Women’s Bantamweight

Former UFC women's bantamweight and WWE star Jessamyn Duke has issued an urgent appeal for donations as flooding ravages her home state of Kentucky. Floods affecting the eastern part of the state have already killed 37, with rescue teams…

Ketlen Vieira is currently the No. 2 ranked female bantamweight in the UFC. She is on a two-fight winning streak after defeating former bantamweight champions Miesha Tate and Holly Holm. She's also one of only two fighters currently in…

UFC 277 should feature some important battles when the Octagon lands in Dallas on Saturday night. None will be bigger than the women's bantamweight rematch between…

DALLAS- Amanda Nunes finds herself in a position she hasn't been in for some time.Arguably the greatest fighter in MMA history, Nunes returns to the octgon this Saturday in the main event of UFC 277, but this time as a challenger and not…

Beatrice Ferreira Brazilian amateur star Beatriz Ferreira signs deal with Matchroom promotions For years, Beatriz Ferreira was considered an elite amateur in women's boxing. She decided that the time was right to enter the…

Amanda Nunes reveals who she thinks is the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. Nunes was recently a guest on the "one on onepodcast with Laura Sanko to discuss her upcoming title rematch with Julianna Peña. During the chat, Nunes…

An exciting women's strawweight matchup between top contenders Amanda Lemos and Marina Rodriguez has been added to the UFC 280 stacked card. Combat was the first to report the matchup between Lemos and Rodriguez for UFC 280, which is set…

The Golden State Warriors were front and center during Wednesday night's ESPYS, with the star Stephen Curry host and win several awards.Curry won the ESPY for Best NBA Player and Best All-Time Performance. That award was for passing…

Ronda Rousey's contribution to mixed martial arts is unmatched. Over her 14-fight professional career, Rousey has spearheaded the rise of women's MMA. After her time in the octagon, Rousey even ventured into the WWE and achieved success…

The Montreal Canadiens traded star defenseman Jeff Petry to the Pittsburgh Penguins after eight seasons. (Getty Images)The Montreal Canadiens traded defenseman Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman…

The Professional Fighters League today announced the launch of PFL Europe, a new international league beginning in 2023. PFL Europe events will all be hosted in European countries, broadcast and broadcast in prime time in Europe, and will…

The UFC 277 card has undergone some shakeups as Diego Ferreira and Mariya Agapova have been forced to pull out of their respective fights. Ferreira has withdrawn from a planned lightweight clash against Drakkar Klose due to an…

NEW YORK – July 11, 2022 – Combate Global today announced a lineup of five mixed martial arts (MMA) fights for Friday, July 15, streaming live on Paramount+ from Miami, Florida.Paramount+ coverage will begin with a Combate…

UFC Fight Night will serve as the testing ground to determine which Rafael is ready to step into the lightweight elite. Former UFC champion Rafael dos Anjos and…

New world champion Nikhat Zareen is hungry to win more medals for the country and expects a record four gold medals from India's boxing contingent at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham from July 28. The CWG's top show of Indian pugilists…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSuEaKU3eJ8 UFC on ESPN 39 has a solid six-fight slate for the Ultimate Fighting Championship's brief return to the UFC Apex on Saturday in Las Vegas. The featured preview is crucial: Former…

UFC Vegas 58 airs live from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, July 9, making it Sunday, July 10 in Australia. The main event is a five-round lightweight bout between Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev. Advertisement Former UFC…

Alexander Volkanovski was the first fighter to step on the scale Friday morning as the shredded Aussie made championship weight ahead of UFC 276. Volkanovski weighed in at 144.5 pounds (65.5 kilograms) as he looks to once again defend his…

UFC 276: Adesanya vs Cannonier airs live on pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, July 2. The fight card features a series of MMA bouts with two titles contested in the show's headliner. The date the event will…

Boxing's youngest current world champion highlights a busy card Saturday for his first title defense as Jesse Rodriguez puts his WBC super flyweight belt on the line as he takes on former WBC double titlist Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Tech…

LAS VEGAS — The weight of expectation has brought down many great athletes. Expectations only increase when you're tied to one of the best in your sport.This is where Umar Nurmagomedov ends up. His cousin, former UFC lightweight champion…

UFC Vegas 57: Arman Tsarukyan vs. Mateusz Gamrot - UFC is ready with another action packed event and this time it's UFC Vegas 57. Everything is set to roll from the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas Nevada on June 25-26 here in India.…

After back-to-back events overseas, Bellator returns to the United States for an event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The arena has become a familiar place for the promotion as they have held events there frequently…

UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Julianna Pena recently discussed his mentality towards his own brand and fight against the promotion ahead of his huge rematch against Amanda Nunes at UFC 277 in July 2022.…

