Bellator 301: Patchy Mix Only All In on MMA For Last Three Fights
It may come as quite the shock, given the success he found early in his career, but Patchy Mix wasn't fully dedicated to MMA until roughly three fights ago. Mix (18-1), Bellator's interim bantamweight champion and grand prix winner, faces...
Derek Brunson Feels Like “A Kid Going to a New School” Ahead of PFL...
Derek Brunson makes his PFL debut at the PFL Championship this month on November 24, and while he comes in as a very familiar name, he's very much the new kid in class. "It feels like that, as a kid...
Bellator 301’s Sergio Pettis “Comfortable With Myself Finally”
Not to make light of the situation — pun fully intended — but you'd have to imagine Sergio Pettis' weight cut these days is much, much more comfortable than his flyweight run. Pettis (23-5) is now the reigning Bellator MMA...
TTP Ep. 404 with Jose Johnson, Caio Machado, Chad Anheliger, and UFC Vegas 82
TopTurtleMMA · Episode 404: Jose Johnson, Caio Machado, Chad Anheliger, and UFC Vegas 82 Jose Johnson Interview (2:14) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with UFC bantamweight, Jose Johnson. Jose Johnson talks about his time out of the...
Aspen Ladd Expecting Kayla Harrison to Have Some Urgency at PFL Championship
Aspen Ladd doesn't know much more than the rest of us about why Julia Budd is out, and Ladd herself in against Kayla Harrison at the PFL Championship later this month. Ladd (11-4) spoke to Cageside Press in the days...
UFC 295’s Joshua Van Carries His Street Fights Into the Cage
Some fighters enter the sport through wrestling; others through boxing. While some find the sport after leaving a team sport, Joshua Van found MMA after leaving street fighting. As a child, Joshua Van's family moved to the United States from...
UFC 295’s John Castaneda: Kang is a Below Average Wrestler
John Castaneda has been wrestling for a long time. He's seemingly seen it all and faced all sorts of wrestlers on the mats and in the cage. When he steps in the cage this Saturday at UFC 295, he'll...
Bellator’s Jena Bishop on Fighting in San Diego, Promotion Possibly Selling
Bellator 300 was a special night for flyweight Jena Bishop, and not just because it was a milestone for the promotion. The undefeated Bishop (6-0) has fought in Wisconsin, Colorado, Arizona, and even Burbank, CA — but her October bout...
Bellator 301: Raufeon Stots Not About to Pass Up Chance to Punch Danny Sabatello...
Former Bellator MMA interim bantamweight champ Raufeon Stots returns to action at Bellator 301 later this month — and will be looking to return to the win column as well. He'll be doing so against rival Danny Sabatello, a rematch...
TTP Ep. 403 with John Castaneda, Joshua Van and UFC 295
TopTurtleMMA · Episode 403: John Casteneda, Joshua Van and UFC 295 John Castaneda Interview (2:12) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with UFC bantamweight, John Castaneda. Casetenda discusses going back to the drawing board to work on some...
