On April 12, 2019, Joshua Pacio became a two-time ONE Championship world champion after knocking out Yosuke Saruta with a head kick in the fourth round of their strawweight title bout at ONE Championship: Roots of Honor at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. More...
By the age of 40, most combat sport athletes have already slid past their prime and are considered done. In MMA, where the demands to the body and psyche are far more steep, the peak performance window of a fighter often closes earlier. However, for...
Here’s what you need to know ahead of Stephen Loman’s fight against Elias Boudegzdame at Brave 22 At the close of 2018, Team Lakay had five world champions. But unlike Folayang, Belingon, Eustaquio, and Pacio, BRAVE bantamweight champion Mark Stephen Loman has never had the bright lights...
Excellent matchups, no circus of any form, just fights — the return of Tiger BRAWL Bacolod is in the books. Seriously, the only real intermission that night was when the crowd sang “Happy birthday” to Rio Saoy. On a night filled with thrilling performances, here...
It was a two-day event that featured gi and no gi action courtesy of Encore’s resident stranglers along with other grapplers from NorCal Grappling Crew, KMA, New Era Wrestling comprising of Sprawl, Atos, and Origins BJJ members, as well as independent competitors. On day 1, brothers...
The main event features a lightweight showdown between Rio de Janeiro’s Afonso Cego and local bet, 6100 Martial Arts and Fitness’ Miguel Mosquera. Cego, a Brazilian Luta Livre black belt, started his career in Brazil and now represents Catalan Fighting System. He is coming off...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/L9iB7g4phaF5yu0zP7U0ysZjdoI=/169x0:1789x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66826246/wth_ep8_clean.0.jpg"> <p>On this week’s episode of <em>What the Heck</em>, UFC middleweight <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4384/kevin-holland">Kevin Holland</a> (4:20) recaps his first-round finish of <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4706/anthony-hernandez">Anthony Hernandez</a> at UFC on ESPN 8, explains why he’s not allowing the victory to get him too excited, wanting a...
<figure> <img alt="UFC 270: Moreno v Figueiredo" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DarNed6iKxRunIi6TcTwyKBTNGw=/0x0:5568x3712/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70441211/1366357203.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC</figcaption> </figure> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3844/brandon-moreno">Brandon Moreno</a> has a theory on why he saw <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2186/henry-cejudo">Henry Cejudo</a> in his...
<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/pWekRkf3y6rw1VcL1Z8eSs4xT_k=/0x0:3850x2567/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68582067/C07_3331.0.jpg"> </figure> <h1> <strong>1 . </strong><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3240/a-j-mckee"><strong>A.J. McKee</strong></a><strong> vs. </strong><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1762/darrion-caldwell"><strong>Darrion Caldwell</strong></a><strong> – Bellator 253</strong> </h1> <div><div></div></div> <p>It’s not everyday a fighter pulls off a submission they’ve created, but that’s exactly what <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3240/a-j-mckee">A.J. McKee</a> managed to...
<figure> <img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/W91lP6j0vn-tj1fRzN7gKaqiFRA=/300x0:1920x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69468881/087_Vitor_Belfort.0.0.0.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Vitor Belfort opened as the betting favorite over Oscar De La Hoya. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</figcaption> </figure> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/83/vitor-belfort">Vitor Belfort</a> may only have one...