Author: Mike Sloan

Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight Raquel Pennington has another new opponent for her bout at UFC 191.

It was almost — almost — the perfect Cinderella story for Joe Soto Saturday night at the Eddie Bravo Invitational 4 inside the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.

Forgive Lucian Bute. After a 19-month layoff, following a crushing defeat at the hands of rival Jean Pascal, the former super middleweight world champ needed to ease back into boxing.

Sherdog.com’s PBC on NBCSN coverage kicks off at 9 p.m. ET.

Former undisputed light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver has been yelling at anybody within ear shot about one day capturing the heavyweight title. His intention is to break George Foreman’s record of being the oldest man to do so, but after his fight on Friday night, that dream will have to wait a little longer.

Sherdog’s live PBC on Spike coverage kicks off at 9 p.m. ET.

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Rory MacDonald was on the losing end of a hellacious beating from 170-pound champion Robbie Lawler in the co-main event of UFC 189 back on July 11.

Starting this Friday, Metamoris will begin airing smaller events called “The Underground” at a discounted price.

The next installment of Premier Boxing Champions’ Saturday afternoon events on NBC will feature Peter Quillin versus Michael Zerafa on Sept. 12 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.

Glover Teixeira, Ovince St. Preux, Amanda Nunes and Marlon Vera nabbed $50,000 bonuses for their performances on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card in Nashville.