Amanda Nunes has been a pro-fighter since 2008. Since 2014 she has been part of the Dan Lambert mega-stable in Coconut Creek, Florida; American Top Team. But now “The Lioness” has made a choice. And Amanda Nunes leaves ATT with no regrets. Despite leaving the gym as only the UFC’s female featherweight champion. With the […]
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Sometimes a fighter just fights to the level of his challenger. And sometimes there’s more to it. Thanks to Covid-19 it took Joe Smith Jr 280-days to get his first title defense. Three times things fell apart, and would’ve been four if not for Steve Geffrard. After his successful 9th-round knockout win, there’s one question […]
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UFC Vegas 46, UFC Apex, Las Vegas: A year ago, Calvin Kattar went to war with Max Holloway, and like many others, came out on the short end. But “The Boston Finisher” took that stretch to retool himself, and it paid off. In white-washing the surging Giga Chikadze 50-45 (2x), 50-44; Kattar needs another win […]
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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino; Hollywood, Florida: After he improved his record at the venue to 7-0 with 6 knockouts; Luis Ortiz is once again on the verge of a title shot. Or is he? Just how viable is Ortiz? Right now the Cuban silver medalist is 42-years old, and winning the IBF title […]
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2022 Faces Of Combat; Just On The Rim Coming up with “future stars” lists is the toughest of all predictions. Especially in MMA and boxing. However, some of the 2022 faces of combat are ready for the spotlight, and some for now are still way under the radar. To combine both into one article is […]
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UFC Vegas 45: UFC Apex: The ever colorful Derrick Lewis is at it again. And by “it”, it’s another knockout in becoming the UFC knockout king at 13. This one pushes him past Matt Brown and Vitor Belfort. Lewis’ dynamite drops Daukaus, which also ended the Philly native’s five-fight win streak. The finish, coming at […]
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AO Arena Manchester: For the second straight fight between Dereck Chisora and Joseph Parker they went to the judge’s scorecards. In going 24-rounds now, the heavyweights created fireworks in Manchester again. This time all three judges saw the fight in favor of the New Zealand native, Parker; 115-110, 115-111, 114-112. The first time, back in […]
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UFC 269, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas: Well now that Charles Oliveira has a successful title defense under his ummm… belt; maybe some will lay off. Then again maybe not. He did however get some twitter love post fight against Dustin Poirier. But, what’s next for lightweight. Congrats my blonde brother , Blonde Oliveira you did […]
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Madison Square Garden As if we didn’t already know that Vasiliy Lomachenko was back, we know now. And that comes hand-in-hand with one thing. Loma wants those belts back. After a 12-round white wash over Richard Commey of scores of 119-108 2x, and 117-110, he was asked about the present champion. And the Ukrainian’s response […]
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M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool: When your father is a fan favorite star things can sometimes go sideways. In those cases like Rocky Balboa told Junior, “you sometimes look for something to blame, like a shadow”. But you can’t argue when there is one there. Everyone loves Nigel Benn, the former two-weight champion. Now his son, […]
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Staples Center, Los Angeles: Serious legal issues took Rolando Romero out of the fight against Gervonta Davis. That set up the battle versus the gritty Mexican, Isaac Cruz. But by the final bell Tank’s speed the difference. “Pitbull” from the word go did what he always does, comes forward pushing the pace. The notoriously slow […]
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UFC Vegas 44: UFC Apex, Las Vegas: The former featherweight kingpin, Jose Aldo is hunting history. Aldo’s run is legit at bantamweight as he looks to become a two-division champion. Once the Brazilian figured out the 4th-ranked 135er; Rob Font, things got a little easier for him. Not a lot though as the Massachusetts native […]
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MGM Grand, Las Vegas: When George Kambosos beat Teofimo Lopez last weekend at Madison Square Garden, he flipped the script for the entire lightweight division. And now after another unanimous decision win, is Haney – Kambosos next. Devin Haney may have had a handshake deal with Lopez, and a wink with Kambosos for unifications; but […]
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Bellator 272: Mohegan Sun Arena, Connecticut: Sometimes in sports a person or team can literally pull victory out of the teeth of defeat. And after his first title defense, Sergio Pettis still on top. Now on a five-fight win streak (the last four in Bellator); the knock out of Kyoji Horiguchi ends a streak of […]
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