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The tough boxing champ from the streets of Bayonne who inspired the iconic 'Rocky' film series and two other movies will never be knocked down again.City officials announced plans last week to unveil a larger-than-life 2,500-pound statue…

Caleb 'Sweethands' Plant has revealed on his Instagram account that he has signed his contract to face interim WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez early next year. For his part, Benavidez, 25 (26-0, 23 KOs) already announced…

This month, MMA News will continue to lead the industry in original content, timely reporting and in-depth storytelling with:Original stories: We will continue to be an enabler for the broader news cycle with an unwavering commitment to…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, October 29, 2022, for UFC Vegas 63, headlined by a featherweight clash between no. 5 ranked Calvin Kattar (23-6) and no. 6 ranked Arnold Allen (18-1). The main card opener tonight…

Matchroom Sport chairman Eddie Hearn is never far from the eye of the storm. The past few weeks have seen him at the center of two of boxing's biggest stories. Hearn had pivotal roles!-->…

Katie Taylor (21-0, 6 KOs) and Karen Elizabeth Carabajal (19-0, 2 KOs) face off in the main event at the OVO Arena Wembley in London, England on Saturday October 29th. Ireland defending their IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO belts against undefeated…

The Guerrero family of wrestlers has a long history in professional wrestling, from patriarch Gory Guerrero to Chavo Guerrero Jr in the third generation of the family. Like other wrestling families, most members of the Guerrero family…

On Saturday, November 5, at the John T. Rhodes Myrtle Beach Sports Center, promoter Christy Martin, in association with Fiesta Mexicana, will proudly present “Mayhem in Myrtle 6,” a stacked night of world-class professional…

MMA News has you covered with this week's UFC matchmaking newsletter, featuring bouts to entertain welterweight Niko Price and women's flyweight prospect Natália Silva. With UFC cards being held most weekends, Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby…

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Former multi-time light heavyweight title contender Alexander Gustafsson appears to have his next fight booked. MMA Junkie reports that the “Mauler” will face Ovince St. Preux at UFC 282 on December 10. The final PPV card of 2022 is…

Matheus Scheffel hopes to show off a new, improved version of himself at the 2022 Professional Fighters League Finals. Scheffel will lock horns with Ante Delija in a heavyweight championship affair on Nov. 25. It will be…

Bayley against Bianca Belair during a contract signing.Credit: WWE.com WWE Raw has announced the signing of a contract between Bayley and Bianca Belair ahead of their match at WWE Extreme Rules. Raw also announced Braun Strowman vs. Chad…

Months after his first appearance for All Elite Wrestling, Rush finally signed through the dotted line and received the X is #AllElite treatment.After honing his career in Mexico, Rush surprised many when he showed…

Bellator keeps their Grand Prix system going, and the next one is among the best ever. Speaking on Wednesday on MMA hourBellator CEO Scott Coker has announced that the promotion will hold a lightweight grand prix in 2023. "If you look at…

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UK-based grappling promotion Polaris are making their first international trip, landing in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy on what is known as 'Grapnel Island'. Main event sees UFC light heavyweight contender Paul!-->…

HEATHER HARDY RETURNS TO THE BOXING RING TO TOP AN OCTOBER 13 CARD AT SONY HALL IN NEW YORKPhilBoxing.comFri Sep 23, 2022Former world champion to face Calista Silgado's featherweight matchNew…

Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez is confident he will leave Abu Dhabi in November as a two-time world champion, saying he is "prepared for anything" thrown at him by WBA light heavyweight titleholder Dmitry Bivol.Ramirez, the former WBO super…

Thanks to his immense popularity and name recognition in the Albuquerque-area combat sports community, John "The Magician" Dodson was paid $75,000 - almost twice as much as the two fighters in the main event reunited - for his…

The Age of Attitude WWE has offered a number of factions over its roughly five-year run, with teams like D-Generation X, the Nation of Domination, and the Corporation being some of the best known. Fans may also remember Japan's…

Jesse Arnett says he's ready to "rock and roll" when he meets Ali Al Qaisi in their UAE Warriors 33 featherweight title rematch on Saturday.The Canadian took the belt when he opened a deep cut above Al Qaisi's left eye with an elbow before…

JThe management company 258MGT announced via social networks on behalf of Antoine Joshua that they have accepted the terms of a struggle against Tyson's Fury December 3.Negotiations have been suspended due to the Queen's death Elizabeth…

