The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 215 is in the books.
We wish we could say that the main event between Sergei Kharitonov and Matt Mitrione was the war we hoped it would be but we can’t.
Up until the main event it was a pretty solid event in terms of action. Then it all went wrong. One of the nastiest cup shots we’ve seen in a while forced the fight to come to an end when Kharitonov could not continue.
Check out the full highlights including that groin assault.
In case you weren’t excited for Bellator 216 we present the weigh-ins streamed earlier today. Michael Page and Paul Daley have what appears to be genuine animosity so maybe that’s why they got the nod for the main event spot over Roy Nelson vs Mirko Cro Cop. Check out the full video and get hype!
Former UFC heavyweight champion and Joe Rogan’s GOAT Cain Velasquez returns to action for UFC on ESPN 1 on Sunday. He faces power puncher Francis Ngannou in a main event that should be a firefight. Velasquez has been out of action since mid 2016 and a lot of questions about recovery and ring rust will be answered. Check out the footage of him during the open workouts and let us know – has he lost a step?
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TJ Dillashaw is the undisputed UFC bantamweight champ. He claimed the title with a second-round KO win over Cody Garbrandt at UFC 217 in Nov. 2017. The two rematched this past August and Dillashaw finished him the first round. Following that Dillashaw went down to 125-pounds to challenge Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo for the … Read more
Dana White once was in love with how hard Francis Ngannou hit people. Since then he has soured a bit and so have a lot of others. One person who was never impressed it would seem is his opponent for Sunday’s UFC on ESPN 1, Cain Velasquez. The former heavyweight champion scoffed at Dana White’s comparison of Francis’s punching power to getting hit by a Ford Escort. Check out what he said and laugh with us.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has his hands full this weekend when he returns to the octagon for the first time in over two years to face the number three ranked Francis Ngannou at UFC on ESPN 1 in Phoenix. Injuries have kept the former champion sidelined and his teammate Daniel Cormier in the … Read more
When former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic was dethroned by Daniel Cormier the entirety of MMA fandom thought we would get an immediate rematch. After all, Miocic held the record for most defenses with three and was on six fight run. Wrong. He certainly earned it. Stipe knocked out five big name fighters in a … Read more
We HIGHLY recommend not messing with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov inside the cage. Now we can also advise you that an armed Khabib Nurmagomedov is possibly more terrifying. We say possibly because at least getting shot you die instantly. In the cage you got rag-dolled and then embarrassed in front of the world. Just … Read more
Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman wasted no time in criticizing Israel Adesanya for not finishing former champ Anderson Silva at UFC 234. He went as far as to call Israel overrated on Twitter to which no one thought Adesanya would remain silent on. He appeared on The MMA Hour and he discussed a number of … Read more
