Demolition Fight Series’ (DFS) promoter Wayne Carl is amped-up about April 18. It will be then that “Melbourne’s newest MMA promotion” will hold their sophomore show in that city. This means Carl and his wife—co-founder […]
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Top five reasons to watch UFC 248
UFC 248 is nearly upon us. The event is topped by two title fights and will see a couple of recently crowned champions defending their thrones against some savvy veterans. Overall, the card is decent […]
Hector Lombard talks BKFC 10, run-in with Wanderlei Silva, and BKB being ‘safer’
Hector Lombard (34-10-1-2 MMA, 0-0 BKB) is one of the latest MMA veterans to sign with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships. Originally contracted to fight another man with a storied fight career in Joe Riggs, an […]
Scott Coker: Jiri Prochazka ‘wouldn’t have done very well in Bellator’
Bellator 238 goes down this Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The event features the promotional debut of Cris Cyborg as she meets current Bellator featherweight champion Julia Budd in the main event. Bellator […]
UFC 246: Everything you need to know about the first UFC event of 2020
The Main Event: “The Notorious” Conor McGregor (21-4) vs. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (36-13-1) While it may not feel like it did back in 2016, it is indeed a Conor McGregor fight week. UFC 246 will […]
The Scrap’s 2019 KO of the Year: Jorge Masvidal’s Flying Knee
UFC 239 was on the shortlist for most people’s event of the year. The card featured Jan Blachowicz laying waste to former champion Luke Rockhold. The co-main event saw Amanda Nunes defend her bantamweight title […]
The Scrap’s 2019 Fight of the Year: Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Kelvin Gastelum was originally set to meet Robert Whittaker at UFC 234 when just hours before the event, the Aussie was pulled from the bout due to health concerns. Whittaker had been on the shelf […]
The Scrap’s 2019 Cross-Promotion of the Year: Bellator vs. RIZIN
Bellator President Scott Coker and RIZIN’s Nobuyuki Sakakibara’s relationship goes back to Coker’s days of working with K-1 in Japan. The pair also co-promoted with each other while Coker was trying to get Strikeforce rolling […]
Who is the Fighter of the Year?
Every year around this time fans and media start buzzing about the year-end awards. Who had the KO of the year? What was the best fight? What bout produced the biggest upset? Of course, these […]
Jason Knight: From unsanctioned fights in dog cages to headlining PPVs
Bare-knuckle returns to Biloxi. This weekend Jason Knight (20-6 MMA, 0-1 BKB) will get into a fight in Mississippi. That’s nothing new for the 27-year-old. Knight has been fighting in Mississippi his whole life. On […]
UFC 244: Five other reasons to watch
UFC 244 fight week has arrived. This Saturday, UFC returns to the historic Madison Square Garden with a card stacked from top to bottom. In the lead-up, everyone is discussing Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal […]
Nate Diaz: Most gangster moments inside the Octagon
Nate Diaz (20-11) is slated to headline Madison Square Garden in one of the most anticipated fights of the year at UFC 244 on November 2. It’ll be there he faces fellow “gangster” Jorge Masvidal […]
Four fighters who have the best chance to beat Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Nurmagomedov has now run through 28 professional fighters and faced very little opposition while doing so. His most recent outing, a third-round submission over Dustin Poirier, was as impressive as title defenses go. Poirier […]
Next matches to make for winners and losers of UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2
UFC 241 is in the books and it was one of those rare fight cards that lived up to the hype. The prelims saw a new bantamweight contender emerge as Cory Sandhagen (12-1) took a […]
Everything you need to know about UFC 241
Main Card (10pm ET, PPV) Daniel Cormier vs Stipe Miocic Nate Diaz vs Anthony Pettis Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa Gabriel Benitez vs Sodiq Yusuff Derek Brunson vs Ian Heinisch Preliminary Card (8pm ET, ESPN) […]
Next matches to make for winners and losers of UFC 239: Jones vs Santos
International Fight Week has come and gone. The general consensus is that overall, UFC 239 delivered. We had a couple of 21-year-old prospects in Edmen Shahbazyan and Song Yadong run through their opposition on the […]
Everything you need to know about UFC 239
Main Card 10pm EST on PPV Jon Jones vs Thiago Santos — Light Heavyweight Championship Amanda Nunes vs Holly Holm — Women’s Bantamweight Championship Jorge Masvidal vs Ben Askren Luke Rockhold vs Jan Blachowicz Diego […]