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Linzy Henning and Estiaan Labuschagne (front). In the back are Reinhardt Labuschagne, Kaiwyn Labuschagne and PJ Brits. Team Rage Kickboxing Club fighters recently won gold and silver medals at the Great North 2 tournament in…

Despite losing his UFC welterweight title and having his promotional record tainted for the first time, Kamaru Usman suggested another moment made him feel worse than his loss to Leon Edwards. As we head into another pay-per-view offering…

In the eyes of many, Andre Ward was too skilful, too determined and just too good to hang up his gloves at the age of 33. Yet as Ward stood atop boxing mountain, he quickly disappeared in a cloud of retirement…

Chael Sonnen recently claimed that Conor McGregor is past the point of making another run for UFC gold. “The American Gangster” also believes that McGregor himself is unaware that his title run is over. A majority of fans…

Robert Whittaker plans to move up to light heavyweight. This weekend, Whittaker takes on Marvin Vettori in the co-main event of UFC Paris. This is a fight between the No. 2 and No. 3 middleweights in the world. While that would…

It looks like the next step in Vitor Belfort's foray into boxing has been found. The former UFC 12 Tournament champion, UFC light heavyweight champion and multiple-time title contender left the Octagon in 2018 after making known his…

Israel Adesanya reveals the lowest point of his MMA career, and it wasn't his only loss …

MMA fight ads are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it's nearly impossible to get organized. But here at MMA Junkie, we have your back. Every week we will compile all the newly appeared fights in one…

The Professional Fighters League continues with the 2022 PFL Playoffs London, taking place at the Copper Box Arena in London, England today, August 20. The card features must-see semifinal bouts in the women's featherweight and…

By Jim Calfa: Unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev went through an unspecified injury workout for his Oct. 29 fight against WBO mandatory Anthony Yarde. Unfortunately, the injury to undefeated Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs) means…

Binghamton Rumble Ponies fans will see a familiar face with the New York Mets starting this week.Mets top prospect Brett Baty has been called up to the big league roster following a groin injury to infielder Luis Guillorme and a strain,…

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will finally deliver on the promise he made nearly a decade ago, gaining weight ahead of his heavyweight debut at the end of 2022. So what can fans expect…

Marlon Vera is on the cusp of his first UFC bantamweight title fight; Dominick Cruz makes it to the top of the mountain for the fourth time. Vera vs. Cruz headlines…

Dana White complimented Khabib Nurmagomedov enough throughout his career. He even went to great lengths to get the former lightweight champion back to the UFC after his retirement. However, the UFC president did not put him on a list of…

Richard Rivera takes on Badou Jack on Oleksandr Usyk's undercard against Anthony Joshua 2.On August 20, live from the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia, the most anticipated rematch in years takes place as unified heavyweight champion…

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The UFC lightweight division is pretty stacked at the top. One of the most anticipated fights between the contenders is Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler. According to Ariel Helwani, this fight should be announced for UFC 281.…

UFC 277 featured two heavyweight fights – the tilts that really matter to me – as well as a whole lot of everything else, which I don't mind as long as there are exciting finishes. And there were finishes galore on the main card. Future…

Former two-weight UFC champion Henry Cejudo has explained the delay in Jon Jones' return to the Octagon. It's been a while since we've seen Jon Jones take part in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and while some…

Just 10 days after the launch of the "Canela Box Nights" series, CANELA BOX and World Cup Boxing Series (WCBS), led by CEO Terry Hollan and promoter/matchmaker Guy Taylor, announced that the new boxing series would return on August 19 in…

UFC 277 is here and the highly anticipated rematch for women's bantamweight gold will take place in the main event as champion Julianna Peña looks to prove her historic upset against female GOAT Amanda Nunes was not A random.It won't be the…

UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes has reacted after recently being slammed by former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones on Twitter. Although he has yet to make his debut in the division since committing to the 205-pound drop, that hasn't…

The two heavyweights fight in Billam-Smith's backyard. British heavyweights Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain will meet in Bournemouth on Saturday July 30. The two will fight for Billam-Smith's Commonwealth and EBU titles at the…

UFC light heavyweight contender Paul Craig is aiming for a legacy that extends beyond title glory inside the Octagon. Craig is currently in the best shape of his career on MMA's biggest stage to date. Since a 2-5 run, which included…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypr0KoMFusk The potential for violence in this new rumble of Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweights is almost unheard of.On his YouTube channel, UFC light heavyweight Johnny Walker…

