The winner for this week’s Fighter of the Week is Ottman Azaitar from UFC Figth Night: Waterson vs. Hill. Also UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill is also reviewed and UFC Fight Night 178 is previewed.
Reviews Bellator 246: Archuleta vs. Mix Bellator MMA hosted an event at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on Saturday, September 12th on Paramount Network: Bantamweight Juan Archuleta def. Patchy Mix Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) 5 5:00 Welterweight Neiman Gracie def. Jon Fitch Submission (heel hook) 2 4:47 Catchweight (131.7 lbs) Liz Carmouche def. DeAnna Bennett Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 3:17 Catchweight (157 lbs) Keoni Diggs def. Derek
Reviews UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai The UFC hosted an event at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, September 5th that was broadcast on the ESPN+ online service: Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Augusto Sakai TKO (elbows and punches) 5 0:26 Light Heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux def. Alonzo Menifield KO (punch) 2 4:07 Welterweight Michel Pereira def. Zelim Imadaev Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 4:39 Middleweight André
Reviews UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira The UFC hosted an event at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, May 13th that was broadcast on ESPN+: Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira def. Anthony Smith TKO (punches) 5 1:04 Heavyweight Ben Rothwell def. Ovince Saint Preux Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 Lightweight Drew Dober def. Alexander Hernandez TKO (punches) 2 4:25 Bantamweight Ricky Simon def. Ray
Reviews UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje The UFC hosted an event at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, May 9th that was broadcast on PPV: Lightweight Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson TKO (punches) 5 3:39 Bantamweight Henry Cejudo (c) def. Dominick Cruz TKO (knee and punches) 2 4:58 Heavyweight Francis Ngannou def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik KO (punches) 1 0:20 Catchweight (150.5 lbs) Calvin Kattar def. Jeremy Stephens
The MMA Freak rankings are voted on by members of the writing staff. Note that fighters who are serving drug related suspensions, have been inactive for twelve months or have recently retired are currently ineligible. Also note that fighters are only eligible for one weight class unless they are champions in multiple divisions in which case exceptions are made: Top 10 Women’s P4P Fighters (2/28/20) 1) Amanda Nunes (1)2) Valentina
Reviews Bellator Dublin/Bellator 240 Bellator MMA hosted an event at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday, February 22nd that was broadcast on the Paramount Network and DAZN: Women’s Featherweight Leah McCourt def. Judith Ruis Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) 3 5:00 Middleweight Charlie Ward def. Kyle Kurtz TKO (punches) 3 4:24 Welterweight Austin Clem def. Aaron Chalmers Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) 3 5:00 Lightweight Brent Primus def. Chris
10) Brian Kelleher defeats Ode Osbourne via submission – UFC 246 Brian Kelleher made a statement when he submitted Ode Osbourne. 9) Angela Hill defeats Hannah Cifers via TKO – UFC Fight Night 166 Wanting to start the new year out strong, Angel Hill returned to her striking roots when she was able to batter Hannah Cifers for the TKO win. 8) Aleksei Oleinik defeats Maurice Greene via submission –
Reviews UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos The UFC hosted an event at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday, January 25th that was broadcast online on ESPN+ service: Heavyweight Curtis Blaydes def. Junior dos Santos TKO (punches) 2 1:06 Welterweight Michael Chiesa def. Rafael dos Anjos Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 Flyweight Alex Perez def. Jordan Espinosa Technical Submission 1 2:33 Women’s Strawweight Angela
Reviews UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy The UFC hosted an event at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday, January 18th that was broadcast on the ESPN+ online PPV: Welterweight Conor McGregor def. Donald Cerrone TKO (punches) 1 0:40 Women’s Bantamweight Holly Holm def. Raquel Pennington Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00 Heavyweight Aleksei Oleinik def. Maurice Greene Submission 2 4:38 Bantamweight Brian Kelleher def. Ode Osbourne Submission