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1+ hour, 10+ min ago (676+ words) Home " MMA News " Liu Mengyang " ONE Friday Fights 137: Why Liu Mengyang could be Tawanchai PK" Liu Mengyang faces ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Champion Tawanchai PK Saenchai in featherweight kickboxing action at ONE Friday Fights 137 on Thursday, December 19, inside Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The 22-year-old Chinese striker has won two of three promotional appearances against elite competition. His upset victories over Masaaki Noiri and Shadow Singha Mawynn revealed tools that make him dangerous against anyone standing across from him. Now he faces the biggest test of his career in non-title action. Three weapons define Liu's threat level heading into Bangkok. His counter-punching dropped former interim champion Noiri within the first minute of his debut. The same precision knocked Shadow Singha Mawynn out cold after one round of studying the Thai's forward pressure. Those moments weren't accidents. Liu built a…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago (252+ words) Three UFC BJJ titles are up for grabs on the main card MMA Fighting has UFC BJJ 4 results for the Tackett vs. Dorsey event and more from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev., on Thursday night. In the main event, Andrew Tackett puts his UFC BJJ welterweight title on the line against Elijah Dorsey. Tackett (4-0) has yet to lose in his UFC BJJ matches, while Dorsey is making his UFC BJJ debut. William Tackett squares off against Ronaldo Junior for the inaugural UFC BJJ middleweight title in the c0-main event. Also, Raquel Canuto faces Aurelie Le Vern for the UFC BJJ featherweight title on the main card. Check out the UFC BJJ 4 results below. Main card (MMA Fighting at 8 p.m. ET) Andrew Tackett vs. Eljiah Dorsey William Tackett vs. Ronaldo Junior Raquel Canuto vs. Aurelie Le Vern Mayssa Bastos vs....

3+ hour, 16+ min ago (586+ words) Home " MMA News " Lucas Gabriel " Lucas Gabriel finally meets Dagestani destroyer after injury" The matchup was originally scheduled for ONE Fight Night 38 last weekend before Akaev withdrew due to injury. Now fully healed, the Dagestani powerhouse gets his chance against an undefeated Brazilian who's carved through three consecutive opponents since earning his main roster contract. Gabriel emerged from ONE Friday Fights with a polished skill set that blends crisp striking with suffocating grappling. The 25-year-old choked out previously unbeaten Gadzhimurad Amirzhanov with an arm-triangle in October 2024, pushing his career record to 9-1 and announcing his arrival among the lightweight elite. His last appearance resulted in a no contest with Zhang Lipeng at ONE Fight Night 31 in May. Gabriel returns seeking redemption and a performance that pushes him deeper into a stacked division where one signature win changes everything. Magomed Akaev enters…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago (838+ words) Saturday evening, Morgan Charriere makes his sixth appearance inside the Octagon when he faces off with Melquizael Costa in a compelling main card fixture in the featherweight division." Eleven years earlier, "The Last Pirate" ventured into uncharted waters, making the walk to the cage for the first time for his professional debut, complete unsure of what the future may hold. Preview Every Fight On Saturday's Card" "I was a kid "I was 19 years old maybe " and I had not a lot of experience, no amateur bouts," began Charriere, thinking back to his professional debut a couple days out from his 34th start. "In France it was different " the sport was not legal "so I didn't know what I was really going to find with this, I just knew I was going to fight without protection, just small gloves. While the sport…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago (739+ words) Steven Asplund Interview (1:45) Kicking off this UFC Vegas 112 edition of TTP is our interview with UFC heavyweight, Steven Asplund. Asplund talks about throwing his gameplan out the window just seconds before he walked out for Dana White's Contender Series. Plus, he discusses the wild ride to get the the UFC and just what [] The post TTP Ep. 510: Steven Asplund, Jamey-Lyn Horth, Morgan Charriere and UFC Vegas 112 appeared first on Cageside Press. Steven Asplund Interview (1:45) Kicking off this UFC Vegas 112 edition of TTP is our interview with UFC heavyweight, Steven Asplund. Asplund talks about throwing his gameplan out the window just seconds before he walked out for Dana White's Contender Series. Plus, he discusses the wild ride to get the the UFC and just what it means to have his dad in his corner for the big debut. [TopTurtleMMA]TopTurtleMMA " [Episode…...