One Championship will make its streaming debut on Amazon First video service in August. The UN 161 The event that will lead the charge on the platform is the rematch between ONE flyweight champion Adriano Moraes and former UFC…

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Daniel Cormier is retired, but that doesn't mean the former two-time UFC champion isn't capable of making a comeback if the stars align. Cormier, 43, walked away from professional MMA following his decision…

The sport of boxing has been kind to Jamaicans over the years, and one of the leading boxers to come out of this blessed island is Mike McCallum. The man born in humble circumstances in Kingston on December 7, 1956, held world championship…

Eddie Alvarez recently honed his tools alongside several other ONE Championship superstars, including middleweight Aung La N Sang. 'The Underground King' trained at Kill Cliff MMA (formerly Sanford MMA.) The Florida training center…

Jhe controversy in boxing continues. Now coach of Jermell Charlosuper-welterweight champion and considered the best in the world, set the boxing world on fire with a few words that will create a lot of debate. Derrick James wondered how it…

UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has responded after Jon Jones mocked his defense of Israel Adesanya. Adesanya defeated Jared Cannonier in the UFC 276 headliner this past weekend. He used his Octagon post-fight interview to call…

Video interview with Cyrus Washington above On Friday, July 6, Yonkers, New York was served by the fastest growing Muay Thai in the United States. Freedom Fighter Promotions presented their biggest show yet, Freedom 6 with a plethora of…

Fights on Tap is a weekly roundup of all booked fights in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions. International Fight Week is over! What was your favorite moment from UFC 276 on Saturday? Leave a comment below! Now let's see what we…

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UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling knows what it's like to get one-on-one advice from UFC legend Jon Jones. Jones made a rare public appearance this weekend at PFL 5 in Atlanta, GA on Saturday. He was one of the PFL heavyweight…

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, June 25, 2022, for UFC Vegas 57live from the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada. The event will be led by a pair of lightweight ranked killers in Arman Tsarukyan (#11) and Mateusz…

Two WKN World belts are up for grabs at "La Nuit Des Gladiateurs" this Saturday, June 25 in Liège, Belgium. The annual event features some of the host country's top representatives against international opponents in five-round Muay Thai…

Vitaly Bigdash will have the opportunity to reclaim ONE Championship gold when he takes on defending champion Reinier de Ridder at ONE 159 on July 22. The Russian picked up three straight wins en route to a title opportunity, but it…

Gordon Ryan and Pedro Marinho will meet again at the Who's Number One: Who's Next final on July 14 in Austin, Texas. The last time the pair faced off was!-->!-->…

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ALBANY – One win away from a possible world title, undefeated Albany boxer Abraham Nova will fight at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden for the first time on Saturday night.Nova, who is 21-0 with 15 knockouts, will face two-time…

For all its shortcomings in recent years, the sport of boxing remains on the rise for the second straight calendar year, with much of that success fueled by the…

Roy Jones Jr. is one of the best boxers of his generation. Defeat fighters like Reggie Johnson, James Toney, etc. The four-division champion was resilient and hard-working. Therefore, Jones does not attribute all of his success to talent…

Danbury's Glover Teixeira's first title defense came in a loss late in the final round on Sunday morning at UFC 275 at Singapore Indoor Stadium, but he told ESPN his career isn't over.Jiri Prochazka's rear naked choke ended the fight with…

It looks like the winner of the Zhang Weili-Joanna Jedrzejczyk rematch will be the next No. 1 contender in the UFC strawweight division.UFC President Dana White says in an interview with MMA Underground that the winner of the UFC…

On Saturday in Singapore, Glover Teixeira will attempt to add a chapter to one of MMA's all-time Cinderella stories.Sign up to ESPN+ and order UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka The likeable Brazilian from…

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ONE 158 is scheduled for the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday. With the failed bout between Jarred Brooks and Joshua Pacio, the card will now be headlined by a Muay Thai bout. In total, there are 13 fights on a card which will mostly…

The main event of UFC 277 will see Julianna Pena attempt her first successful title defense against former titleholder and current women's featherweight champion Amanda Nunes. Pena (12-4, fighter from Chicago, Illinois via…

AEW Double or Nothing had several exciting moments throughout the night. Several new names came through the curtain, with Athena and Stokely Hathaway appearing early in the evening. But Andrade showed he wasn't alone by bringing in…

