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WrestlingFightful StaffAugust 24, 2016, 7:24 pm73
Bayley’s Goodbye Letter To NXT: We’re Not Crying, You’re Crying
Seriously, put away those onions. We’re trying to work here. Bayley had one of her final NXT appearances Saturday at NXT Takeover: Back To Brooklyn in a losing effort to Asuka. Two nights later, the leader of Huggin’ and Buggin’…
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WrestlingSean Ross SappAugust 24, 2016, 7:08 pm97
Jon Jones, Brock Lesnar Possibly Facing Shorter Suspensions Than Expected
That ‘good news’ Jon Jones had? It could apply to Brock Lesnar as well. As we speculated on the Fightful.com Podcast over recent weeks, it appears as if the positive energy from Jon Jones’ recent Instagram post might be carrying…
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WrestlingSteve MuehlhausenAugust 24, 2016, 7:00 pm92
Mark Hunt Trashes Brock Lesnar Again
Brock Lesnar defeated Mark Hunt by unanimous decision in the co-main event of last month’s UFC 200. The following week,it was revealed Lesnar had failed a pre-fight drug test that was administered by the United States Anti-Doping Agency on June…
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WrestlingZach BrendzaAugust 24, 2016, 6:30 pm116
Finn Balor Has Surgery, Comments On Injury And WWE Return
Inaugural WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor has underwent surgery on his torn labrum According to WWE.com, Dr. Jeffrey Dugas performed surgery to Balor’s complex labrum tear in his right arm sometime Tuesday. “Finn’s injury was pretty severe, more severe than…
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WrestlingSean Ross SappAugust 24, 2016, 6:17 pm64
Report: Rory MacDonald Headed To Bellator MMA
It appears as if Bellator has landed yet another free agent. Former UFC Welterweight title challenger Rory MacDonald is near finalizing a deal with Bellator MMA, according to MMA Fighting. The outlet states that MacDonald’s management was informed this week…
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WrestlingDarrin DoyleAugust 24, 2016, 6:00 pm67
Super Middleweight Plant Cruises With Decision Victory
PBC on FS1 hosted a quartet of exciting fights on Tuesday night, headlined by Super Middleweight prospect Caleb Plant (14-0, 10 KO) making easy work of Colombian challenger Juan De Angel in a wide 10 round decision, taking home the win on…
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WrestlingSean Ross SappAugust 24, 2016, 5:30 pm67
WWE And MMA Worlds Affected By The Olympics
As one would expect, the UFC and WWE both had Olympians on their agenda during the 2016 games in Rio. Helen Maroulis perhaps is the most intriguing name to emerge from the Olympics. A gold medalist at 53 kg, the…
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WrestlingSean Ross SappAugust 24, 2016, 5:30 pm87
Exclusive: Karakhanyan ‘Wants To Kill’ Bubba Jenkins, Jenkins Responds
Georgi Karakhanyan hasn't had the best go of things since his January 2015 win over Bubba Jenkins. He's looking to take that frustration out on Bubba Jenkins. Karakhanyan was fresh off of losing his World Series of Fighting Championship during the…
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WrestlingJimmy VanAugust 24, 2016, 4:30 pm78
Jimmy Van: McGregor Is A Closet WWE Fan
When I heard about Conor McGregor’s initial rant against WWE performers during the pre-UFC 202 media call recently, the first thing I thought was that he was saying those things intentionally in an effort to land a WWE appearance at…
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WrestlingFightful StaffAugust 24, 2016, 2:30 pm68
Fight-size MMA Update: Angry Diaz Fan Arrested For Shooting, Several Fights Booked, More
Your Fight-size MMA Update for August 24! – UFC released a new Gracie Breakdown video focusing on Anthony Pettis, which you can check out above. – Martin Buschkamp (9-0) vs. Alex Enlund (14-2) has been added to UFC Fight Night…