Derek Anderson barely got the chance to celebrate booking his next fight against Cedric Doumbe at the upcoming Bellator Paris card before disaster struck. The veteran fighter suffered a gruesome foot injury riding his bike that will knock him out of the fight against Doumbe, which was scheduled on May 17 at the Accor Arena in Paris. Anderson posted the news along with a gnarly photo of his foot on social media and PFL officials also confirmed his withdrawal from the fight on Tuesday. “Love you...
Luke Rockhold is finally back in the win column. The former UFC middleweight champion scored a third-round knockout of Joe Schilling on Saturday in the main event of Karate Combat 45 in Dubai, marking his first combat sports win since a 2017 knockout of David Branch. Rockhold, 39, kept Schilling guessing early by mixing his kicks with his takedowns, however Schilling seized momentum in the second round, badly bloodying Rockhold’s nose with a nasty right hand. But Rockhold maintained his...
Oscar De La Hoya believes Ryan Garcia is in Devin Haney’s head. This Saturday, Garcia challenges WBC super lightweight champion Haney and the pre-fight buildup has been heated. Garcia’s antic in particular raised a few eyebrows, with some even questioning if the bout should take place. But his promoter, De La Hoya, says this is simply a new side of Garcia coming out as he prepared for this massive fight. “It’s a different version of him, a version with a chip on his shoulder, in a way,” De La...
The U.S. Olympic wrestling team decides who heads to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday night as the stage sets for the team trial finals from State College, PA. Following an incredibly successful run in the 2020 Olympics — which saw the United States captured a total of nine medals, including three golds from Gable Steveson, David Taylor, and Tamyra Mensah-Stock — the team looks for another big year at the 2024 Games. The finals feature a number of top names competing for a coveted...
Watch the Karate Combat 45 live stream online on MMA Fighting for a live stream of the complete Luke Rockhold vs. Joe Schilling event on Saturday. The Karate Combat 45 fight card features 12 bouts and starts at 10 a.m. ET. Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold squares off against GLORY Kickboxing and Bellator veteran Joe Schilling in a five-round main event. Jiu-jitsu star Craig Jones faces UFC up-and-comer Rinat Fakhretdinov in a grappling match on the undercard. UFC legends Georges St...
MMA Fighting has Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia live round-by-round updates for one of the most anticipated boxing fights of the year on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main event is expected to begin around 11 p.m. ET on DAZN and PPV.com pay-per-view. Check out our Haney vs. Garcia results page to find out what happened on the undercard. Haney (31-0, 15 knockouts) competes for the first time this year after picking up unanimous decision victories over Regis Prograis and...
Nate Diaz was done with his cross-country press conference tour Friday night. After several questions asked to each fighter and their teams, Diaz apparently had enough of Jorge Masvidal challenging multiple fans to a fight and called it an early night. “It was a fun tour going out here and all this s all over f USA. I’m done with all this s . I’m cool off with all this f talking s . I got a whole team to represent. I don’t want to do none of this. I never did want to do any of...
Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will face off on for the final time ahead of their boxing match this summer. Diaz and Masvidal will fight each other in a 10-round boxing match at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in an event co-promoted by Fanmio and the fighters’ own promotions, Diaz’s Real Fight Inc. and Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing Promotions. In advance of their showdown, the two fighters are giving it the full court promotional press, including a multi-stop press conference tour. This final...
Ryan Garcia knows his limits. On Friday, Garcia made headlines when he missed weight for his fight with 140-pound champion Devin Haney, coming in 3.2 pounds over the limit. Due to the miss, Garcia is ineligible to win Haney’s WBC super lightweight title, though the bout is currently set to proceed as scheduled. Thanks to a wager the two made at a press conference this past Thursday, Garcia also owes Haney $1.5 million after they agreed that should one of them miss weight, the offending fighter...
NEW YORK — Ryan Garcia chugged a “nice ass beer” and promised to meet Devin Haney in the center of the ring after badly missing weight for Saturday’s bout in Brooklyn. Garcia missed weight by 3.2 pounds at Friday’s official weigh-ins, tipping the scales at 143.2 pounds and rendering him ineligible to win Haney’s super lightweight title. Garcia confirmed Friday afternoon that he gave Haney $1.5 million because of his weight miss. Watch the chaos of the final Haney vs. Garcia faceoff above. “I...
Nate Diaz is the target of a newly filed lawsuit by Logan Paul lookalike Rodney Petersen for his role in a viral street fight in New Orleans in April 2023. Petersen, who also goes by the moniker Not Logan Paul, filed the suit this past week in civil district court in the state of Louisiana, alleging that he suffered “severe bodily injuries including but not limited to his head, neck, and brain, pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, psychological distress, medical...
Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will face off on for the second time ahead of their boxing match on this summer. Diaz and Masvidal will fight each other in a 10-round boxing match at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in an event co-promoted by Fanmio and the fighters’ own promotions, Diaz’s Real Fight Inc. and Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing Promotions. In advance of their showdown, the two fighters are giving it the full court promotional press, including a multi-stop press conference tour. The first...