Jessica Delboni and Gillian DeCourcy, Invicta FC 49 weigh-in Credit: Dave Mandel/Invicta FC Invicta FC 49 goes down this Wednesday, September 28, 2022, with an atomweight title fight headlining the card. Jessica Delboni, the promotion’s reigning 105lb champion, is set to defend her atomweight title against “Lionheart” Jillian DeCourcy in the main event. The diminutive … Read more
Bo Nickal, Dana White’s Contender Series 49 weigh-ins Credit: Alex Behunin/Cageside Press This is it. The last week of Dana White’s Contender Season 6 is upon us. Bo Nickal is back. The stakes are high. Five more UFC contracts are on the line. Nickal (2-0), an award-winning collegiate wrestler and one of MMA’s hottest prospects … Read more
Kyoji Horiguchi and Kintaro weighing RIZIN 38 Credit: RIZIN FF The RIZIN Fighting Federation is putting on something of a spectacle on Sunday in Saitama, with Mikuru Asakura taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a demonstration boxing match and Kyoji Horiguchi in action. Prior to the bout (two cards in one day split as RIZIN … Read more
Benson Henderson, Bellator 268 weigh-in Credit: Alex Behunin/Cageside Press Bellator MMA returns to Dublin’s 3Arena this Friday as Bellator 285 features Ireland’s Peter Qualley in the main event against former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson. There is plenty of Irish talent on the card beyond Queally, including appearances by Northern Ireland’s Ciaran Clarke, Brian Moore … Read more
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 04: General view of the Octagon prior to Dana White’s Contender Series Season 4 Week One at UFC APEX on August 04, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/DWCS LLC/Zuffa LLC) The penultimate episode of Dana White’s Contender Series season six arrives this Tuesday, with some international flavors … Read more
Song Yadong UFC 259 weigh-in Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press One week removed from the chaos of UFC 279, the promotion returned to the Apex in Las Vegas with UFC Vegas 60, a Fight Night event headlined by Cory Sandhagen and Song Yadong. This bantamweight main event likely would not have had the drama of Khamzat … Read more
Farid Basharat Dana White Contender Series Season 6 Week 1 Credit: Alex Behunin/Cageside Press Week 8 of Dana White’s Challenger Season 6 it was once again a family affair, although this time there were no siblings competing in the event. Instead, DWCS 54 (for those counting) featured Farid Basharat, an undefeated bantamweight prospect and brother … Read more
Nate Diaz, official UFC 279 weigh-ins Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press What a morning Friday turned out to be for the UFC faithful. The UFC 279 weigh-ins were just as heated as the previous day’s press conference, if not more so. Three fighters missed weight, one fight was moved to catch middleweight, and the card essentially … Read more
Nate Diaz Credit: Marcus Rebelo/Cageside Press In what has the potential to be the greatest going-away party in UFC history, Nate Diaz was ready to take one final walk to the Octagon at UFC 279. Looking to cement his own reputation against Diaz was the up-and-coming Khamzat Chimaev, fresh off a win over Gilbert Burns … Read more
Gabriel Bonfime weigh-in at Dana White’s Contender Series 53 Credit: Alex Behunin/Cageside Press Weightings for Dana White’s Contender Series Season 6 Week 7 were an orchestrated affair that took place just minutes before Monday’s weigh-in window in Las Vegas. The story of the card may be the presence of Gabriel and Ismael Bonfim, a pair … Read more