By the Numbers: UFC 236 By Ivan Surlina Saturday night saw the UFC crown two new interim champions, Dustin Poirier and Israel Adesanya. Poirier outlasted current featherweight champion Max Holloway to win the decision, while Israel Adesanya bested Kelvin Gastelum in what is for sure the front runner for fight of the year. We’ve done … Continue reading By the Numbers: UFC 236
KNOCKOUT ARTISTS MELVIN MANHOEF AND KENT KAUPPINEN ADDED TO BELLATOR LONDON PLUS, FIVE EYE-CATCHING BOUTS ADDED TO PRELIMINARY CARD Bellator MMA today announced that famed Dutch kickboxer Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef (30-14-1, 2 NC) will return to mixed martial arts action against Britain’s Kent “The Hammerhorn” Kauppinen (11-4) in a hard-hitting light heavyweight affair, as … Continue reading KNOCKOUT ARTISTS MELVIN MANHOEF AND KENT KAUPPINEN ADDED TO BELLATOR LONDON
INAGURAL PHOENIX RISING SERIES TO CROWN NEW INVICTA FC STRAWWEIGHT CHAMPION Invicta Fighting Championships today announced that the winner of the promotion’s inaugural Phoenix Rising Series tournament – taking place on Friday, May 3 – will also be crowned Invicta FC strawweight champion. Invicta’s most recent strawweight champion Virna Jandiroba vacated her title prior to … Continue reading INAGURAL PHOENIX RISING SERIES TO CROWN NEW INVICTA FC STRAWWEIGHT CHAMPION
An Interview With MMA Star Tom Watson By Emma J Bramford “Cage Warriors is the show where I’m going to make my comeback and win the welterweight title.” – Tom ‘Kong’ Watson Born and raised in Southampton, England, Tom Watson first started in combat sports at the age of 16, when he took up boxing. … Continue reading An Interview With MMA Star Tom Watson
FightPost MMA Fighter of the Week: Khalil Rountree Jr. By Kieran Cobley This week’s fighter of the week was not easy to pick, with UFC 236 in Atlanta having arguably the best two UFC title bouts in history, with Kevin Gastelum vs Adesanya for the interim middleweight title, and Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier for … Continue reading FightPost MMA Fighter of the Week: Khalil Rountree Jr.
Dustin Poirier Makes Good on Premier Title Tilt By Ross Markey After his stellar claiming of the interim lightweight championship against Max Holloway at UFC 236, Dustin Poirier believes he holds the secret formula to hand Khabib Nurmagomedov his first ever loss and unify the lightweight crown. The Lafayette native scored a career-defining decision victory … Continue reading Dustin Poirier Makes Good on Premier Title Tilt
What’s Next For The Winners at UFC 236? By Ben Jessop UFC 236 took place this past weekend and it hosted two of the best title fights anyone can remember in recent memory. The main card was not short of controversial judges’ decision but it seems nowadays you can’t have a UFC event without, what … Continue reading What’s Next For The Winners at UFC 236?
UFC 236: What Next For The Losers? By Claudia Peterson UFC 236 on ESPN+ is now in the books. The main card included great fighters at various levels of their careers, and two wars at the top of the card. Here are some thoughts on what should be next for the losers of UFC 236. … Continue reading UFC 236: What Next For The Losers?
Two Wars: Poirier and Adesanya Win at UFC 236 I've not really got the point of Interim titles, what meaning or value do they really have. They should be created in only the most exceptional circumstances, and for me neither Interim title on the line at UFC 236 fitted that criteria. Both fights were … Continue reading Two Wars: Poirier and Adesanya Win at UFC 236
UFC 236: FightPost Team Predictions By Emma J Bramford The FightPost team have made their Main Card predictions for UFC 236 held at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, April 13th 2019. The team have no clean sweeps this week. In the main event, the team have Holloway to win over Poirier. … Continue reading UFC 236: FightPost Team Predictions
