Everyone has a fighting chance
Danny Garcia is one step closer to possibly becoming a world champion again as he thoroughly dismantled Ivan Redkach over 12 rounds Saturday night, but it wasn’t your typical bout.
It seems like an eternity ago when Holly Holm was at the top of her game as an undefeated former three-division boxing world champion who invaded MMA and eventually head-kicked Ronda Rousey into oblivion.
For someone as hugely popular as Conor McGregor, it’s almost unfathomable that his destruction of Donald Cerrone on Saturday night was his first win in over three years.
Frankie Edgar decided to take a fight with Chan Sung Jung on short notice when Brian Ortega pulled out due to a shredded knee, but in the main event of UFC Fight Night 165 in Busan, South Korea, Edgar didn’t have an answer to the local hero’s approach.
Kamaru Usman said leading up to his headlining bout at UFC 245 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas that he had no intention of losing his welterweight title.
Most expected Amanda Nunes to roll through Germaine de Randamie in the first of three world title bouts on the UFC 245 marquee, and for the most part, she did. Still, “Lioness” just didn’t seem like her usual self over the course of five rounds.
Max Holloway seemed to be the UFC’s featherweight champion forever, but as is the case with all good things, they must come to an end at some point.
Terence Crawford staked his claim as arguably the best in the sport of boxing Saturday inside Madison Square Garden in New York as he defended his WBO welterweight title against Egidijus Kavaliauskas in tremendous fashion.
Alistair Overeem was slated to face Walt Harris in the main event of UFC on ESPN 7 Saturday night and right about now, he probably wishes his opponent never changed.
No fighter ever wants to lose, but it’s almost as disappointing to come out of a hard-fought battle that winds up being declared a draw.