Greg Hardy Blows Heavyweight Limit by Whopping 25lbs for FNC 31
Greg Hardy has a fight booked this weekend, and in true Hardy fashion, he's in the news for the wrong reasons. During Friday's FNC 31 weigh-in, Hardy (8-5, 1NC) hit the scales at 291 pounds. Since it's not a super...
MVP Touts Viewership for Rousey vs. Carano, Peaking at 17M Viewers
Netflix and MVP have got to be happy with the total viewership from this past weekend's Rousey vs. Carano card at the Intuit Dome. On Tuesday, MVP released the much-anticipated viewership numbers from the event, the first-ever MMA card to...
Mike Perry Addresses Till Fight After Diaz Win
Los Angeles — BKFC's "King of Violence" lived up to his name as he returned to mixed martial arts at this past weekend's Rousey vs. Carano card in Los Angeles. "Platinum" Mike Perry put Nate Diaz away in the second...
Nate Diaz Calls for Immediate Rematch With Mike Perry After Bloody Stoppage Loss
After a bloody and frustrating return to MMA, Nate Diaz made it clear he’s not interested in moving on from Mike Perry just yet. Following a doctor’s stoppage loss at MVP MMA on Saturday night that left Diaz dealing with...
Rousey vs. Carano Aftermath: Ups, Downs, and Really Bad Takes
MVP brought MMA to Netflix on Saturday, and the inaugural mixed martial arts event on the streaming giant most certainly drew eyeballs. Not just to the streaming giant, either. Rousey vs. Carano got people talking. Social media interaction was high....
MVP MMA: Salahdine Parnasse Eyes Mike Perry, in Paris
Los Angeles — After a huge North American debut at MVP MMA's Rousey vs. Carano on Netflix, Salahdine Parnasse is looking for more. A former KSW featherweight and lightweight champion, Parnasse has been considered one of the best talents outside...
Francis Ngannou Envisions a Way for Jon Jones to Escape UFC
Los Angeles — Lineal heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou did exactly what was expected at the inaugural MMA event on Netflix on Saturday night. Jake Paul's MVP, who hosted the card, had tried to secure bigger name opponents for "The Predator,"...
Ronda Rousey Glad She Didn’t Retire Undefeated
Los Angeles — Ronda Rousey (13-2) took all of 17 seconds to submit Gina Carano at the inaugural MMA event on Netflix on Saturday. A little anticlimactic, but not unexpected, given Carano had been out of the sport for 17...
MVP’s Nakisa Bidarian on Potentially Working with PFL: “That Would Be Welcomed”
While UFC CEO and President Dana White has long been adverse to cross-promotion, the same is not true of Most Valuable Promotion's Co-Founder Nakisa Bidarian. On the heels of MVP's first-ever MMA event, Rousey vs. Carano, Bidarian spoke with Cageside...
Arman Tsarukyan Escorted Out of Rousey vs. Carano Event
Arman Tsarukyan was busy doing Arman Tsarukyan things at Saturday's Rousey vs. Carano card at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. UFC lightweight Tsarukyan, who was recently booted from a plane, and is set to be the backup for Ilia...
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