Bellator 287: Allianz Cloud Arena; Milan, Italy When Scott Coker starts to put together the Bellator MMA lightweight tournament next year, there may very well be a surprising name in it. The mysterious Mansour Barnaoui in his Bellator debut and his first-fight in three-years and five-months smoked Adam Piccolotti. Not in a Mike Tyson-esque knock […]
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UFC 280: Etihad Arena; Abu Dhabi Like they say “defense wins championships”. In the words of Khabib Nurmagomedov 22 years of training together has brought the heir apparent to his destination. Becoming the new UFC lightweight champion. With Islam Makhachev (who might need a nickname now), tapping Charles Oliveira Nurmagomedov’s father’s plan comes true. As […]
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Barclay’s Center; Brooklyn, New York They say “be careful for what you wish for, because you might just get it”. And in theory to become a champion, you must go through everyone to get that, and stay that way. But then you enter in business politics and a bit of a fear factor, and that […]
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UFC Vegas 62: UFC Apex; Las Vegas It may not have been as exciting as any of her five-first round knockouts, but Alexa Grasso keeps chugging along in the flyweight division. Since coming up from strawweight, she’s now on a four-fight win streak. Does this grant her the ticket to jump the queue and challenge […]
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Brooklyn, New York God performs miracles all the time if we look close enough. The gift of life, the parting of the Red Sea, modern medicine, and so many more. Well, in the world of boxing it appears as one has happened. Deontay Wilder has turned over a new leaf. At least so far during […]
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Dignity Health Sports Park: Carson, California There is no denying that the gifts Sebastian Fundora has are impressive. But the 24-year old is still filling out, and is becoming less and less awkward. And as the WBC’s interim World Champion and mandatory Fundora is almost ready for his crack at the real title. But just […]
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Bellator 286: The Long Beach Arena; Long Beach, California It’s almost become a ho-hum situation in Bellator. Patricio Freire fights… and wins. With win 22 in Bellator, it expands one of his 11-records as Pitbull reigns supreme again. And what sets him apart from all others is his ring IQ. “Pitbull” is far from the […]
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UFC Vegas 61: UFC Apex; Las Vegas One of the final goals a fighter has before they can declare themselves ready for a title fight, is to enter the Top-Five. And in a key strawweight match up, Xiaonan Yan had an impressive go at it. Yan Xiaonan survives the main event slot over Mackenzie Dern […]
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AO Arena: Manchester, England In this day of heavyweight boxing’s resurgence most matchups of highly ranked fighters draws tons of attention. Not so much the case here with Joseph Parker and Joe Joyce. But, it turned out to be a better fight than predicted. A rim rocking left hook upstairs at the 1:03 mark in […]
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Top Rank Boxing: Newark, New Jersey The 25-year old Shakur Stevenson is truly about to begin his boxing career. Yes, he’s a now former two-division champion. But the fun is about to start. This is where we see if everyone’s thoughts of him from day one come true. For moving to lightweight, the Shakur Stevenson […]
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Bellator 285: 3Arena; Dublin, Ireland He might not look as fresh as he did as WEC of UFC lightweight champion, however Benson Henderson looks rejuvenated. The 38-year old is now on a modest two-fight win streak. And although his last four-fights have now gone to the scorecards, he’s 4-4 in that time. And he hasn’t […]
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Canelo VS GGG 3; T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas Although Gennady Golovkin said in the ring, he still is champ at 160 and has plans to go back; it won’t be what happens. And Golovkin will not return because as a true pro, he can see the writing on the wall. Time has done to him, […]
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UFC Vegas 60: UFC Apex; Las Vegas When top level fighters meet, you’re just about guaranteed something fun. And on full display was the grit and determination of Yadong Song. He was pop shotted, sliced, and had to worry about takedowns. However it was Cory Sandhagen breaking a two-fight losing streak. And now that Sandhagen […]
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UFC 279: T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas If this was the fight that had been planned from the get-go; it could have been a loser leave town fight. However, it might just turn out being the winner exiting. Because Nate Diaz ready to walk away from the UFC. After securing his first submission win since doing […]
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