Everyone has a fighting chance
After losing a bid for the WBC super flyweight title to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai via majority decision a year ago, Mexico’s Juan Francisco Estrada can finally call himself champion again.
Terence Crawford on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York left little doubt that he remains one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet.
For a brief period of time in his UFC Fight Night 149 headlining bout against Alexey Oleynik, Alister Overeem was in danger. A single knee to the face changed everything.
Roxanne Modafferi was a moderate betting underdog heading into her featured flyweight title with previously-unbeaten Antonina Shevchenko on Saturday, but she came out of the skirmish triumphant.
In a pivotal matchup between heavyweight contenders, it was Alistair Overeem who reigned supreme in the main event of UFC Fight Night 149 on Saturday night in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Former M-1 Global bantamweight champion Movsar Evloev was dominant against Sung Woo Choi in the UFC Fight Night 149 featured preliminary bout Saturday, as he used his brilliant wrestling game to do virtually whatever he wanted in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Mighty Madison Square Garden in New York will be rocking on Saturday thanks to two boxing superstars clearing their final hurdle on the scales this afternoon.
One good thing for Max Holloway is that even in defeat, he still has the UFC’s featherweight world championship.
Dustin Poirier was a slight betting underdog coming into his now-legendary battle with Max Holloway, and he cashed in on winning the main event of UFC 236 on Saturday with a performance of a lifetime.
If Israel Adesanya wasn’t a star before this weekend, he certainly became one during his magnificent triumph over Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event of UFC 236 in Atlanta on Saturday.