Juliana Velasquez is a former Bellator champion | Bellator MMA Former Bellator flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez believes the Professional Fighters League has taken the right step in acquiring Bellator to battle the UFC for the top stop in the MMA sphere. Velasquez said on MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca podcast that the future is bright for […]
Scott Taetsch, PFL Impa Kasanganay refused to be defined by a disappointing UFC run. In 2020, Kasanganay signed with the promotion from Dana White’s Contender Series with a 7-0 record following his second appearance on the show. Then 27, he was viewed as a promising prospect, and he defeated Maki Pitolo in his UFC debut. […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Mayra Bueno Silva plans to leave no doubt that she’s the best bantamweight in the world at when she fights at UFC 297. The Brazilian standout takes on Raquel Pennington for a vacant 135-pound title in the Jan. 20 co-main event in Toronto, and she’s bristling with […]
Alexandre Pantoja | Guilherme Cruz, MMA Fighting Alexandre Pantoja is set to defend the UFC flyweight championship in the co-main event of UFC 296 on Dec. 16, the same night Colby Covington challenges Leon Edwards for the welterweight strap in Las Vegas, and the American Top Team product wants nothing to do with his former […]
BKFC, YouTube Eddie Alvarez may have fallen short in his battle of wills against Mike Perry at BKFC 56, but the setback won’t stop his drive to continue pursuing bare-knuckle boxing. “I love this. I do. I truly [do],” Alvarez said at the event’s post-fight press conference. “I came out here and I was my […]
Jalin Turner and Bobby Green | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Dana White was blunt when asked about the controversial referee stoppage by Kerry Hatley in UFC Austin’s co-main event. “One of the worst I’ve ever seen,” White said at UFC Austin’s post-fight press conference. Hatley came under immense fire on Saturday […]
Jalin Turner and Bobby Green | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bobby Green suffered one of the worst losses at UFC Austin, but the MMA lifer is keeping his head high. In Saturday’s co-main event, Green was on the wrong end of a nasty knockout from Jalin Turner, an outcome made far […]
Mike Perry | BKFC, Phil Lambert Mike Perry went to war with Eddie Alvarez at BKFC 56, but it turns out four minutes just wasn’t enough for him. Despite another impressive victory to move his bare-knuckle boxing record to 4-0, the new “King of Violence” actually wanted more out of Alvarez, who couldn’t continue past […]
Arman Tsarukyan | Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Arman Tsarukyan picked up an important win in the UFC Austin main event, but the co-main event already had him smiling. While Tsarukyan’s devastating knockout win over Beneil Dariush will undoubtedly go down as a career highlight, much of the headlines leading up to […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images It’s safe to say Dana White isn’t sweating the competition when it comes to PFL buying Bellator. After the deal was closed for the PFL’s acquisition of Bellator, company founder Donn Davis proclaimed that the merger will eventually make them a “co-leader” with the UFC. He even […]