UFC veteran Donald Cerrone believes it's incumbent on fighters to improve their income through self-marketing and self-promotion. Perhaps no debate in mixed martial arts has been as polarizing as fighter compensation. Whether it's through…

Irene Aldana thinks the time has come. UFC women's bantamweight contender Aldana (13-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) thinks she's ready to fight in a title fight and wants to put that to the test. Aldana has been a top contender for several years now, but…

Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk retired after her fight at UFC 275, but her career will continue to motivate fighters of all stripes.Jędrzejczyk (16-5-0) retired after a TKO loss to former champion Zhang Weili and at the…

Mayerlin Rivas Mayerlin Rivas cuts Karina Fernandez in four to retain her WBA title! At Domo Alcalde in Guadalajara, Mexico, Mayerlin Rivas (17-4-2, 11 KOs) made the first defense of the WBA women's junior featherweight title…

Published on: 06/09/2022 - 06:34 Singapore (AFP) - UFC boss Dana White has said his mixed martial arts promotion is "ready to roll" again in Asia as it returns to the region this…

"What a man can do, a woman can do better", goes a popular saying. In different spheres of life, women have in fact proven that they often do their jobs better than men, including sports. This year alone, several Nigerian sportswomen –…

By Chuck Daly: In a surprise ending, undefeated Joe Cordina (15-0, 9 KOs) dethroned IBF featherweight champion Kenichi Ogawa (26-2-1, 18 KOs by second-round knockout on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, in Wales. After…

Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe most anticipated women's fight of 2022 now has a date.The UFC announcement Saturday that the rematch between bantamweight champion Julianna Pena and Amanda Nunes will take place in…

Matt Serra recently shared an Instagram video of himself, Michael Bisping, Julianna Pena and Rashad Evans vibrating to Kayne West's 2010 hit song All lights. Bisping, Serra, Forrest Griffin, Evans and Pena recently got together for a fun…

Michael Bisping recently reacted to an online report suggesting that UFC commentators are playing a role in the substandard judging of MMA. Judging in the UFC and in the sport of MMA in general has come under intense scrutiny lately.…

Chael Sonnen isn't thrilled about Valentina Shevchenko's potential move up to bantamweight. 'Bullet' recently teased a return to 135lbs to challenge for the title. "The American Gangster" doesn't find the match interesting as…

Valentina Shevchenko is set to defend her women's flyweight title for the seventh time at UFC 275 on June 11. She takes on the tough No. 4-ranked Taila Santos, but the sports betting doesn't give Santos much of a chance. She's a…

Chael Sonnen believes Amanda Nunes was right in her decision to leave the American Top Team (ATT) gym after losing the bantamweight title to Julianna Pena at UFC 269. Talking about an episode of Beyond the fight, Sonnen justified…

Nikhat Zareen has an open, expansive and unfeigned personality outside of the boxing ring. Not quite the open guard bravado inside the ring that will invite a crushing flurry. But there were remnants of exuberance from outside the square,…

A high percentage of the world's population would probably react negatively to a face full of pepper spray, but IBF Women's Bantamweight Champion Ebanie Bridges is definitely not most people. Like most boxing champions, "the blonde bomber"!-->…

Andrea Lee's chief cornerman at UFC on ESPN 36 on Saturday, Tony Kelley, has come under fire for comments he made during his women's flyweight bout with Viviane Araujo. After the first round of the match at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, in…

Court Bauer discusses her long-term goals for MLW's women's featherweight division, including the potential for an all-female show. As Major League Wrestling continues to grow, its…

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UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he would encourage other fighters not in the same position as him to avoid speaking out in support of his efforts. The relationship between the MMA frontman and one of his main titleholders has…

Australian rising star Skye Nicolson can count the great Roy Jones Jr. among her rapidly growing legion of fans. Nicolson (2-0) will become the first Australian woman to fight at New York's iconic Madison Square Garden when she faces…

The MMASucka podcast is back with a standout episode this week. Tim Wheaton and Frazer Krohn break down the blockbuster Tyson's Fury and Dillian Whyte fight last weekend. In the fight itself, Fury dominated,!-->…

Jessica Andrade announced his return to the strawweight division emphatically on Saturday night.The ex-champ waded through heavy fire on his feet against Amanda Lemos to secure a standing triangle-arm…

Liz Carmouche has fought twice for a UFC title. In Strikeforce, she challenged gold once. In each of those three opportunities, the pioneer of women's MMA came away empty-handed.Carmouche finally succeeded in exorcising his championship…

Footy Digest is a global roundup of the titles, stories and matches that make the beautiful game so beautiful. Europe • Welcome to the hot seat, Erik ten Hag: The Ajax coach has agreed to take over at Manchester United from the summer.…

Liz CarmoucheAll that's missing is a major mixed martial arts title.the Strike force, Ultimate Fighting Championship and Invicta Fighting Championships veteran will challenge the undefeated Juliana Velasquez for the Bellator MMA…

