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  • Kickboxing Full Contact: Four WKN titles at stake in Nice
    by Parviz Iskenderov on May 21, 2019 at 2:50 am

    Annual Full Contact Night in French Riviera is held on June 15 in Nice, France. Kickboxing event features as many as three world and one European WKN title bouts with A-list representative of the country-host up against the challengers coming from Malta, Slovakia, Italy and Kazakhstan. On Tuesday World Kickboxing Network announced a completed championship […] The post Kickboxing Full Contact: Four WKN titles at stake in Nice appeared first on FIGHTMAG. […]

  • Thai star Stamp Fairtex defends against Aussie Alma Juniku
    by Parviz Iskenderov on May 21, 2019 at 1:15 am

    Following the blockbuster produced last weekend in Singapore, Asian promotion ONE Championship announced its visit to China. The event billed as “Legendary Quest” takes place at the Baoshan Arena in Shanghai on June 15. Top of the fight-bill features women’s Muay Thai bout between the defending atomweight champion Stamp Fairtex and the challenger Alma Juniku. […] The post Thai star Stamp Fairtex defends against Aussie Alma Juniku appeared first on FIGHTMAG. […]

  • KICKBOXING: Two WKN titles are on the line in Réunion
    by Parviz Iskenderov on May 20, 2019 at 2:48 am

    The World Kickboxing Network visits Réunion Island on June 29 with a double championship event held at Nelson Mandela Gymnasium in Saint Pierre. The names of opponents for the previously announced local competitors have been revealed over the weekend during the “Domination Fight Night” held in Aarhus, Denmark. The upcoming show is billed as “La […] The post KICKBOXING: Two WKN titles are on the line in Réunion appeared first on FIGHTMAG. […]

  • GLORY 67: Petchpanomrung vs. Boynazarov set in Orlando
    by Parviz Iskenderov on May 20, 2019 at 1:01 am

    Van Soest vs. Menezes co-headlines GLORY 67 Orlando Featherweight title is on the line on July 6 (AEDT) at Silver Spurs Arena in Orlando, FL where GLORY Kickboxing presents its event No. 67. Top of the fight-bill features the defending champion Petchpanomrung of Thailand up against ranked No.2 Anvar Boynazarov of Uzbekistan. The co-main event […] The post GLORY 67: Petchpanomrung vs. Boynazarov set in Orlando appeared first on FIGHTMAG. […]

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  • Ortiz: De La Hoya ‘made a lot of mistakes’ in MMA: ‘Dana was right’
    by Tim Burke on May 21, 2019 at 2:00 am

    Tito Ortiz actually admitted Dana White was correct about something. Tito Ortiz is coming off a win over Chuck Liddell and will extend his career by signing with Combate Americas for an apparent fight with Alberto Del Rio later this year. His Liddell bout came under the Golden Boy MMA banner, which was Oscar De La Hoya’s first foray into MMA. It did not end up as a success, doing as low as 30,000 buys. UFC president Dana White and Oscar De La Hoya hurled some insults back and forth while White criticized the show Oscar put on, which led to Oscar challenging Dana to a boxing match. In an interview The Schmo, Ortiz acknowledged the issues De La Hoya had with promoting MMA, and even went as far as to (gasp) agree with Dana! “I think he made a lot of mistakes, but at the same time, for a boxing promoter to come into mixed martial arts, it’s a different animal. Dana was right.” If you’re interested in Ortiz’s opinions on other things, the quick-hit interview also allows him to share his opinion on who will defeat Jon Jones, whether Jones will fight Daniel Cormier at heavyweight, and why he continues to fight. […]

  • Pereira: I didn’t ‘even show half’ of what I know in UFC debut
    by Lucas Rezende on May 21, 2019 at 1:00 am

