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Rambolek Credit: ONE championship The second ONE Championship card at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok this weekend, ONE Fight Night 39 was the promotion’s first event of the year on Amazon Prime Video. On the MMA side, Japan’s Chihiro Sawada, a former Shooto atomweight champion and decorated freestyle wrestler, will be looking for her third win […]
Credit: LFA Despite what can only be described as a bloodbath on the scales a day earlier, Friday’s LFA 225 had all the fights set for Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil. While some of those fights were preliminary card fights – as many as three prelims fighters missed weight – it was the main […]
The UFC 324 weigh-ins took a terrifying turn on Friday when bantamweight Cameron Smotherman collapsed while walking off the scale, prompting immediate concern from officials and medical personnel. The incident ultimately led to his fight against Ricky Turcios being canceled, casting a sudden cloud over the promotion’s first event on Paramount+. Oh my god… Cameron […]
Credit: ONE Championship It’s a double-header weekend for ONE Championship, starting with Friday’s ONE Friday Fights 139 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. A rare two MMA fights in the men’s strawweight division were on the agenda, plus kickboxing and Muay Thai action, with one of the night’s winners set to earn a $100,000 US […]
Jillian DeCoursey, Invicta FC 49 Credit: Dave Mandel/Invicta FC Jillian DeCoursey was once arguably the best atomweight fighter in the world. She has officially retired since Thursday. “Lionheart” announced the news on multiple social media platforms and posted an extensive, sincere message on Twitter/Xwhere she regularly interacts with fans. I’ve rewritten this several times. I’ll […]
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 19: (RL) Cameron Smotherman slams England’s Jake Hadley in a bantamweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Cameron Smotherman will help the UFC usher in the Paramount+ era with a fight against Ricky […]
Arnold Allen returns to the Octagon on Saturday night at UFC 324, as the veteran featherweight looks to reshape his place in the contender conversation when he faces Jean Silva on Saturday night. “Yeah, I’ve just been really depressed and sitting at home injured and reading messages from people calling me ‘sh*t,’” Allen joked with […]
Umar Nurmagomedov isn’t worried about the bantamweight division’s changing title picture as he focuses on taking care of business at UFC 324. Ahead of his matchup with Deiveson Figueiredo on Saturday night, the No. 2 contender made it clear that he’s prepared for whatever comes next, whether that means a title shot, a rematch between […]
