Everyone has a fighting chance
Now that Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor is official for the UFC 229 headliner, there figure to be plenty of suitors willing to face the winner of that blockbuster lightweight championship bout.
Another location and venue is set for the Professional Fighters League semifinals.
Highly-touted SBG Ireland prospect James Gallagher was served a heaping helping of humble pie at Bellator 204 on Friday night.
Reigning Bellator MMA bantamweight monarch Darrion Caldwell looked right at home at featherweight in the Bellator 204 main event on Friday night.
Knockouts were plentiful on the Bellator 204 preliminary card inside Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Friday night.
UFC 229 sold out within three minutes after tickets went on sale this week, likely due to the return of Conor McGregor. “The Notorious” is set to take on Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in an effort to reclaim the belt McGregor won at UFC 205 back in 2016.
Surging light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has already brutally knocked out two former divisional champions in a row since moving up from middleweight earlier this year, and now he’s aiming for a title shot of his own.
Two new bouts featuring Long Island, New York-based fighters have been added to UFC 230, with a lightweight matchup between Matt Frevola and Lando Vannata and bantamweights Brian Kelleher and UFC newcomer Domingo Pilarte filling out the promotion’s next foray into the Big Apple, Newsday reported this week.
Jimi Manuwa has been looking to fight Glover Teixeira ever since the two light heavyweights signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship back in 2012.
It has been reported for a number of weeks now that a matchup between former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champions Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman was in the works for UFC 230 in November at Madison Square Garden, New York although nothing has been made official yet.