6:24 PM ET Ariel Helwani Another former UFC star has joined the ranks of Bellator. Lyoto Machida has signed an exclusive multifight contract with Bellator, the promotional outfit announced on Friday. “The Dragon” is coming. Please welcome @lyotomachidafw to the #BellatorNation. pic.twitter.com/a9earQHdBt — Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) June 22, 2018 Machida, 40, leaves the UFC on
MMA
12:58 PM ET Ariel Helwani Michael Chandler is inching closer to free agency. Chandler’s Bellator contract is set to expire imminently, sources told ESPN. Per the terms of the contract, the sources were not at liberty to discuss exactly when the contract runs out. However, according to those same sources, Chandler’s management and Bellator are
5:55 PM ET Ariel Helwani Former NFL player turned MMA fighter Greg Hardy suffered a knee injury in an arena football game Saturday night. Hardy, who also currently stars for the Richmond Roughriders of the American Arena League, was hurt in the first quarter of the Roughriders’ 57-43 win over the Carolina Energy. Hardy is
2:02 PM ET Ariel Helwani Bellator is getting into the superfight business. The promotion has booked a fight between middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and welterweight champion Rory MacDonald on Sept. 29 in San Jose, Calif., multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will put his 185-pound belt on the line Sept. 29
Jun 21, 2018 Tyrell Crosby got off the bus, walked into the hotel in Los Angeles and heard his name being yelled. Then a freshman offensive lineman at Oregon, he didn’t expect to know anyone. It didn’t occur to him someone would drive from his hometown, Las Vegas, for the game. Jacob “Stitch” Duran didn’t
11:42 PM ET Veteran heavyweight Josh Barnett is in the process of finalizing a mutual release with the UFC. Barnett, 40, confirmed his pending release in a statement to ESPN on Wednesday. MMAJunkie reported earlier that Barnett had secured a release, but he stressed it is not yet finalized. “It’s true that I have asked
7:03 PM ET UFC middleweight contender David Branch is clearly trying to pick a fight with Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza. But at least for now, Souza isn’t taking the bait. Branch (22-4) has accepted an offer to fight Souza (25-6) at UFC Fight Night on Sept. 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but Souza has informed the
Jun 19, 2018 Chamatkar Sandhu Leon “Rocky” Edwards (15-3) is hoping a win at UFC Fight Night 132 in Singapore can become the catalyst to help bring an event back to his hometown of Birmingham, England. Edwards (15-3), who was a guest fighter in Liverpool last month, was impressed with the response the Scouse fans
3:24 PM ET The UFC has finalized a welterweight matchup between Sage Northcutt and Zak Ottow for a UFC Fight Night event on July 14 in Boise, Idaho. Ottow (16-5) discussed the 170-pound matchup on his social media feed as far back as May, but UFC officials only made the bout official this week. Northcutt
1:12 PM ET UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta is not going back to afternoon weigh-ins. That is one fight the Long Island native says he will not lose. Iaquinta (13-4-1) will face Justin Gaethje on Aug. 25, in Lincoln, Nebraska — and will obviously need to make weight the day before. At the moment, there is