UFC Fight Island 3: Movsar Evloev on “Gnarly” Motorcycle Accident Earlier This Year
Movsar Evloev improved his undefeated record to 13-0 over the weekend at UFC Fight Island 3. That came via a unanimous decision win over England's Mike Grundy. It wasn't how he expected to return to the octagon, however. The Russian featherweight...
UFC Fight Island 3’s Khamzat Chimaev: Nobody Works Like Me
If there was one breakout star for the UFC in the month of July, it was Khamzat Chimaev. Fighting twice during the promotion's stint on Fight Island, Chimaev instantly drew comparisons to Khabib Nurmagomedov. For his dominant grappling ability, and...
UFC Fight Island 3: Ramazan Emeev Not Happy with Another Decision
For a fighter who came away with a win at UFC Fight Island 3, Ramazan Emeev was awfully down on his performance. Downright disappointed. "I'm feeling good, but I'm just not happy with my performance," he told Cageside Press following...
UFC Fight Island 3: Expectations or Not, Alex Oliveira Knows Winning Is Key
MMA being what it is, a lot of expectations were put on Alex Oliveira vs. Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Island 3. "A lot of people thought it was going to be Fight of the Night. I knew it...
UFC Fight Island 3: Carla Esparza on Split Decisions, Open to Ribas Fight Next
Despite a lack of cookies to celebrate with (or at least not enough cookies), Carla Esparza was in good spirits following her fourth consecutive win on Saturday, at UFC Fight Island 3. Even looking a little worse for the...
UFC Fight Island 3: Pannie Kianzad Feels She’s Had a Harder Road to the...
It took a minute, but it feels like Pannie Kianzad has finally arrived in the UFC. The bantamweight, who appeared on The Ultimate Fighter 28 (at featherweight), wasn't gifted a contract at the end of the season. Few fighters were....
UFC Fight Island 3: “Reserved” Tom Aspinall Not About to Replicate Teammate Darren Till’s...
MMA is a sport full of colorful personalities. But not everyone can be a Chael Sonnen, Rampage Jackson, or Conor McGregor. For every Darren Till, quite frankly, there's a Tom Aspinall. And that's fine. Let's be honest, one Darren...
Bellator 242: Mark Lemminger Dug Bellator Debut, Open to More
"To be honest, it did not play out the way I thought it was going to play out," Mark Lemminger said following his Bellator 242 fight with Jake Smith. The welterweight pair threw down on the preliminary card of Bellator's...
Bellator 242: Raufeon Stots Feels Difficulty Finding Opponents Means He’s Finally Getting Noticed
Raufeon Stots earned his second straight win inside the Bellator cage on Friday. Submitting the previously undefeated Cass Bell by rear-naked choke in the third round at Bellator 242, the bantamweight continued his steady progress up the 135lb ladder. That...
Jason Jackson Credits Gilbert Burns, Vicente Luque following Bellator 242 Victory
"Have fun, smile, and don't have bad energy." That, at least in part, was what welterweight Jason Jackson saw as keys to his performance at Bellator 242. Whether the positive approach helped or not, the result was the right one....
