Bellator 278: Blaisdell Arena; Honolulu, Hawaii The saying is the third times the charm, but that’s not always the case. For the former U.S. Marine “Girl-Rilla”, it took one more as Liz Carmouche is finally a champion. However, the third ever Bellator female flyweight champion does have some controversy involved. She needed to make the […]
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PFL 1 2022; Esports Stadium, Arlington, Texas The PFL officially launched it’s fourth-season, and ended the night with a fire cracker of a fight. For the second-consecutive season Clay Collard opened a PFL season hanging a loss on a former UFC fighter via unanimous decision. Last year it was former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and […]
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AT&T Stadium; Texas Boxing’s welterweight division is now just one-fight away from being an undisputed division. Errol Spence is the kingpin at 147. However; should God duplicate the parting of the Red Sea, and actually allow Spence versus Terence Crawford to happen it might be the closest coin-flip fight ever. Although from early on Spence […]
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Bellator 277: SAP Center, San Jose They always say “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. Well, it was Patricio Freire teaching the 27-year old champion AJ McKee a trick or two. In ending Bellator’s longest winning streak at 18, “Pitbull” became featherweight champion for the third time. And showed there’s a lot more […]
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UFC 273: Vystar Arena, Jacksonville Every champion has their day in the sun when they look unbeatable. And right now one of the men on that path is Alexander Volkanovski. And if not for Kamaru Usman being number one on the pound-for-pound list, it would belong to “The Great.” After referee Herb Dean jumped in […]
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Saitana Super Arena, Japan You can call it a great way to celebrate one’s 40th birthday, which is what Gennady-Golovkin did yesterday. The Kazakhstani future Hall of Famer looked to start to unify the middleweight division. And that’s exactly what he did at 2:02 of the 9th-round. Doing so against hometown fighter and now former […]
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Deerfield Beach, Florida: Normally in a fight camp, a fighter relies heavily on his teammates to move and act like the upcoming opponent. Sometimes though; a fighter brings in outside help. But, it’s never really secretive who the mimic is. For this battle; Burns brings in unnamed sparring partners. And that’s the way he’s keeping […]
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Heavyweights Have Never Been Better There’s always a method to the madness of Dana White. And it’s that madness that has made him; like him or not, one of the most successful promoters in all of sports history. However; with times being as bright as they are right now, it’s a perfect time for Dana […]
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UFC Columbus: Nationwide Arena, Ohio: It took only 5-minutes and 17-seconds for Curtis Blaydes to make a statement. And a big one it was. After handing Chris Daukaus his second straight knockout loss, he quietly and yet bluntly told Daniel Cormier: “I deserve an interim title against Ciryl Gane”. And as he’s become more well […]
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In less than two months, what looked like a good team comes to an end. Demetrius Andrade, Boo Boo‘s leaving Hearn and MatchRoom Boxing after his fight with Zach Parker. But in the world of boxing, nothing is truly ever ending. Eddie Hearn has tried over and over again to get the WBO Middleweight Champion […]
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Miami, Florida Well, if you were thinking things were anywhere near squashed between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal; you’d be wrong. Late last night the two Floridians cross paths again, and things went sideways as Covington and Masvidal round six went down at PAPI STEAK. The incident actually happened outside on the Miami street at […]
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Hulu Theater; Madison Square Garden, NYC: Styles make fights, that’s just the way it is. That’s why when something looks good on paper it sometimes flops in real life. But was that the case for Edgar Berlanga against Steve Rolls? Not really. The 37-year old Rolls came into the night as a 10-1 underdog, and […]
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UFC London; O2 Arena: Showing the composure of a seasoned veteran, despite all the pit falls of fighting at home Tom Aspinall came through in a huge way. In his first main event slot, he took out the dangerous veteran Alexander Volkov. And with that the 28-year old will make a serious jump in the […]
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The time is coming when Dustin Poirier may need to make another move. Whether it’s for a one off against Nate Diaz at 170, or to eventually wrap up his career. He’s come up short in grabbing the lightweight strap twice. But could Poirier beat Kamaru Usman and swipe the welterweight one. That’s a tricky […]
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