After a long and contentious relationship with the UFC, Cris Cyborg announced on her Instagram that she is joining the number two promotion in MMA, Bellator.
The move will reunite her with Scott Coker, whom worked with Cyborg at the now defunct Strikeforce promotion to broker the largest fight in women’s MMA history at the time, Cyborg’s match against Gina Carano.
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At UFC 259, Amanda Nunes was utterly dominant in the defense of her featherweight title against Megan Anderson. In just two minutes, Nunes hurt Anderson on the feet, quickly took Anderson’s back on the mat, and transitioned to a modified triangle and ultimately into an Americana-type armlock. The submission was
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Being a woman in any male-dominated field can be tough for a plethora of reasons, but being a woman in martial arts comes with problems most can’t even imagine. Thankfully now, organisations such as Women Who Fight exists. I interviewed them to learn more about what they do, so that
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Bellator 238 took place on Friday 26th January, 2020 and the main event results in Cristiano “Cyborg” Justino crushing Julia Budd to become the new Bellator Featherweight Champion. During the build-up to the headlining fight there were several fantastic submissions throughout the event. First up, Jay Jay Williams sunk in
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The Marvel Universe continues to expand, and as such Marvel has confirmed the addition of She-Hulk in late August. In an interesting bit of news for fight fans, Marvel is reportedly looking at Ronda Rousey to play the role of She-Hulk. The series will be coming to the new Disney+
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Bellator lightweight contender Aviv Gozali came into his Bellator 259 bout against Sean Felton with a perfect 5-0 record, with all five of those wins coming by first-round submission. On Friday, Gozali extended that first-round submission streak to six, as he secured a beautiful outside heel hook in just over
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UFC 250 marked only the second time that a major pay-per-view event was to take place behind closed doors and after the resounding success of UFC 249, it should come as no surprise that UFC 250 also results in a fantastic night of fights. The biggest statements came from the
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Fight 2 Win 137 makes it’s way to Denver, Colorado on March 6th and brings with it a textbook lengthy event featuring elite grapplers on the main card and up-and-coming local talent throughout the prelims. The main event was announced recently as a meeting between two of the sport’s best
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