Nick Baldwin Archives: 09/2018

Gegard Mousasi didn’t give Rory MacDonald much of a chance in their Bellator superfight. Mousasi, the middleweight champion, met MacDonald, the welterweight champion, in the…

Quinton Jackson evened the score in his rivalry with Wanderlei Silva Saturday night. “Rampage,” a former UFC light heavyweight champion, defeated Silva via second-round TKO…

If you ask Khabib Nurmagomedov’s coach, Conor McGregor has not gotten inside the UFC lightweight champion’s head — and he never will. American Kickboxing Academy…

Once a top prospect in the entire sport, Michael McDonald is stepping away from MMA. McDonald confirmed his retirement Thursday to ESPN. McDonald, 27, is…

Rory MacDonald hopes to make the most of his potential run as Bellator double champ by actually defending both titles. But of course, he has…

Scott Coker has some big news for Bellator fans in the UK. The Bellator president announced Wednesday on Twitter that Bellator 206 will air live…

When fighters suffer defeat, they go back to the drawing board and learn from their mistakes. They figure out what went wrong, and make corrections…

The lightweight title rematch is finally a go. Bellator champion Brent Primus will defend his title for the first time against former titleholder Michael Chandler…

Several changes were made to UFC Sao Paulo leading up to the card due to injuries, but things nearly got much, much worse. Eventual main…

Sergio Moraes and Ben Saunders engaged in an impromptu training session after their fight at UFC Sao Paulo on Saturday. In a clip posted on…

KSW has parted ways with one of its biggest stars. The Polish promotion did not re-sign women’s flyweight champion Ariane Lipski, KSW co-owner Martin Lewandowski…

Considering the short notice, Eryk Anders put up a good fight against Thiago Santos in the UFC Sao Paulo main event on Saturday night. The…

UFC 230 still needs a main event, and Dustin Poirier has a solution. The UFC lightweight contender is scheduled to meet the returning Nate Diaz…

A new UFC women’s flyweight champion will be crowned in December. Former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and ex-women’s bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko will square…

Jimi Manuwa’s most recent trip to Brazil didn’t end in the way he wanted it to. The UFC light heavyweight contender suffered a hamstring injury…

Nicco Montano’s condition seemingly wasn’t too serious, but serious enough to force her off UFC 228. The since-stripped UFC women’s flyweight champion was hospitalized Friday…

Valentina Shevchenko is not happy she won’t have a chance to win UFC gold on Saturday night. Shevchenko was expected to challenge Nicco Montano for…

UFC 228 will proceed with only one title fight on Saturday night. UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano has been removed from the UFC 228…

A thrilling lightweight clash has been added to the UFC’s upcoming show in Milwaukee. Top contender Edson Barboza meets rising lightweight Dan Hooker at UFC…

The trash talk between Donald Cerrone and Mike Perry has officially begun — on one side of the welterweight pairing, anyway. Perry had some choice…