Hello friends! With UFC 273 now in the rearview mirror, this week has felt a lot like a post-pay-per-view lull, in part because this weekend's card, UFC Vegas 51, is one of those hottest deals. less convincing than the UFC has offered.…

Marlen Esparza has won the first-ever Ring flyweight belt after defeating Naoko Fujioka – Photo courtesy of Golden Boy Promotions Another historic weekend in women's boxing produced a series of changes in The Ring women's rankings. In…

Titan Fighting Championships returns tonight for a very special show in collaboration with the Dominican Republic Fighting Force Promotions in Santo Domingo. The show will feature three championship fights on a!-->…

Aljamain Sterling struggles to understand why exactly it's so hard to believe he was rightfully hit by Petr Yan's illegal knee to a fight-ending degree. With UFC 273 around the corner, #KneeGate is about to be resolved and the feud between…

Sumiko Inaba, Bellator 268 weigh-in ceremony Credit: Alex Behunin/Cageside Press Hawaii's Sumiko Inaba will put her unbeaten record on the line at home later this month. Flyweight!-->!-->…

Cormier said Rousey was "cheated" after submitting her opponent Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania 38, but the referee didn't notice and Flair would go on to win the match.Video loadingVideo unavailableThe video will start automatically…

IOC drops the 69 kg class for Paris after boxing, weightlifting finds little favor as an Olympic sportNEW DELHI: Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain will have to move to a new weight class for the Paris Summer Games in 2024.…

Bellator MMA has announced additional information about its return to the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where Honolulu's Neal S. Blaisdell Arena will host back-to-back events on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23. BELLATOR 278…

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On Saturday, March 26, ONE Championship will have its biggest event yet, ONE X. Headlining this historic 10th anniversary card will be ONE Dominant Atomic Weight Queen Angela Lee. Lee will be defending his title for the fifth time against…

UFC President Dana White has revealed which two potential fights he wants to book the most in 2022. With a slew of high-profile stars, rivalries and stylistic matchups on fans' minds each year, the role of White and UFC matchmakers can't…

The UFC return to London tonight in what should be an exciting night of fighting from the 02 Arena. The world's top mixed martial arts promotion, the UFC, will hold a huge event at the popular fight venue for the first time since March!-->…

Kayla Harrison spoke about the PFL's preliminary plans to stage cross-promotion bouts. The debate over where Harrison would end up had been going on for months before he re-signed with the PFL a few weeks ago. It was a move that…

UFC women's flyweight Casey O'Neill took a page from bantamweight champion Julianna Peña's book while talking to Dana White ahead of UFC 271. At UFC 271, O'Neill took a step closer to title contention. She did so by sending veteran…

UFC women's strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern has spoken about bantamweight champion Julianna Peña's past comments about motherhood. At UFC 269, Amanda Nunes put her 135-pound gold on the line against “The Venezuelan Vixen”. During and…

Kayla Harrison was enjoying free agency when she started submitting offers for her next contract, but the process has now become frustrating as she seeks to return to action as soon as possible. Expecting a deal to be done at any moment,…

The Bahrain team presents a star-studded line-up with IMMAF #1 P4P Ramazan Gitinov & Sabrina Laurentina de Sousa. The local MMA Super Cup team, Team Bahrain, has been revealed as the world number one ranking team…

March is Women's History Month, so it's only fitting that women mma is back in action this Wednesday night as INVICTA Fighting Championships (INVICTA FC) returns for its second card of 2022. The flyweight!-->…

The Kazakhstan team is currently ranked 3rd in the World Amateur MMA Ranking and has a prominent place in the IMMAF medal charts. rising star Ayan Toursyn is the most pronounced athlete from Kazakhstan in the team. Competing at!-->…

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Islam Makhachev's march to a shot at the UFC lightweight title will see Dagestan square off with short-notice replacement Bobby Green this Saturday.The pair square off in a Fight Night main event that was originally scheduled to pit Beneil…

Teams RMMAU and Ireland will meet in the first round of the quarter-final tournament, facing off in 9 bouts across 9 weight classes. The team with the most wins in each nation's match advances to the next round. With the top 4 ranked!-->…

UFC Vegas 48 took place tonight (Saturday February 19, 2022) from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility and we have the results. The world's leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter has compiled a great card for to fight fans to…

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Kayla Harrison says she doesn't yet know where she'll end up fighting this year, but she's leaving her options open. And these options are wider than expected.The former two-time Professional Fighters League women's…

New UFC women's bantamweight champion Julianna Peña is open to a future with WWE. "The Venezuelan Vixen" told the NY Post she would give professional wrestling a chance if the opportunity presented itself. "Right now, I'm focusing on the…

