Despite Gegard Mousasi just winning the Bellator middleweight title, it appears he could be fighting at light heavyweight in the near future. Following Mousasi’s (47-7-2 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) unanimous decision victory over Douglas Lima (32-8 MMA, 14-4 BMMA). to claim the vacant 185-pound belt on Thursday in the Bellator 250 headliner, company president Scott Coker […]

ABU DHABI – UFC heavyweight Alexander Volkov spoke to reporters after UFC 254 and assessed his win over Walt Harris on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. The former Bellator heavyweight champ had a blunt assessment of his opponent’s work. View full post on MMA Fighting – All Posts

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Jan Blachowicz[autotag]’s hometown greeted him as a conquering hero. The newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion received a warm welcome Friday at the Cieszyn Market in his hometown of Cieszyn, Poland. Blachowicz (27-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) claimed the vacant UFC 205-pound title last month at UFC 253, which took place at Yas Island in Abu […]

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Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Paulo Costa’s longtime manager Wallid Ismail reveals that “Borrachinha” was planning on moving up to light heavyweight after taking the middleweight title away from Israel Adesanya at UFC 253, but everything changed after “The Last Stylebender’s” post-fight antics. Costa was stopped by Adesanya in the second round of Saturday night’s […]

Jan Blachowicz is a hero in his home country of Poland after claiming the vacant light heavyweight crown with a victory against Dominick Reyes at UFC 253. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Jan Blachowicz returned to his home country of Poland for the first time since becoming the undisputed UFC light heavyweight champion and was greeted by hundreds of his hometown faithful. The 37-year-old captured the title with a second-round TKO finish of Dominick Reyes in the co-main event of UFC 253 […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Jon Jones recently gave up his UFC light heavyweight title. But now that there’s a new champion in the division, he’s already contemplating a comeback. After defeating Dominick Reyes in February and then engaging in a public battle with the UFC over money, Jones ultimately decided to vacate his 205-pound title […]

With the light heavyweight belt on the line this weekend, we take a look at the state of the 205-pound division. Read the Full Article Here View full post on UFC News

Jose Augusto joins his teammates Patricio Freire and Patricky Freire in Bellator. | Photo via Matheus Aquino Jose Augusto “Gugu” is the newest member of Pitbull Brothers gym to join the Bellator roster, promotion officials told MMA Fighting. “Gugu” (6-2, 1 no contest) inked a multi-fight with the North American-based company to compete in the […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Dominick Reyes already feels like he has a win over Jon Jones, and he’s not going out of his way to get another shot at him. “I got no interest in going up to heavyweight,” Reyes said at the UFC 253 virtual media day on Tuesday. “If anyone wants to come […]

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Phil Davis likes the challenges that lie ahead – both old and new. In the main event of Bellator 245 on Friday, Davis (21-5 MMA, 8-2 BMMA) will face an old foe, former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. The two fighters fought in August 2013 at UFC 163 but Davis isn’t […]

Bellator MMA has bolstered its talent pool by signing light heavyweight Viktor Nemkov and featherweight Cody Law. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Aleksandar Rakic hopes to get into title contention with a win over Anthony Smith at UFC Vegas 8 this weekend. But a shot at the gold will apparently no longer come against the longest-reigning champion in light heavyweight history. Jon Jones recently vacated his 205-pound title, announcing his intention to leave […]

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC UFC President Dana White scoffed at a statement from Bellator President Scott Coker that the ViacomCBS-owned promotion will promote the sport’s best light heavyweight after champ Jon Jones moves up in weight. “Isn’t he cute?” White said in response to Bellator’s characterization of Friday’s light heavyweight title fight between now-former […]

Scott Coker spoke to reporters after Vadim Nemkov’s upset of two-division champ Ryan Bader at Bellator 244. The Bellator president gave his thoughts on what’s next for the Bellator champ, where he stands in the pantheon of light heavyweights around the world, and more. View full post on MMA Fighting – All Posts

LAS VEGAS – Dana White doesn’t agree with Scott Coker’s assessment, but the UFC president understands where the Bellator boss is coming from. In the lead-up to Bellator 244 held Friday, Coker said his promotion has the best light heavyweight division in the world. After Vadim Nemkov TKO’d Ryan Bader to win the title, Coker […]

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