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Vadim Nemkov is set for Dubai after all. Bellator announced Monday that Nemkov (18-2, 1 NC) is set to fight veteran heavyweight Tim Johnson (18-10) at the promotion’s Jan. 25 event at Coca-Cola Arena. This is the third prospective opponent Nemkov has had for the card. Nemkov was originally scheduled to fight Ante Delija at […]
Amanda Ribas flew to Sao Paulo to commentate a UFC event and ended up “beating” a large popular Brazilian bodybuilder. Ribas was in town to make her debut as a UFC color commentator on network TV Bandeirantes and decided to extend her stay for another couple of days to visit nice restaurants and hot spots. […]
As the UFC schedule gets underway in 2025, perhaps the biggest ‘what if’ surrounding the sport remains whether or not Jon Jones actually unifies the heavyweight titles in a fight against Tom Aspinall. Jones vs. Aspinall is arguably the most anticipated fight of the year with UFC CEO Dana White going as far as saying […]
Kimbo Slice silenced his detractors including UFC CEO Dana White by sleeping one of the UFC’s pioneers. Kimbo Slice’s path from a backyard brawler in Florida, to appearing on one of fighting’s biggest platforms, is one of MMA’s most remarkable success stories. He attracted the attention of millions of viewers online as a street brawler […]
PFL boss Donn Davis is planning to make even more adjustments to streamline this year’s PFL Global Season. The promotion’s flagship annual tournament is the four-fight league season, which historically runs from April to November. In the past few years, it has been a two-fight ‘regular season’ resembling a group stage in soccer in April […]
Darren Till’s 12-fight UFC career was marred only by his late-career losses and some severe weight misses in the build-up to some of his welterweight fights. Aptly nicknamed ‘The Gorilla’, Liverpool’s Till carried his giant frame into the UFC’s 170 lbs. welterweight division. At 6′ tall Till was around the average height for the division, […]
January 6, 2025 2:40 pm ET John Wood argues that Merab Dvalishvili could separate himself with a win at UFC 311. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defends his bantamweight title against Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in the Jan. 18 co-main event from Inglewood, Calif. (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). With wins over the likes of […]
January 6, 2025 1:50 pm ET Joe Rogan believes UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira’s targeted date to return will cause Magomed Ankalaev problems. Ankalaev (19-1-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) is expected to be next in line, but he was recently dismissed by Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) as the next title challenger. With “Poatan” looking […]
January 6, 2025 1:00 pm ET Islam Makhachev gave Arman Tsarukyan some words of encouragement after their first UFC fight. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) welcomed Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) to the UFC in April 2019, defeating the then-22-year-old by unanimous decision. It was a short-notice fight for Tsarukyan, but the loss was still […]
January 6, 2025 12:10 pm ET Youssef Zalal has a three-pronged philosophy about how to stay grounded. A fourth unofficial philosophy might be to make sure his impression game is strong. It not only could be a hit at parties, but who knows what it could lead to? It turns out Zalal’s impression of superstar […]