43 and still going strong 💪 pic.twitter.com/rZEWfZoqsG — UFC (@ufc) February 13, 2022 Sign up for ESPN+ hereand you can then stream UFC 271 live to your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet, or streaming device through the…

CARACHI: “Ismail Khan made us proud when he became the first Pakistani to medal at the IMMAF (International Mixed Martial Arts Federation) World Championships, and now there are more kids who want to go higher now” , said Nasir, a…

Despite accusations of transphobic comments, Caitlyn Jenner fully supports Spotify's decision not to cancel Joe Rogan's podcast. Recently, Joe Rogan came under fire for allegedly spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on his…

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UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman's brother Mohammed Usman will be looking to win the UFC contract after it was revealed he will be competing in the TUF 30 Heavyweight Tournament. Julianna Pena and Amanda Nunes will serve as head…

The former UFC Women's Champion is ready to step into the "Celebrity Big Brother" ring with her Hollywood opponents! Find out all about Miesha here! Miesha Tate is ready to show what she is made of in the next season of celebrity big…

An adventurous spirit charts Miesha Tate's next course. The former Strikeforce and Ultimate Fighting Championship women's bantamweight titleholder will move up to 125 pounds when she takes on Lauren Murphy at UFC Fight Night 208…

Former UFC women's bantamweight champion and combat sports sensation Ronda Rousey left the entire "Dome of America's Center" in St Louis in an uproar. It came after she made a triumphant return to WWE after nearly three years to win the…

Newly crowned UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Julianna Pena appeared as a guest on Joe Rogan's podcast and gave his thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic.Rogan's hugely popular podcast on Spotify recently made national headlines for content…

Gerald Meerschaert "Gerald Meerschaert is a super hilarious guy but nobody knows because he's super dry, but it's really funny." Spotlight on Humor: Paul Felder: "Gerald, you don't know any other way to get in here than to get hit multiple…

The Pallas Athena Women's Fighting Championship – Canada's first all-female MMA league – bowed out this month in an effort to elevate female fighters to the highest level. In a world dominated by!-->!-->!-->!-->…

~~ ~ Sekiwake Mitakeumi upset grand champion Terunofuji on Sunday, January 23 to win the Emperor's Cup on the final day of the New Year's Grand Sumo Tournament and take a giant step towards promotion to the sport's second-highest…

Jessica Andrade is one of the most versatile fighters on the UFC women's roster. The Brazilian has competed in several divisions of the promotion and holds knockouts at strawweight, flyweight and bantamweight.ADVERTISINGThe article…

CIRYL GANE has warned Francis Ngannou that he has "improved" tremendously since their fighting days at the MMA Factory in Paris. Bon Gamin will look to end his former sparring partner's reign as heavyweight champion early Sunday morning in…

The UFC heavyweight titles will be unified in the main event of UFC 270 this weekend, as Francis Ngannou defends against interim champion and former teammate Ciryl Gane.Ngannou (16-3) is 11-2 in the UFC, with 10 of his wins in the promotion…

The first UFC card of the new year could give us our first new No. 1 contender. With “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung winning the Alexander Volkanovski contest, top featherweight contenders Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze — No. 10 and…

Image via @mackenziedern on Instagram (unlisted photographer) Two marquee matches have been added to the April 9 UFC 273 event, including Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres. Dern (11-2 MMA), an accomplished Brazilian black belt and MMA…

UFC flyweight JP Buys decided to purify the air. Buys is currently married to UFC strawweight Cheyanne Vlismas, although the Contender series alumni are in the process of going through a divorce. Vlismas spoke to MMA Fighting last week…

Triller Fight Club and entertainment icon, Nick canon, announced today the return to the state of Texas for the mega event of combat sports and rock concerts, "Triad Combat II: Kubrat Pulev vs. Junior Dos Santos »emanating…

Welcome to the latest update of the Pound-for-Pound MMA Fighting Rankings, where each month our esteemed panel of experts sorts through the noise to answer a question: Who are the best male and female mixed martial arts fighters in the…

The next 12 months could be some of the most interesting in MMA history.Conor McGregor is set to come back with a broken leg. Jon Jones, who hasn't fought since February 2020, could finally get a heavyweight title. Kamaru Usman is…

Holly Holm enters the International Boxing Hall of Fame on June 12. The 'Preacher's Daughter', who transitioned from boxing to a full-time MMA career in 2013, compiled a 33-2-3 record as a professional boxer over more than a decade in…

The pulse of MMA: fan reactions to the sport's biggest stories In this episode of The Pulse of MMA, we take a look at the raw and unfiltered reactions of MMA fans to the UFC nominations for the best event of 2021. It's the last week of…

Mixed martial arts are entering the mainstream. 2021 has been perhaps the most important year for the sport so far on its path to mass acceptance, with its flagship promotion, the UFC, bringing together games of great intrigue more often…