Vicente Luque has been on a torrid run inside the Octagon, but Sunday’s knockout win over Bryan Barberena at UFC on ESPN 1 might be his best ever. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Gallery Photos: Best of Israel Adesanya view 42 images The UFC will implement another interim title at April 13 when Kelvin Gastelum and Israel Adesanya meet for the interim middleweight belt at UFC 236. With champ Robert Whittaker (20-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) sidelined after surgery, Gastelum (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) and Adesanya (16-0 MMA, 5-0 […]

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Even with a 26-second main event, the main card did an overnight average 1.1 rating. Even without a big college basketball lead-in, and going head-to-head with the NBA All-Star Game, Sunday night’s Francis Ngannou vs. Cain Velasquez-headlined show looks to have drawn the highest viewing numbers for a cable Fight Night main card in three […]

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Daniel Cormier’s path to retirement may have taken a turn Sunday night. The soon-to-be 40-year old UFC heavyweight champion was angling to fight one more time, preferably against Brock Lesnar. But then came Francis Ngannou’s 26-second knockout of Cormier’s best friend and American Kickboxing Academy training partner, two-time former champion Cain Velasquez, which went down […]

Gallery Francis Ngannou def. Cain Velasquez at UFC on ESPN 1: Best photos view 17 images PHOENIX – UFC heavyweight Francis Ngannou believes he’s done enough to earn a fight with champ Daniel Cormier. “I think he should come to avenge his teammate, and that would be a good matchup,” Ngannou (13-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) […]

One of the best fights of the year earned top honors at UFC Phoenix on Sunday night. The welterweight clash between Vicente Luque and Bryan Barberena was ended by Luque via third-round TKO at the 4:54 mark. Luque and Barberena both earned $50,000. Luke Sanders, who defeated Renan Barao via second-round KO, and Kron Gracie, […]

There may have been several more bouts remaining when Vicente Luque and Bryan Barberena concluded their wild welterweight duel, but it was clear that one post-fight award was already secured. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

PHOENIX – For the second week in a row, the UFC has lost a fight on the same day of a show. At least this time it’s not the main event. A UFC on ESPN 1 preliminary bout between Jessica Penne and Jodie Esquibel has been canceled just hours before they were set to enter the […]

The return of Jessica Penne and Jodie Esquibel to the Octagon will have to wait a little bit longer. Penne’s fight against Jodie Esquibel at Sunday night’s UFC Phoenix has been called off due to an injury to Penne, according to UFC officials via MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi. ESPN broke the story earlier Sunday afternoon. […]

Streaking Brazilian welterweight Michel Prazeres will face a new opponent at UFC Prague, as Ismail Naurdiev has stepped in to replace Ramazan Emeev. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – The biggest rivalry fight of his career is in the books, but Michael Page says it’s far from over between him and Paul Daley. Page (14-0 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) took a unanimous decision from Daley (40-17-2 MMA, 6-4 BMMA) in Saturday’s Bellator 216 main event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main […]

Cain Velasquez returns for the first time since July 2016 to headline the UFC’s inaugural event on ESPN on Sunday, but according to the former champ, it came close to not happening. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Watch Michael Page vs. Paul Daley full fight video highlights from Bellator 216’s main event above, courtesy of Bellator. Bellator 216: MVP vs. Daley took place Feb. 16 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Michael Page (14-0) squared off against Paul Daley (40-17-2) in a long-anticipated showdown in the night’s main event and […]

Michael Page debuted in Bellator nearly six years ago against Ryan Sanders in Lewiston, Maine, the same town that Muhammad Ali knocked Sonny Liston out in for their rematch. It’s taken him all those years to get into the meat of the order; that is to say, begin fighting guys that have a legitimate chance […]

Gallery Photos: Bellator 216 ceremonial weigh-ins view 24 images Bellator is in Connecticut for the second of back-to-back shows on consecutive days. Here’s how to watch Bellator 216. Bellator 216 takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMAjunkie. The prelims kick off at 7 p.m. […]

The Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles will serve as the host location for an intriguing world championship bout and since both combatants made weight on Friday, it’s all systems go. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

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