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Bellator MMA women’s featherweight champion Julia Budd (144.1) and Talita Nogueira (144.3) hit their marks Thursday at the Bellator 202 weigh-ins, making official Friday’s event in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
Sherdog.com has learned from a source close to the promotion the date and location for Karate Combat’s second event, as the first mainstream professional full-contact karate league will stream live from Athens on July 28.
Yoel Romero is moving back up to the light heavyweight division after years of success at middleweight.
Despite a record-setting history of near misses with Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson claims he still wants a fight with “The Eagle” next, rather than Conor McGregor.
The MMA world was turned upside down by the profane in-cage promo cut by Brock Lesnar after Daniel Cormier knocked out Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic in their title fight at UFC 226 on Saturday. However, it seems few within the sport other than Cormier are excited about the WWE superstar’s UFC return. Count Junior dos Santos in with those who are dubious about Lesnar’s prospects.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has opened up about his frustration with his most recent injury and the fact he’s only now fit for a return to Octagon after being out for so long.
Daniel Cormier became only the second fighter in Ultimate Fighting Championship history behind Conor McGregor to hold two UFC titles simultaneously after his knockout of former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic last Saturday night at UFC 226.
Moments after Daniel Cormier’s first-round knockout of Stipe Miocic, Brock Lesnar stormed the cage and cut one hell of a promo, but not everyone is so optimistic about Lesnar’s UFC return. Specifically, Fox Sports MMA analyst and former UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz doesn’t think Lesnar will even make it past USADA’s notoriously stringent drug testing.
The wheels are apparently in motion for a UFC superfight between featherweight queen Cristiane Justino and bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes. Now it’s just a matter of getting both sides to agree on a date for their bout.
After two dances in the Octagon with the ex-heavyweight champ, Junior dos Santos is pretty familiar with the skills Stipe Miocic brings to the table.