    Michel Pereira tells fans they can expect much more after his wild knockout win over Danny Roberts at UFC Rochester. Apparently one minute and 47 seconds was not enough time for Octagon newcomer Michel Pereira to show all his wildness at UFC Rochester. In a performance completely free of Octagon jitters, the Brazilian made quick work of Danny Roberts, beating ‘Hot Chocolate’ via flying knee-right hand combo knockout early into the first round, but the winning shot was far from the only flashy technique Pereira tried against his opponent. In fact, that’s what Michel’s career has been all about so far, but he still guarantees to be more where all of those moves come from. “I’ve had better fights than this,” Pereira told Sherdog. “I fought very little in there. I couldn’t even show half of my skills. I still have a lot of fantastic moves to show the UFC fans. “I’d like to fight with the best. I don’t choose opponents. I want to be the new showman in the UFC. This is who I am.” Before his win over Danny Roberts, Michel Pereira (22-9-2 NC) picked up another knockout win, against Won Jun Choi, back in December 2018. The 25-year-old’s last loss happened just 14 days prior to that, when he dropped a unanimous decision to Dusko Todorovic. […]

  • Volkanovski released from hospital after recovering from leg infection
    by Lewis Mckeever on May 20, 2019 at 11:30 pm

    Alex Volkanovski is finally back home in Australia after being treated for a bacterial infection in Chile. Alex Volkanovski is all healed up and back home in Australia after dealing with a nasty leg infection in Chile. Volkanovski was admitted to the hospital just moments after his career-defining win over former featherweight king and pound-for-pound No. 1 Jose Aldo at UFC 237, where the 30-year-old beat ‘Scarface’ convincingly via unanimous decision. Volkanovski was suffering with a bacterial infection in his leg, and it took over a week before the surging featherweight contender was finally released from hospital and allowed to travel back home. Volkanovski uploaded a video to his Instagram account on Monday to let his followers know that he was back in Australia. View this post on Instagram Finally back!! Joe and I were so happy to be welcomed home by our families on arrival. Thank you to @doshlimousines for making this possible, coming home was a breeze. 1st class service every time A post shared by Alexander "The Great" (@alexvolkanovski) on May 20, 2019 at 4:32am PDT “Finally back!! Joe and I were so happy to be welcomed home by our families on arrival. Thank you to @doshlimousines for making this possible, coming home was a breeze. 1st class service every time.” - Alex Volkanovski. Despite Volkanovski’s win over Aldo catapulting him to the No. 1 spot in the official featherweight rankings, the UFC has gone ahead and booked a championship bout between reigning king Max Holloway and former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. The two featherweights will headline the upcoming UFC 240 PPV at Rogers Place in Alberta, Canada on July 27. […]

  • Sexyama returning to MMA with ONE Championship
    by Zane Simon on May 20, 2019 at 10:00 pm

    The former K-1 Hero’s light heavyweight Grand Prix winner and UFC veteran will return to the cage after almost four years away from MMA. Another UFC veteran will look to make their ONE Championship debut in 2019. This time around, however, it’s not so much a fighter leaving one promotion for another, as it is a longtime veteran looking to make a big comeback. The Singapore-based promotion has announced that their June 15th ‘Legendary Quest’ fight card will play host to the return of former K-1 Hero’s Grand Prix champion Yoshihiro Akiyama. The world-class Judoka was a fan favorite for years on the Japanese MMA fight scene before eventually moving to the UFC. His debut in the Octagon was marked by a narrow split decision over Alan Belcher. But, although he continued fighting for the Zuffa MMA promotion for another five years, ‘Sexyama’ only found victory one more time in the UFC. While he never officially announced his retirement, in the time following his last loss – against Alberto Mina in 2015 – he largely appeared to have left the sport behind to focus on his modeling career and other business endeavors. However, late in 2018, ONE revealed that they had signed the now 43-year-old fighter. And now he has a debut date and opponent. Sexyama is set to face former ONE welterweight contender Agilan Thani in mid-June. The 23-year-old ‘Alligator’ has put together an 8-3 record, with seven wins by stoppage. His only two previous losses came to Ben Askren and Zebaztian Kadestam, before dropping his most recent fight to Kiamrian Abbasov back in December of last year. Akiyama vs. Thani is expected to co-main the fight card, under an atomweight Muay Thai bout between Stamp Fairtex and Alma Juniku. Stay tuned to Bloody Elbow for more news and updates as the event approaches. […]

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