Everyone has a fighting chance
The lineup for UFC on ESPN 4 is nearly complete, James Vick will meet Dan Hooker at lightweight and Ray Borg will face Gabriel Silva in a bantamweight contest in San Antonio on July 20.
Muhammed Lawal is the latest fighter to call it a career.
If this is indeed farewell for Alexander Gustafsson, Daniel Cormier has nothing but praise for his former foe.
Ex-UFC talent Yuta Sasaki will square off against Shintaro Ishiwatari at Rizin Fighting Federation 17.
The UFC has not yet formally announced that Khabib Nurmagomedov’s lightweight title defense against Dustin Poirier will headline the promotion’s Sept. 7 card in Abu Dhabi, but the champion’s team is about to begin preparations for the rumored bout.
Eight-time Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Nick Hein has elected to hang up his four-ounce gloves.
Score another one for Rizin Fighting Federation in cross-promotional champion vs. champion superfights.
Shortly after Alexander Gustafsson suffered a disappointing defeat to Anthony Smith in the UFC Stockholm headliner, he took his gloves off in the Octagon and exited with a simple message: “The show is over, guys.”
Aleksandar Rakic needed less than a minute to leave no doubt that a post-fight bonus check would be in his possession when UFC Stockholm reached its conclusion.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will make its maiden voyage to Denmark this fall.