“I need everything to be right: weight, conditioning and focus for the fight, but you have to understand that I live in a state of readiness for a title fight, and I live that normally,” Prochazka said. “I work on my body, on my…

Nairobi - Evans Chebet is the LG Sports Personality of the Month for April 2022 from the Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK). The Kapsabet-based athlete achieved the feat after winning his first-ever major marathon title, the…

By Brian Webber: Promoter Eddie Hearn believes IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev will emerge victorious in his three-belt unification bout against WBO champion Joe Smith Jr. on June 18. Top Rank promoters Beterbiev…

These are five interesting matchup ideas, including Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou, that fans would love to watch, and that make sense given the current scheme of things. Who doesn't fancy an old-school fantasy match-up? MMA fans…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWvKGanp5gM The final Ultimate Fighting Championship card before a week-long hiatus offers a six-fight preliminary slate that has the potential to be more enjoyable than the main draw. A…

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CFFC returns to one of its favorite cities, Philadelphia, today as CFFC 108 descends live from Parx Casino in the city of brotherly love. Main event has Bellator, CES and Titan FC vet Da'Mon Blackshear defend!-->…

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz has left the door open for a potential future fight with welterweight titleholder Kamaru Usman. Earlier this year, Usman, who has reigned supreme in the 170-pound division since 2019 and…

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ABU DHABI: Capping off an evening of competition between world jiu-jitsu legends, Brazil's Meyran Alves claimed the 'King of the Mats' crown as his country topped the Masters Division of the World Tour Grand Slam Finals in 'Abu Dhabi.…

The former WBC super middleweight champion could be a future rival. Floyd Mayweather scorned Canelo Alvarez's talked-about plan to move up to cruise weight. Last year, the undisputed Mexican super middleweight champion defeated Caleb…

While Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 24 probably wasn't high on the list for many combat sports fans this weekend, the night (as usual) resulted in a bunch of really wild knockouts. Including that of Billy Wagner, who caught his…

A championshipis the king of light heavyweight and light heavyweight Reinier De Ridder concluded his tour of America after visiting many of the top gyms and trainers in the country. “The Dutch Knight” began!-->…

Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Aljamain Sterling is still in good shape after bouncing back from neck surgery to retain his bantamweight title. However, in 2015, when Sterling was still undefeated and moving up the!-->!-->…

One of the main catalysts for the growth of mixed martial arts has been the reality television series Ultimate Fighter. The show debuted in January 2005 and featured 16 contestants in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions…

After nearly a month away, One Championship returned with a thrilling card that took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.One 156 - formerly known as One "Reloaded" - saw Regian…

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is back in action on May 7 against WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is one of the world's superstars in boxing and it looks like the Mexican…

ONE Championship middleweights Aung La N Sang and Yushin Okami continue their fight for a match against each other. The two veterans have been calling for a match on social media for over a year, and their!-->…

Jon Jones is closing in on his heavyweight debut with potential fights against Francis Ngannou, Stipe Miocic and Ciryl Gane seemingly just around the corner. The former 2x light heavyweight champion has been considering…

Eddie Hearn thinks Gennadiy Golovkin will benefit by being stronger moving to 168 to challenge undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 17 if the fight takes place. Hearn believes the 40-year-old Golovkin should…

After Pro Wrestling ZERO1's Premium Show on April 10, Shinjiro Otani was taken to the hospital with a possible cervical spine injury.Shinjiro Otani was taken to hospital after the last Pro…

Former WBC and WMC Muay Thai World Champion Liam "Hitman" Harrison will face "Elbow Zombie" Muangthai PK.Saenchai in a Muay Thai bantamweight showdown. The 8-time world title holder from Leeds will return to the circle following…

By Ken Hissner: I'm sure all of us boxing fans have had some unusual endings and surprises come behind the endings. On January 13, 1995, the twelve-rounder for the vacant North American Boxing Federation light heavyweight title between…

Demetrius Andrade gave Zach Parker a stark warning during their first press conference. Andrade and Parker are due to fight on May 21 at Pride Park Stadium in Derby, England. The…

We're in the midst of a very rare bye week in the UFC schedule — and in MMA, in general, actually — with no big fights to watch as we close out March and kick off April.That said, there's a lot to discuss and ponder in the sport, including…

UFC light heavyweight Paul Craig has given his thoughts on 205-pound champion Glover Teixeira's upcoming defense against Jiří Procházka. At the top of the light heavyweight division, two stories have gripped the MMA fanbase over the past…