Mixed Martial Arts

Holly Holm continues her quest to regain the UFC women's bantamweight title when she squares off against Ketlen Vieira on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira. The current No. 2 contender, Holm won the championship back in November 2015 with a stunning knockout victory over Ronda Rousey, but her reign was brief as she submitted to Miesha Tate in her first defense less than four months later. The 40-year-old will be making her first appearance in the Octagon since October 2020, when she won a unanimous decision against Irene Aldana. Vieira, who is ranked fifth in the division, posted a similar victory versus Tate in her last fight this past November. The main UFC fight card is set for 7 p.m. ET from the Apex facility in Las Vegas (see tickets at StubHub).

The UFC will hold its first show in France with an event in Paris in September. Mixed-martial arts was only legalised in the country in 2020, with Ryan Bader's win over Cheick Kongo at Bellator 280 earlier this month France's biggest event so far. The Paris card will represent the...

Her time in the sweet science saw her win world titles at three different weights while compiling a 33(9)-2-3 professional record and since first stepping into the octagon 11 years ago she has again scaled the heights, holding a 14-5 record which includes that memorable triumph against Ronda Rousey to claim the UFC women's bantamweight crown.

Holly Holm shocked the sporting world when she knocked out the previously invincible Ronda Rousey in 2015 to win the UFC women's bantamweight title. However, she proceeded to lose five of her next seven fights, including three straight following the shocking victory, and hasn't been in the Octagon since October 2020. Still, Holm is the second-ranked contender in the bantamweight division, and she looks to move closer to earning a title shot when she faces the fifth-ranked Ketlen Vieira on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira. The main UFC fight card is set for 7 p.m. ET from the Apex facility in Las Vegas (see tickets at StubHub).

Though it was a successful financial year by most any account, Conor McGregor is no longer the highest-paid athlete in professional sports. According to Forbes, the former UFC two-division champion ranks 35th among the 50 highest-paid athletes for 2022. The Irish star reportedly garnered $43 million in total: $33 million from a UFC 264 bout against Dustin Poirer in July 2021 and another $10 million in endorsements and sponsorships.

Two disabled athletes collided in an MMA bout this past Saturday in Paraupebas, a small town located 12 hours away from the major Brazilian city of Belem. The bout took place as the curtain jerker of ABCF Fighting 23 and featured Geova Rodrigues Botelho in the blue corner and Pedro Costa in the opposite side as the red corner. They traded punches to the face for three three-minute rounds, with Costa coming out victorious via split decision. In the end, both athletes were happy to be part of the experience.

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This past Friday at Bellator 281, the interim welterweight title was on the line. One of the more exciting fighters in the division, Michael “Venom” Page (20-2), was seeking to become interim champion as he took on Logan Storley (14-1). Both men came into Bellator 281 riding winning...

Local legend Cub Swanson was tee'ing it up at the Grant Fuhr celebrity invitational on Sunday and opened up about his future in the ring. Caught up with my guy @CubSwanson at the @gf31foundation celebrity golf tournament at @golfDWGR today. The 38-year-old Killer Cub is 28-12, hoping for his next fight to be here at The post Cub Swanson talks next fight, bringing MMA to Coachella Valley appeared first on KESQ.

Andre Petroski needed just 76 seconds to defeat Nick Maximov in the first of UFC's 11 fights Saturday, submitting him with an anaconda choke.

Jan Blachowicz can't explain why he wasn't himself in his last performance, which cost him the light heavyweight title he worked so hard to earn. Now the top-ranked contender, Blachowicz hopes to get back in the title picture on Saturday when he faces third-ranked Aleksandar Rakic in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic. The main UFC fight card is set for 10 p.m. ET from the Apex facility in Las Vegas. Blachowicz won the title on a five-fight winning streak that included one successful defense, but he lost the belt in second defense against grappling specialist Glover Teixeira. However, he will likely get another crack at the title with a win over the rising Rakic, who is looking for a signature win of his own to gain leverage towards his first title shot.

MMA champion Yaroslav Amosov talks to CNN Sport about the horrors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how he joined the territorial defense to fight for his country.

Scott Coker doesn’t believe the right man is holding Bellator’s interim welterweight title. Following Logan Storley’s controversial win over Michael Page in the main event of Bellator 281, which saw Storley control “MVP” for the majority of the bout with his wrestling but otherwise land very little effective offense, the Bellator president told reporters in London that he believed the damage inflicted by Page during the fight’s striking exchanges should’ve been enough to award the Englishman with the promotion’s new interim strap.

Paul Daley makes one more walk to the cage. The 63-fight veteran enters his final fight at Bellator 281 in London, England. Daley takes on Wendell Giacomo for his last assignment. Round 1:. Paul Daley pumps out the jab. Giacomo pushes forward to start the round. Giacomo goes for a...