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On Saturday night the UFC on ESPN 2 returned to Philadelphia with a stacked card including a lightweight main event that guaranteed fireworks. The promotion’s first show in the city of br…
In this feature, the two Dans; Sunday League Sports MMA pundit Dan Barnes and his buddy Dan Symonds, look ahead to this weekend’s massive UFC 235 card from Las Vegas. Then the guys put br…
UFC Prague was UFC’s debut in the Czech Republic. Among other things, it featured a main event where Thiago ‘Marreta’ Santos picked up the biggest win of his career. As the UFC Octagon la…
The first UFC main event on ESPN lasted just 26 seconds, as Francis Ngannou knocked out Cain Velasquez in Phoenix, Arizona In November 2011, Cain Velasquez headlined the UFC’s first show…
In the main event of Bellator 216, Michael Page scored a narrow victory over fellow Brit Paul Daley to remain undefeated. MICHAEL PAGE VS PAUL DALEY It was the long-awaited culmination of…
At UFC 234, the promotion’s return to Australia suffered a major blow mere hours before the doors to Rod Laver Arena opened. UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker was forced to withd…
In the main event of UFC on ESPN+2 in Fortaleza Brazil on Saturday night, Marlon Moraes avenged a 2017 loss to Raphael Assuncao. Here’s a brief recap of all the highlights from the evenin…
The main event of Bellator 214 was the final of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix. In it, light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader knocked out Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko in half a mi…
The first main event of the UFC on ESPN era ended in a manner reminiscent of the first UFC on FOX event. Henry Cejudo vs T.J. Dillashaw That night in Anaheim seven years ago ended with Ju…
Yesterday Badou Jack suffered one of the worst cuts I have ever seen in a boxing match when he faced off against Marcus Browne. The cut occurred after an accidental clash of heads in the…