Everyone has a fighting chance
Max Humphrey will be making his Bellator debut on the big stage of Madison Square Garden against a high-profile – and outspoken – opponent in Dillon Danis, the controversial training partner of Conor McGregor.
In the main event of UFC 236, Dustin Poirier will take on Max Holloway for the interim lightweight championship. Flash back several years, and a young Holloway was making his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut at just 4-0. Very few fighters get inside the Octagon with just four professional fights, but Randy Costa will enter that elite company when he takes on Brandon Davis in the card’s opening bout.
Lyoto Machida has been in Madison Square Garden before – but not as a competitor.
Alistair Overeem has spent well over a decade as a top-10 fighter across two weight classes, and attributes that longevity to periodic changes in scenery.
Cody Garbrandt has taken aim on social media at former Team Alpha Male training partner T.J. Dillashaw after Dillashaw accepted a two-year ban from the United States Anti-Doping Agency yesterday as a result of a positive drug test.
Sergey Spivak will be making his Octagon debut on short notice when he faces Walt Harris at UFC Ottawa on May 4.
Chael Sonnen has never been shy about sharing his feelings on traditional karate.
Ryan Bader is sticking with the promotion that made him a two-division champion.
USADA came down twice as hard on T.J. Dillashaw as the New York State Athletic Commission did, handing the champion a two-year suspension for a failed drug test at UFC Brooklyn.
When Paulo Henrique Costa was forced to withdraw from a proposed UFC on ESPN 3 bout with Yoel Romero, his opponent speculated that Costa’s exit was due to a USADA violation.