At UFC 126 in 2011, Anderson Silva defended his middleweight title against Vitor Belfort in the main event and scored a thunderous front kick KO. In February 2011, the UFC put on one of their best fight cards ever as Anderson Silva defended his 185-pound title for the eighth time in the main event. Also […]
It's a surprise that Butterbean returned to the cage after his MMA debut disaster. The boxing icon – real name Eric Esch – switched to MMA after nine years and 73 professional bouts. Once there, he enjoyed some success when he scored a spectacular KO victory over a 6-foot-4 heavyweight known as 'The Colossus', submitting
Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall will unify the UFC heavyweight division in 2025. 'Bones' is fresh off a third-round knockout victory over former two-time champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 in November. Then the talk immediately turned to a unification match with Tom Aspinall, who claimed an interim title during his spectacular run through the
UFC superstar Conor McGregor caused a chaotic scene at Bellator 187 and attempted to get into a fistfight with referee Marc Goddard. Conor McGregor's excitement over the knockout of his SBG Ireland teammate Charlie Ward at Bellator 187 turned into a chaotic scene inside the cage. McGregor, just weeks away from his professional boxing debut
Dakota Ditcheva's star potential became apparent when she made her MMA debut three years ago. In her younger years, 'Dangerous' was a kickboxing and Muay Thai sensation who wanted to follow in the footsteps of her multiple world champion mother, Lisa Howarth. In 2021 she switched to MMA. Today, the 26-year-old Englishwoman is the PFL
Brock Lesnar did everything he could to avoid suffering from the infamous 'Octagon jitters' when he made his UFC debut 16 years ago. 'The Beast Incarnate' was better prepared than most after a legendary first run in professional wrestling with the WWE, but he was still nervous about fighting in the premier division of MMA.
Dakota Ditcheva profiled herself as the new face of PFL in 2024. 2024 PFL women's flyweight champion Dakota Ditcheva started the calendar year with a target on her back, and she responded by putting together one of the most dominant runs for a blossoming prospect in recent MMA history. Ditcheva capped her remarkable 2024 PFL
UFC champions Islam Makhachev and Alex Pereira highlighted Bloody Elbow's 'Fight of the Year' nominations. Islam Makhachev and Alex Pereira started the year and ended the year as UFC title holders. During their 2024 runs, Makhachev and Pereira treated fans to an all-time fight against two of the most dangerous contenders in MMA today. In
MMA is known for producing almost impossible moments. Wild knockouts, slick submissions and downright bizarre post-fight interviews have become commonplace in the sport the world has come to love over the past thirty years. With another great year of battles almost behind us, the staff at Bloody Elbow is looking forward to the weird and
Brock Lesnar's pre-UFC tryout for the National Football League showcased the ridiculous athleticism he demonstrated in the Octagon. Before Brock Lesnar made his first appearance in the UFC Octagon, and in the midst of a WWE hiatus, he turned heads at the 2004 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. A physical specimen during his UFC prime,
Former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey's first in-person meeting with Dana White featured a bizarre clothing choice on the part of the UFC kingpin. Before Ronda Rousey became a pioneer in women's MMA when she became the UFC's first female signee, she had the opportunity to meet Dana White for the first time while assisting
Just a few weeks before the UFC closed its doors as the world stood still due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, fans were able to witness one of the biggest fights in the promotion's history at UFC 248. On March 7, 2020, the UFC returned to the T-Mobile Arena as then-middleweight champions. Israel Adesanya defended