PBC Boxing: Barclays Center; Brooklyn, New York As a professional, you really hate to use the word “robbery” in sports. But something doesn’t smell right with the result of Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach. If you have a head on your shoulders, you have a single question post-fight. What in the world did I just […]
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UFC Vegas 102: UFC Apex; Las Vegas The seventh ranked UFC middleweight holds his spot in the rankings. If not moves up one. Jared Cannonier held off the heavy handed charging Brazilian Gregory Rodrigues by digging deep to survive earning a fourth round TKO. The 40-year old also ends a mini two-fight losing streak, and […]
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Top Rank Boxing: Hulu Theater MSG; New York City It only took 25-year old Keyshawn Davis fourteen pro fights to reach the pinnacle. The Virginian picked up his first title via knockout just 1:45 into round 4. Many had believed he’s on the path to becoming one of the next faces of the sport. And […]
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UFC 312: Qudos Arena; Sydney, Australia Staph infection or no staph infection? That is a question that will continue to be asked after Dricus Du Plessis put away Sean Strickland 50-45 (2x), 49-46 to retain the UFC Middleweight Title. It became an issue after photos of the 33-year old American arose with what appeared to […]
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UFC Saudi Arabia: ANB Arena; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Just thirty seconds into the second round the UFC’s middleweight division officially had a new shark swimming towards a title shot. But will the 28-year old Nassourdine Imavov get it, is another question. The Frenchman shoot his shot versus the future Hall Of Famer Israel Adesanya and […]
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PFL Dubai: PFL Champions Series: Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai Because as they say, styles make fights; this lightweight scrap became an instant classic. And it showed that despite the public beating the PFL takes, they do have some amazing talent. At least thanks to the Bellator purchase. Defending the 155-title for the third time was Usman […]
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UFC 311: Intuit Dome; Los Angeles, California It didn’t take long for the pound-for-pound UFC king to cement his name in UFC lightweight history. Islam Makhachev became the first champion of the division to successfully hold onto the strap four times. And although it was a late opponent switch, it was against a talented fighter […]
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UFC 310: T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas, Nevada It took less than ten minutes for the UFC flyweight champion to turn away his latest challenger. Alexandre Pantoja is now riding a seven-fight win streak after defending his title for the third-time. The cannibal ate another opponent by rear-naked choke with Kai Asakura going out 2:05 into […]
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2024 PFL Championships: King Saud University Stadium; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia It came close to running the table with all finishes on the night. But what stopped that was the heart of the 2022 featherweight champion, Brendan Loughnane. But in making it to the judge’s scorecards, the decision had been all but announced. He dropped the […]
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UFC Macau: Galaxy Arena; Macau, China What started off as a slick grappling fight, didn’t finish that way. It wound up being a back and forth in the pocket enjoyable scrap. The fight between Petr Yan and Deiveson Figueiredo tested the mettle of the former champions. With both being back on the hunt for UFC […]
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UFC 308: Etihad Arena; UAE You can now say he is officially the featherweight champion. It wasn’t as quick of a finish that Ilia Topuria had wanted. However, he managed to do what no one else in the long resume of Max Holloway was able to do. Finish by flat lining the Hawaiian. With referee […]
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PFL Superfights: Battle Of The Giants: The Mayadeen; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia So much for cage rust. You’d think if you were away from something for just under three-years, there’d be at least a slow start. Well, Francis Ngannou buried that thought. Right after he buried Renan Ferreira at 3:32 of the opening round in their […]
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Kingdom Arena: Riyadh Season: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia There’s plenty of things you can say about boxing. For example; it’s crooked, there’s too much politics, etc. But when it comes down to it, the skill at the top of the sport when the best fights the best is beautiful to watch. And now that there is […]
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UFC 307: Delta Center; Salt Lake City, Utah He almost had it… till he didn’t. And fighting at altitude really can’t be blamed because Khalil Rountree had gotten used to it. But the gameplan was there versus Alex Pereira. He came at him, forcing Pereira to not use some of his weapons in his arsenal. […]
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