6+ hour, 23+ min ago (286+ words) Makhachev defends choosing Kamaru Usman for his next fight, saying he presents the toughest challenge and best promotional matchup after UFC 322 victory. Islam Makhachev, the newly crowned UFC welterweight champion, is standing firm on his decision to face former champion Kamaru Usman next, even though many fans are questioning the move. At UFC 322 last November, Makhachev defeated Jack Della Maddalena to capture his second title in a different weight class. The win also placed him back at the top of the pound-for-pound rankings, pushing Ilia Topuria down and continuing their rivalry. Despite a list of rising welterweight contenders'including Michael Morales, Carlos Prates, and Ian Machado Garry'Makhachev confirmed he wants Usman as his next opponent. This choice has sparked debate, as Usman's recent record shows only one win in four fights, that being against Joaquin Buckley, currently ranked tenth in the…...

6+ hour, 26+ min ago (263+ words) Breaking down the best betting action for UFC Vegas 112 and PFL Europe. The final UFC event of 2025 is upon us. This Saturday, UFC Vegas 112 takes place at the world's mightiest APEX, the final UFC event of 2025. On top of that, there's a PFL card with weekend with a couple of marquee fights, so No Bets Barred is here to break it all down for the last time this year. This week, host Jed Meshew flies solo to look at UFC Vegas 112 and PFL Eruope. Topics discussed include whether Brandon Royval will actually fight Manel Kape, if the Giga Chikadze vs. Kevin Vallejos fight is a true "so-main event," some undercard gems from the UFC, the massive favorites at PFL Lyon, the fall from The Climb at UFC 323, and more. Tune in for episode 145 of No Bets Barred. New episodes of…...

6+ hour, 52+ min ago (669+ words) Preview Every Fight On Saturday's Card" "Of course, my expectation was quite different at the start, at the beginning, but I think things are going well," Kape said, reflecting on his ambitious outlook from the outset of his UFC run, which began with consecutive decision losses to Alexandre Pantoja and Matheus Nicolau. "I figured out the puzzles, the issues I had in the beginning and right now, I can tell I'm in a good spot. "I learned that I have to take care of things one by one and let things flow, and everything is going to be a consequence of my work," continued the flyweight contender. "I predicted many times in different years that I'm gonna be the champion, and then every year, some things go not the way I want, but the way that God wants. "I truly…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago (565+ words) Francis Ngannou has addressed claims made by UFC president Dana White regarding a controversial incident before his first title shot in 2018. The former heavyweight champion said he finds the allegations "quite disappointing" and emphasized his desire to move forward in peace. When asked directly about these claims, Ngannou responded cautiously: The former champion expressed frustration about the situation escalating over time: "Maybe I'm getting old. I feel like I have less energy for drama stuff. I just want to be in peace and people to leave me alone. That's all. We shouldn't have gone this way. Why did we get all this way, first of all? What's the purpose? How did we get from where we were to where we are right now? I would just say it's quite disappointing the way that things went. That's all." He also clarified…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago (554+ words) Jake Paul plans to knock out Anthony Joshua before Round 7 Jake Paul put together a fight no one expected to happen and now he's calling his shot. Next Friday at Kaseya Center in Miami, Paul takes on two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a boxing bout that serves as the biggest test to date for the influencer-turned-fighter. Joshua is 28-4 as a pro, with 25 of those wins coming by way of knockout, and is understandably a massive favorite. However, Paul is confident that not only can he withstand Joshua's vaunted power, but he'll be the one ending the fight inside the distance. "I'm not going to say exactly what, but I see what it is and I think it will end in the fifth or sixth round." In 13 pro boxing bouts, Paul has finished seven fights, with his knockouts coming against…...