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This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase using these links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Following last weekend’s second round of the 2024 regular season in Las Vegas, PFL 3 will be broadcast live from Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, April 19th. The event will feature a series of MMA bouts between welterweight and featherweight. At the top of the fight card, Bellator 170-pound champion Andrei Koreshkov (27-4) will face Magomed Umalatov (14-0) at welterweight. In this co-feature, England’s Brendan Loughnane (27-5) will face off against Portugal’s Pedro…
Ryan Garcia’s erratic behavior has overshadowed every story involving him and WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney. With Garcia missing the weigh-in on Friday, the rivals will meet in the boxing ring on Saturday, with only Haney able to take the title.The battle between two of boxing’s top young stars was thrown into a cyclone by Garcia’s alarming mental state. Garcia’s erratic behavior and obsession with conspiracy theories raised the question, “What happened to Ryan Garcia?” Many are expecting a breakout from the promising young boxer. Some viewers are hoping this is an elaborate ruse by Garcia, but his 3-pound…
Daniel Cormier doesn’t expect Michael Chandler to get a part of the UFC 303 pay-per-view. Chandler will face Conor McGregor in a welterweight bout on June 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). Chandler, who hasn’t competed since November 2022, waited more than a year for the fight to become official. Cormier believes Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) may have overestimated his fight with McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC). “I don’t understand why you would give pay-per-view points to someone who is not going to drive sales,” Cormier said on “Funky and the Champ” with Ben Askren.…
A civil lawsuit has been filed against former UFC star Nate Diaz stemming from a street fight in New Orleans in 2023. According to court documents obtained by MMA Junkie on Friday, the man who filed the lawsuit is a YouTuber also known as “Not Logan Paul,” and 0-6 amateur MMA fighter and influencer boxer Rodney. Petersen. His wife, Bobbie Petersen, is also listed as a co-petitioner. Petersen claims that Diaz incited the melee while trying to act as a peacemaker. News of the lawsuit was first reported by New Orleans television station Fox 8. In response to the filing…
📣 #yogibo present #RIZIN47💥💥 Match announcement 💥💥RIZIN MMA rules 61.0kg 🟥 #Kyoji Horiguchi / @kyoji1012First RIZIN flyweight championーー🆚ーーー🟦 #sergiopettis / @Sergio PettisFormer Bellator World Bantamweight Champion🏟️ National Yoyogi Stadium First Gymnasium pic.twitter.com/SnFB3SvWAu — RIZIN FF English (@rizin_English) April 19, 2024 Rizin Fighting Federation has no plans for a trip to Tokyo this June.The organization announced the news Friday morning. announcement A trio of notable combinations will appear at “RIZIN 47” which will be held on June 9th at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium in Tokyo. The biggest draw will be the bantamweight division, where Sergio Pettis (23-6) and Kyoji Horiguchi…
Undefeated WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney is scheduled to defend his title against longtime rival Ryan Garcia this Saturday, April 20th, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Devin and Ryan have met six times as amateurs, going 3-on-3, and know each other well. This bout will decide the fight and the winner will advance to the championship against other division champions Subriel Matias, Isaac Cruz and Teofimo Lopez. Ryan Garcia took an unconventional approach to Devin Haney by picking a fight and using psychological warfare. His antics are both comical and disturbing. At yesterday’s final press conference,…
Initial ticket prices for UFC 303 predict that the promotion will likely surpass live gate records. Tickets for the June 29 pay-per-view event (ESPN+) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will go on sale April 26 through AXS. The event is headlined by a five-round welterweight bout between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation recently informed MMA Junkie of the setting of the starting price. The first UFC 303 ticket price category is $3,005 (center riser). $2,505 (bottom of lower level); $2,005 (end value of lower level); $1,755 (lower level, middle); $1,505 (highest value…
Brendan Locknane certainly didn’t want to lose in the upset against Jesus Pinedo, who was eliminated from the 2023 PFL Playoffs, but he made the most of his unexpected time off. The 34-year-old featherweight hasn’t had much time to rest in recent years after competing in three straight tournaments, including winning four fights in 2022 for the top prize of $1 million. Rather than rushing back from his knockout loss to Pinedo in June of this year, Locknane has opted to finally enjoy a personal life that has been virtually neglected in recent years while allowing his brain and body…
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be the world’s most valuable martial arts promotion in 2024, with a value of $11.3 billion and annual revenue of $1.23 billion, according to a new list compiled by Forbes. . The only other mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion to crack the top five was ONE Championship, which ranked him fourth with $1.3 billion, and his 2023 earnings of $123 million. The Professional Fighters League (PFL), which often calls itself the “co-leader of mixed martial arts,” ranked sixth with $690 million, with 2023 revenue of $110 million. Here is the top 10 list: 1st…
Sean Strickland is ready to face Paulo Costa at UFC 302. Former middleweight champions Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) and Costa (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) meet on June 1 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Compete in a 5-round co-main event on Strickland, who lost his middleweight title in a narrow decision loss to Doricus du Plessis at UFC 297 in January, is looking to bounce back strongly against Costa. “You know, guys? I like Costa. He’s a funny guy,” Strickland said on his YouTube channel. “He makes me laugh and he defends free speech. I like that…