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Alexandra Toncheva appeared on my radar about a month ago. I had not heard of her and chances are, you haven’t heard of her either. In May, Toncheva was signed by local, Irish promotion Cage Legacy on a one fight deal to headline their May event in Cork. Cage Legacy 12 Toncheva’s opponent was a…
Dana White appeared at last night’s post UFC 238 press conference in Chicago looking pretty pleased with himself. Good event and good fights. Early year glitches with the ESPN PPV platform seem to have worked themselves out. I certainly haven’t heard of widespread complaints about it this time round. White was in good enough form…
Clan Wars 35 is now wrap. Just to be a little different I thought we’d bring you the results straight from the Cage Side. Old School. Clan Wars deserve a big shout-out as a couple of fighter were accommodated at very short notice on this card due to the late cancellation of the Battle Arena…
Donald Cerrone and Tony Ferguson face off tonight in a 3 round contest at UFC 238. Many UFC fight fans are quietly grumbling that this is not a 5 round fight. It is absolutely 100% correct that the UFC did not go this route. While Henry Cejudo and Valentina Shevchenko defend their respective titles as…
The manager of Delphine Persoon has lodged an official complaint with the WBC regarding the result of the world lightweight unification result between Ireland’s Katie Taylor and the Belgian Police Inspector and former WBC champ Delphine Persoon. In his carefully worded letter to the world organising body Filep Tampere doesn’t mince his words. They want…
UFC Stockholm takes place this Weekend which will be a welcome reprieve for European fight fans and those early morning US UFC cards. Official weigh-ins are on today Friday 31st May. Full Fight Card below MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 1 p.m. ET) Alexander Gustafsson (205) vs. Anthony Smith (206) Jimi Manuwa (205) vs. Aleksandar Rakić…
Paddy Holohan, the former UFC star, has topped the poll in Tallaght South tonight. The first count results from Tallaght came in shortly after midnight. In what has been a very poor showing for Sinn Fein nationally, Paddy and his Sinn Fein running mates have bucked the trend in Tallaght South. Sinn Fein look like…
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Since last Friday night (May 17th) Tullow boxing club’s website has been hit 35,000 times. 35,000 times in 48 hours. A 12 year old girl named Chloe Black is the reason for the massive interest. Chloe Black was due to fight in the National Stadium for a national title in the 45 kilogram weight category…
I seem to spend a good portion of my time asking amateur martial artists to speak about dark, difficult subjects. Often deeply personal issues. It is hard to admit you can’t cope. It is hard to admit you can’t trust your own thoughts. It’s hard for loved one to watch this. It’s probably difficult for…
The Irish amateur boxing association issued a stern reminder to all members today that athletes actively members of and competing in other types of combat sports in Ireland are not welcome in Irish amateur boxing. This rule is not new but it is curious that the IABA picked today to issue a reminder to the…
A curious footnote to the Bellator Birmingham event in the UK on May 4th last crossed my path this evening. A Bellator in-competition drug test from the event of a little known, journey-man MMA fighter called Falco Neto came back positive. Mr Neto tested positive for the metabolites of steroids methyltestosterone and nandrolone. Thankfully his…
This has been my second time to interview Bellator featherweight Leah McCourt and the same thought popped into my head at the end of both conversations. ” You need to start getting more out of your life amigo” was the PG version of the ramblings of my mind. Out of all the winners from the…
I thought it would be interesting to do a comparison between UFC and Bellator salaries and see if we can learn anything from the stats. The UFC have recently announced that it is dropping the PPV point models and that fighters compensation will be reflected in their salaries. If this is true the official salaries…
Live updates and UFC 237 results from in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Just hit Refresh. Feel free to hit us up with your comments. Also Full Results from Bellator 221. Two biggest MMA promotions in the world collide. Like Joe Rogan I only do live fight updates on PPV cards. The fun kicks off below…