PFL 2023 Finals: The Anthem; Washington, DC He’s hinted at it all season long, but there was no dropping of the gloves and the “R” word didn’t leave his lips. However, Olivier Aubin Mercier rides away from his mma career as a back-to-back PFL champion. Doing so on an “extended break” as he actually put […]
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UFC Vegas 82: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada A surging and focused Brendan Allen is climbing the 185-rankings, and has his eyes set on a gold strap. Giving praise to his team post-fight, he said he was hunting for a number-one contenders fight. Although, the tip-top of the division does need to settle itself, he […]
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Bellator 301: Wintrust Arena; Chicago, Illinois They may have truly saved the best for last overall. Bellator 301’s main card ended where two-divisions flipped. But the welterweight one saved a record belonging to Khabib Nurmagomedov. As the title changes hands from Yaroslav Amosov in his second-defense to Jason Jackson we can learn some things right […]
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UFC 295: Madison Square Garden; New York City Let’s not make any mistakes here. The UFC’s ninth two-division champion is a dangerous man. But if we are being honest there was a circumstance here. Nonetheless, the guy is back atop a division. Alex Pereira in just eleven mma fights is proving to be even better […]
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UFC Sao Paulo: Ibirapuera Arena; Sao Paulo, Brazil No matter how you cut it, a win is a win. And while Jailton Almeida kept his red hot winning streak going (now at 15); avoiding damage leads to it. Although it was far from a pretty performance if ground control isn’t your thing. There were many […]
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Kingdome Arena: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia No one really could have seen it play out the way it did. But this is boxing and anything can happen. Francis Ngannou, the PFL’s newest superstar almost shocked the world. However, it was by the skin of his teeth that Tyson Fury still has a “0” in his loss […]
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Madison Square Garden, New York City As the old saying goes… “there’s always something”. Just a week after Dana White had to scramble to repair UFC 294, he had to once again pull a rabbit out of a hat. Due to a massive injury to Jon Jones, there’s a big change to UFC 295. While […]
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No Limit Boxing / PBC: Showtime PPV: Gold Coast Convention Centre; Broad Beach, Australia Boxing fans want something badly, and it’s something that is deserved. Fighting for one name atop a division is high level chess. Let’s fight for undisputed once again. And this time it’ll be a hungry Jermell Charlo wanting his WBO strap […]
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UFC Vegas 81: UFC Apex; Las Vegas, Nevada In his 29th career UFC fight, Edson Barboza continued to prove just what an OG he is. The 37-year old had to survive a pounding from the 11th-ranked Sodiq Yusuff in the opening round. And he did so by the skin of his teeth. Deadly and fast […]
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Showtime PPV : PBC Boxing; T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada As the tagline in the 1980s boardgame “Payday” goes… decisions, decisions. That’s what we have here and now in boxing. Normally having decisions is a good thing. But in this case there are a lot of moving parts that will play a major factor. But […]
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UFC Vegas 79: UFC Apex; Las Vegas It was supposed to be an amazing fight between two top-ten lightweight fighters. Rafael Fiziev and Mateusz Gamrot had a tight opening round. It was setting up to be what was promised in the back and forth high paced contest. But sadly an injury ends main event just […]
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Bellator 299: 3Arena; Dublin, Ireland He might very well be the best 185-pound fighter in all of mixed-martial arts. Johnny Eblen is a well rounded fighter with hardly any holes. After climbing the ladder in the rankings and grabbing the strap from one of the all-time greats in Gegard Mousasi, he remains unbeaten. The 31-year […]
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Noche UFC: T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas, Nevada Yes, Valentina Shevchenko cleaned up somethings after dropping the flyweight strap to Alexa Grasso. She was focused, head hunted, and didn’t rely on a spinning attack. Grasso, if sees a slither of daylight, has proven in back-to-back fights can put an opponent in serious trouble. But due to […]
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UFC 293: Qudos Bank Arena; Sydney, Australia When someone reaches the mountain top for the very first time, it can be a beautiful thing to watch. And in sweeping all three-judges scorecards 49-46, Sean Strickland has flipped the UFC universe on it’s ear, so to speak. Not by some blitzing vicious knockout, but by the […]
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