Author: Mike Sloan

Former two-time IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson is set to make his return to the ring on Oct. 17. Peterson will headline the Premier Boxing Champions’ next PBC on NBC against unbeaten Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz Jr. in a 10-round welterweight encounter.

Glory 24 was dealt a crushing blow Wednesday afternoon when the kickboxing promotion announced a major change to its Oct. 9 main event. Glory middleweight champion Artem Levin suffered an elbow injury in training and will no longer face Joe Schilling in their anticipated rubber match at Magness Arena in Denver.

There was a point in time, 10 years ago or so, when it seemed unrealistic that Andrei Arlovski — then the reigning UFC heavyweight champion — would be on the outside of the MMA world looking in.

Top Rank Boxing founder and CEO Bob Arum this week said that superstar Manny Pacquiao will retire in 2016 after one final bout, according to a Wednesday report from TMZ Sports.

Unbeaten IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook is set to return to action on Oct. 24 against Diego Chaves.

Most in the boxing world expected Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares to deliver inside the ring on Aug. 29. What wasn’t as certain was how well the featherweight tilt would fare in terms of viewership.

The most thrilling aspect of any ADCC tournament is typically its Absolute division. That was not the case on Sunday with the gold medal match between Claudio Calasans and Joao Gabriel Rocha.

The most thrilling aspect of any ADCC tournament is typically its Absolute division. That was not the case on Sunday with the gold medal match between Claudio Calasans and Joao Gabriel Rocha.

Though the submissions were few on Sunday, Davi Ramos’ armbar to capture gold was the highlight of the entire event.

Mike Sloan has updates from Day 2 of ADCC 2015.