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Bibiano Fernandes is no longer on the ONE Championship roster — and he has some thoughts about the move. The former ONE bantamweight champion, who still holds the record for most title fight victories in promotion history (11), told MMA Fighting his contract was set to expire in December and he was notified by the company that he won’t be offered a new deal. “I wasn’t mad at them,” Fernandes said. “Do I think they could have offered me more fights? One-hundred percent. I was out for three years basically and they could have offered me more fights. Was I…
Tony Ferguson likely sits at a career crossroad following a seventh consecutive loss after falling to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 296. UFC CEO Dana White already called for Ferguson’s retirement, but he stopped short of saying the promotion would release the ex-interim champ rather than offer another fight. Ferguson, meanwhile, hasn’t said much in the wake of his latest defeat, though fellow UFC veteran Matt Brown isn’t quite ready to give up on him yet. If anything, Brown admits he misjudged Pimblett’s abilities heading into UFC 296, because he put on a much better performance against Ferguson than initially expected.…
The Day of Reckoning start time and TV schedule is for the Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin and Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker fight card on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This post will help explain the Day of Reckoning boxing fight card and at which time the four co-headliners are expected to make their ring walks. The event kicks off at 11 a.m. ET and features an eight-bout card headlined by headlined by two massive fights: Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin and Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker. Day of Reckoning is set to air…
MMA Fighting has Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin live round-by-round updates for the anticipated showdown at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, on Saturday night. The Joshua vs. Wallin main event is expected to begin around 6:30 p.m. ET on DAZN and PPV.com. Check out our Day of Reckoning results page to find out what happened on the undercard. Anthony Joshua (26-3) has had a very busy 2023. The clash against Wallin will be his third fight of the year. He defeated Jermaine Franklin via decision in April, and he defeated Robert Helenius via seventh-round knockout in August. Otto…
MMA Fighting has Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker live round-by-round updates for the anticipated showdown at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, on Saturday night. The Wilder vs. Parker co-main event is expected to begin around 5:30 p.m. ET on DAZN and PPV.com. Check out our Day of Reckoning results page to find out what happened on the undercard. Deontay Wilder (43-2-1) hasn’t fought in more than a year. He hasn’t fought since defeating Robert Helenius via first-round KO on Oct. 15, 2022. Joseph Parker (33-3) will compete in his fourth fight of the year Saturday night. He has…
MMA Fighting has Day of Reckoning results live for the Joshua vs. Wallin event, live blogs of the top two fights, and much more from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When the main event begins around 6:30 p.m. ET, check out the Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. It will be the third fight of the year for both Joshua and Wallin. Deontay Wilder will compete for the first time in over a year against Joseph Parker in the co-main event in a heavyweight showdown. Check out Deontay…
UFC 300 is expected to deliver a loaded lineup for the promotion’s historic April event. Following one of the most chaotic years in recent memory, the UFC will bring UFC 300 to its home base of Las Vegas on April 13. UFC CEO Dana White has promised one of the most stacked, and perhaps, unpredictable lineups in company history. With four title fights already on the books for the first quarter of the year, including Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis for the middleweight title, and Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Raquel Pennington for the vacant women’s bantamweight title at UFC…
Joe Rogan knows the UFC is the biggest show in combat sports and he hopes the fighters realize that as well. The comedian, podcast host, and UFC color commentator spends a lot of his time watching fights and enjoying combat sports, but he recognizes the difference in scale, production and most importantly eyeballs that watch the UFC versus other organizations like the PFL or ONE Championship. While Rogan often praises fighters competing in different promotions, he knows there is a vast difference when it comes to finally making it to the big time in the UFC. “No disrespect to the…
Nico Carrillo delivered a late entry into the Knockout of the Year discussion on Friday. Carrillo faced kickboxing legend Nong-O in a Muay Thai bout at ONE Friday Fights 46 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. A little over a minute into the second round, Carrillo delivered a smashing standing elbow to Nong-O, knocking him stiff in the corner to pick up one of the biggest wins of his career. Check out the highlight-reel finish in the video below. Carrillo has become somewhat of a staple in ONE Championship’s Friday Fights series. The 25-year-old has competed three times in…
UFC CEO Dana White dropped a slew of fight announcements on Thursday, including the first bouts for the historic UFC 300 event in April. While White didn’t drop the main event, he did drop some interesting bouts such as Aljamain Sterling vs. Calvin Kattar, Jiri Prochazka vs. Aleksandar Rakic, and the return of Bo Nickal. Do those fights make you feel as if the PPV lineup will be the most stacked card we’ve had in a few years? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck reacts to the UFC 300 bouts, along with White…