Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will face Chris Avila in an all-boxing card headlined by a bout between MMA stars Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz on June 1.
Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis is finally coming into his own as a mixed martial arts star and out of the shadow of his elder brother Anthony Pettis.
Former UFC champions Anthony Pettis and Benson Henderson are going round three together. It was announced on Tuesday that the combat sports veterans would be meeting for a third time when they meet at Karate Combat 43.
One of the world’s newest MMA promotions, Anthony Pettis FC, has only been in business for a short time. Initially founded under its original name, Showtime FC a few years ago, the organization began its life on Feb.
Cedric Doumbe already has a potential matchup at hand less than a week after his Professional Fighters League debut. A multi-time Glory Kickboxing champ, Doumbe made headlines when he was booked to make his UFC debut on the promotion’s first-ever card in Paris last September.
Mixed martial artist Liam McCracken had an unfortunate accident involving a bus on Tuesday, Sept. 12, on Pilch Lane East in Huyton, England. The 22-year-old, who recently became a father and was set to face Tony Silva in a lightweight bout on Oct.
Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing promotion paid out nearly $3 million in disclosed salaries for its most recent event. According to a release from the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, Unarmed Combat Sports branch, salary totals from Gamebred Boxing 4 on April 1 combined for $2,827,700, per MMA Junkie.
While the Professional Fighters League kicked off in earnest in Las Vegas on Saturday night, Anthony Pettis was living out a combat sports dream. The former UFC and WEC champion, whose initial run with the PFL ended in the 2022 postseason, defeated boxing legend Roy Jones Jr.
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Anthony Pettis started his professional boxing career with a win over a Hall of Famer. Jamal Collier of ESPN noted Pettis defeated Roy Jones Jr. via majority…
Former UFC champion Anthony Pettis, making his pro boxing debut, defeated boxing Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. by majority decision Saturday night in the main event of Gamebred Boxing 4.
The former UFC and WEC lightweight champion posted photos of his X-rays and revealed that he will need to undergo surgery to repair the injuries.
As fate would have it, the submission victory secured Ray a rematch with Pettis in the lightweight semifinals.
Steven Ray broke Anthony Pettis once. Now he must prove he can do so again. “Braveheart” will rematch the top-seeded Pettis when their 2022 Professional Fighters League semifinal headlines PFL 7 on Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Pettis still feels motivated and thinks he has more to prove.
Anthony Pettis is of the finest examples of a fighter who likes to put the “art” into mixed martial arts. Over the years, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight titleholder has built a reputation for himself as an innovator of the game, thanks to many entertaining performances.
Bellator 282 in June will feature the return of reigning middleweight king Gegard Mousasi and the final two bouts in the quarterfinals of the promotion’s highly anticipated bantamweight Grand Prix.
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Some who did not agree with the decision expressed their dissatisfaction via social media.
Nate Diaz made his long-awaited return to the UFC on Saturday night and reinvigorated his fans in the process.
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