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Jessica Eye asks UFC for ‘another chance’ against Valentina Shevchenko Jessica Eye has called for a rematch with Valentina Shevchenko. After Shevchenko beat Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 247, Eye took to Twitter to ask the UFC for another crack at the champ. Eye, of course, got the title shot against Shevchenko at UFC 238, but […]
Continue ReadingInvicta FC to use open scoring after Kansas Athletic Commission enables option for MMA promotions The Kanas Athletic Commission announced on Monday it will give MMA promotions the option for open scoring, and Invicta FC has taken them up on the offer. In the wake of UFC 247, which featured several controversial judges’ scoring decisions […]
Continue ReadingKansas Commission to Offer Open Scoring Following UFC 247 Controversy The Kansas Athletic Commission is making a big change in the wake of the judging controversy in Saturday’s UFC 247 headliner. https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Kansas-Commission-to-Offer-Open-Scoring-Following-UFC-247-Controversy-169983
Continue ReadingNicco Montano Injured; Macy Chiasson Now Faces Shanna Young at UFC Rio Rancho A last minute injury has forced Nicco Montano to withdraw from a bantamweight clash against Macy Chiasson at UFC Rio Rancho on Saturday. https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Nicco-Montano-Injured-Macy-Chiasson-Now-Faces-Shanna-Young-at-UFC-Rio-Rancho-169981
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You’re Not Keeping It Real, Bro! Photo by Michael Owens/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC The beef between current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, and “BMF” title holder, Jorge Masvidal, is intensifying ahead of their pending title fight, which is currently in talks to go down on July 11, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Aside […]
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UFC Rio Rancho Prelims preview and predictions (Part I) Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports Four years after their first battle, Corey Anderson and Jan Blachowicz will meet as top Light Heavyweight contenders this Saturday evening when they headline the latest ESPN+ card in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Down at 170 pounds, veteran Diego Sanchez looks to […]
Continue ReadingUFC 247, Joe Rogan and the unfair villainization of Joe Soliz | Opinion If there was a theme to Saturday’s UFC 247 broadcast, it was this: Oh my lord, MMA judging is bad. For Joe Soliz, some supposed bad judging turned him into, effectively, a meme – and not a cat playing a piano, either. […]
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Darren Till says he’s accepted fight against Jared Cannonier at UFC 248 UFC middleweight contender Darren Till says he has accepted the fight against Jared Cannonier for the upcoming UFC 248 card in March. Till was set to fight Cannonier after Robert Whittaker withdrew the fight but UFC president Dana White said Till injured his […]
Continue ReadingInjury forces Nicco Montano out of UFC Rio Rancho; Macy Chiasson to fight Shanna Young Former UFC champion Nicco Montano has suffered an injury and won’t be able to compete Saturday in her bantamweight bout at UFC on ESPN+ 25. As a result, Montano’s scheduled opponent, Macy Chiasson, will fight Invicta FC veteran Shanna Young. […]
Continue ReadingKansas offers open scoring to MMA promotions in wake of UFC 247 controversy In the wake of the judging controversy at UFC 247, the Kansas Athletic Commission is ready to make a big change. On Monday, Kansas boxing commissioner Adam Roorbach told ESPN that the KAC will experiment with “real-time” scoring, commonly known as open […]
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