UFC Vegas 99: Darren Elkins Sends Daniel Pineda Into Retirement
First fight in on the UFC Vegas 99 main card on Saturday saw featherweight veteran Darren Elkins looking to bring the damage against Daniel Pineda. Elkins entered the fight off a win over TJ Brown, while Pineda was looking to...
UFC Vegas 99: Asu Almabayev Improves to 4-0 in UFC with Win Over Matheus...
Capping off the UFC Vegas 99 preliminary card on Saturday was a fight in the red-hot flyweight division, with Matheus Nicolau facing Asu Almabayev. Almabayev was on the rise coming into the fight, a perfect 3-0 inside the octagon and...
Francis Ngannou Pounds Out Renan Ferreira in Return to MMA, PFL Debut
The PFL shelled out big bucks to sign lineal heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou well over a year ago. And after a detour into boxing "The Predator" finally arrived in the PFL cage at Battle of the Giants, making his...
PFL Battle of the Giants: Cris Cyborg Tested by Larissa Pacheco, but Makes History...
It wasn't a barn burner, nor a firefight, but the PFL Battle of the Giants co-main event between Cris Cyborg and Larissa Pacheco was both entertaining, and a little surprising. Fearsome Cyborg, the Bellator MMA women's featherweight champ, shooting takedowns...
UFC Vegas 99: Jean Matsumoto Overcomes Game Brad Katona
"Multimate" Fighter Brad Katona had his work cut out for him in a dangerous battle with Brazil's Jean Matsumoto at UFC Vegas 99 on Saturday. After winning The Ultimate Fighter 27 only to later be cut by the UFC, Katona...
Johnny Eblen Defeats Fabian Edwards A Second Time, Defends Bellator Belt at PFL Battle...
After being scratched from the Bellator London card last month, Bellator MMA middleweight champ Johnny Eblen and challenger Fabian Edwards finally got to run it back as part of the PFL Battle of the Giants card on Saturday. Taking place...
UFC Vegas 99: Joselyne Edwards Returns to Win Column, Subs Tamires Vidal
Coming into the women's bantamweight fight between Joselyne Edwards and Tamires Vidal at UFC Vegas 99, there was one main storyline. That was the weight of Edwards, who came in three pounds heavy for the fight, even after shedding her...
UFC Vegas 99: Elise Reed Overcomes Slow Start, Pieces Up Jessica Penne
The second of two strawweight fights at UFC Vegas 99 saw Elise Reed take on former women's 115lb title challenger Jessica Penne. The pair clinched up inside of the opening minute, but broke shortly after, only for Jessica Penne to...
Paul Hughes Becomes Second to Beat AJ McKee at PFL Battle of the Giants
Bellator's biggest homegrown star, former featherweight champ A.J. McKee, faced one of the PFL's hottest up-and-comers in Paul Hughes at Saturday's Battle of the Giants card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. McKee had moved to lightweight since losing his Bellator title...
Melissa Martinez Has Potential Finish Stolen Due to Phantom Foul, Still Beats Alice Ardelean...
Combate alum Melissa Martinez entered the octagon for the first time since 2022 at UFC Vegas 99, looking for her first win in the promotion against Alice Ardelean. Ardelean, like "Super Mely," was in search of her first UFC win,...