Photo courtesy of Bayou Fighting Championship Bayou Fighting Championship is bringing MMA back to Tangipahoa Parish (southeastern Louisiana) after a near four year absence of the sport. A lot of that has to do with current UFC featherweight Kurt Holobaugh. Louisiana in general is an absolute hotbed for MMA, with two UFC champions coming from […]
In an era of over-the-top trash talk and public persona gimmicks, is someone like Rich Franklin right to think he wouldn’t be a star in today’s UFC? Retired UFC and WEC fighter Danny Downes joins MMA Junkie columnist Ben Fowlkes to discuss in this week’s Trading Shots. * * * * Downes: Ben, something piqued […]
Check out the official scorecards from all 11 fights at UFC on ESPN+ 7 at Yubileyniy Arena in St. Petersburg. Magomed Mustafaev def. Rafael Fiziev via TKO (spinning back kick, punches) – Round 1, 1:26 Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Gadzhimurad Antigulov via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:44 Shamil Abdurakhimov def. Marcin Tybura via TKO (punches) […]
Ray Borg was last seen in action on the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night Philadelphia, suffering a decision loss to Casey Kenney. A defeated Borg also missed weight for the fight by 1.75 pounds, but Borg is now promising to leave MMA forever if he comes in overweight again. Borg made that promise via […]
Former WWE star Alberto Del Rio knows better than most the differences between making it big in MMA and doing so in professional wrestling. Del Rio – also known as Alberto al Patron outside of WWE – comes from a famed lucha libre family, as the son of Dos Caras and the nephew of Mil […]
Strikeforce and UFC veteran Bobby Voelker is coming to Bellator MMA as the fighter has reportedly signed a multi-fight deal with the promotion. A newly signed Voelker is planning on putting on some exciting fights for the fans of Bellator MMA. “I’m glad to be back,” Voelker told MMA Junkie. “I still like to put […]