaining experience after successfully debuting in June with a third-round TKO against Brittney Elkin.

Cole Shelton - October 1, 2021

In the main event of Bellator 267, Douglas Lima and Michael Page had their highly-anticipated rematch in London, England. Michael Page (19-1) is on a five-fight winning streak and coming off a TKO win over Derek Anderson in a fight he landed a perfectly placed head kick that broke Anderson’s nose. Prior to that, he beat Ross Houston by decision and knocked out Shinso Anzai, Gianni Melillo, and Richard Kiely. His first career loss came in the second round of the welterweight grand prix as he suffered a brutal KO loss to Lima back at Bellator 221 in May of 2019. In his career, the fan-favorite holds notable wins over Paul Daley, David Rickels, and Charlie Ontiveros. Page is also the second-ranked welterweight.

Christopher Taylor - October 1, 2021

Aspen Ladd (9-1 MMA) has released a statement after she failed to make weight for tomorrow night’s UFC Vegas 38 event. Ladd was slated to collide with Macy Chiasson (7-1 MMA) on the main card of tomorrow night’s Fight Night event in Nevada. However, the MMA Gold product failed to make the 136lbs weight limit and the fight was ultimately called off.

Cole Shelton - October 1, 2021

The police audio from Jon Jones’ arrest has been released. According to the audio, Jones’ longtime fiancee Jessie Moses refused to go back to the hotel room where the longtime UFC champ allegedly assaulted her. She did not want to go to the room to get her stuff, the audio revealed.

Adam D Martin - October 1, 2021

Longtime bantamweight fighter Thomas Almeida was among the latest four UFC roster cuts as the promotion continues to trim the roster. MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz confirmed the following four releases. Almeida; UFC women’s flyweight Sarah Alpar; UFC light heavyweight Mike Rodriguez; and UFC middleweight Antonio Arroyo. According to Cruz, all were removed from the UFC roster.

Adam D Martin - October 1, 2021

UFC lightweight contender Dan Hooker confirmed that the UFC gave him extra money in order to fight Islam Makhachev at UFC 267. Hooker will step into the Octagon on short notice later this month when he faces off against Makhachev at UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi. Hooker just fought last weekend at UFC 266 and he beat Nasrat Haqparast via decision, and he was expected to go home to New Zealand following the fight. But with the opportunity to face a top-five opponent in Makhachev out there, Hooker has made the decision to stay away from home and take the fight. It’s a decision that isn’t an easy one for Hooker, as he now has no idea when he will go back to New Zealand and see his family. But for the extra money that the UFC offered him to take the fight with Makhachev, Hooker believes that it was worth taking the fight.

Adam D Martin - October 1, 2021

Top contender Michael Chandler shared his prediction for the upcoming UFC lightweight title bout between Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier. Chandler knows a thing-or-two about Oliveira, considering he just fought him for the vacant lightweight belt back at UFC 262 in May. Although Chandler ended up losing via second-round TKO, he was doing well in the first round of the fight and showed that he’s one of the sport’s best lightweights despite the defeat. For his next fight, Chandler will step into the Octagon next month when he faces off with fellow top contender Justin Gaethje. The winner of Chandler vs. Gaethje could very well be in line for a title shot at 155lbs.

Cole Shelton - October 1, 2021

Jalin Turner called a first-round stoppage over Uros Medic at UFC 266 and he did just that. In the lead-up to his fight on the stacked pay-per-view card, Turner made his return against the undefeated Medic and many thought Turner would get finished early. Yet, it was the other way around as Turner submitted Medic in the first and he said he’s still not surprised people continue to doubt him.

Adam D Martin - October 1, 2021

An important women’s bantamweight bout between top-10 ranked Miesha Tate and Ketlen Vieira has been rebooked as UFC main event. Tate vs. Vieira was originally intended to headline the UFC Fight Night card on October 16, but the fight fell apart after Tate contracted COVID-19. Because Tate was not healthy enough to compete on that date, the pairing fell apart, and a women’s featherweight bout between Holly Holm and Norma Dumont was elevated to the main event of the October 16 card. Fortunately for both Tate and Vieira, the UFC was able to rebook them in rather fast order, as the promotion announced this week the pairing will go down on November 20.

Adam D Martin - October 1, 2021

Top-ranked UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev is heavily favored to defeat divisional rival Dan Hooker at UFC 267 later this month. Makhachev was supposed to fight Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 267, but RDA was forced to pull out of the fight with an injury. In his place steps Hooker, who is fresh off of a decision win over Nasrat Haqparast at UFC 266 last weekend. With the UFC in a tough situation in regards to finding a suitable opponent to fight Makhachev, Hooker stepped up on short notice. The two lightweights will now meet later this month at UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi.

Andrew Whitelaw - October 1, 2021

Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira is a father of 11 and he just told Niko Price, soon-to-be father of 6 to ‘get a vasectomy.’ The pair will go head to head at UFC Fight Night 192 with both men looking to return to winning ways.