The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Interim champ vs undisputed champ. A tale as old as time. Boy meets belt, belt meets boy, belt doesn’t get defended quickly enough or uncle Dana needs to sell more tickets so a division steward must be decided. Interim champions make sense when there is a possibility that the reigning champion may not be able … Read more
Holy alternate dimensions Batman… Triller’s freak show boxing match between former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield versus former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort just got freakier. 44 year old Belfort is now the odds makers favorite over 58 year old Holyfield. The odds shifted in the Brazilian’s favor shortly after the open workouts occurred … Read more
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz and Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva are set to box tonight under the Triller banner as the co-main event of Evander Holyfield vs Vitor Belfort. It’s a bizarre night of bizarre pairings which will also see boxer David Haye vs businessman Joe Fournier. Tito Ortiz missed the … Read more
Oscar De La Hoya was forced to withdraw from his September 11th boxing bout with Vitor Belfort due to contracting the coronavirus. We were all scratching our heads first at why that fight was happening and then at potential replacements. We got one and if you follow me on this site you know how I … Read more
Freak show boxing is just straight up weird. Former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort was supposed to face decorated former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya in a freak show boxing match but plans have changed. Oscar recently announced he tested positive for the coronavirus meaning he couldn’t possibly make the September 11th event … Read more
It is bad enough that UFC veteran and wrestling specialist Ben Askren is going to be boxing internet celebrity menace turned freak show pugilist Jake Paul. Now it is worse because the odds are being released for their match later this year and it doesn’t look good for Mr. Askren or MMA. Jake Paul -155 … Read more
Betting on mixed martial arts fights can be a crapshoot. Anything can and will happen to what you might believe to be a sure thing. Maybe it’s because of that that we have prop bets. For those who don’t know what prop bets are it’s pretty simple. It’s when you bet on random and sometimes … Read more
It looks like tonight we find out if Dan Hooker is the real deal and if Dustin Poirier has lost a step. Dustin is the former UFC interim lightweight champion that lost his bout with undisputed champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in September of last year. He has not fought since and the man he faces in … Read more
Teammates and friends will become rivals at UFC 251 in July. Number one welterweight contender Gilbert Burns will face off against current champion Kamaru Usman. Usman’s last fight was a last-minute TKO victory over former interim champion Colby Covington and Gilbert completely out classed Tyron Woodley earning him the shot. This very well may be … Read more
What a freaking mess. Jessica Eye and Cynthia Calvillo are in the main event of a UFC fight night that goes down Saturday night. Jessica (#12 pound for pound) is the #1 ranked flyweight in the world and Cynthia sits at #10 in the strawweight rankings. On paper this is a mismatch but it’s actually … Read more