There's no question who sits atop the light heavyweight rankings after UFC 313. Magomed Ankalaev elevated himself to No. 1 at light heavyweight and No. 7 pound-for-pound in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings through his unanimous decision win o
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Veteran UFC lightweight Rafael Fiziev is considering a drop to 145 pounds following his most recent defeat. Fiziev (12-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) lost a unanimous decision to Justin Gaethje (26-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) on Saturday at UFC 313 in Las Vegas. It was a bout
Carlos Leal’s UFC 313 fast-finish strategy vs. Alex Morono came from LFA days
LAS VEGAS – Carlos Leal beat Alex Morono with a first-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Leal, who got back in the win column after a loss in his UFC debut this past October.…
Henry Cejudo after UFC 313: ‘Alex Pereira’s lifestyle is finally catching up to him’
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Dick McTaggart obituary
Scottish amateur boxer who won an Olympic gold medal but dismissed fighting professionally as being ‘all work and wages’
When the Scottish boxer Dick McTaggart flew back from the 1956 Olympic Games in Australia, where he had won the gold medal in the lightweight division, nothing could have prepared him for the hero’s welcome he was given after travelling by train back to his home in Dundee. He was lifted on to the platform by two fellow boxers and carried out of the station, where he was besieged by hordes of well-wishers before being borne in an open-topped vehicle to his tenement home in the tough Dens Road area of the city, with fans lining the two-mile route.
McTaggart, who has died aged 89, remembered it all clearly in old age, even after dementia had begun to dim his recall of more recent events. “It was fantastic. Tears were running down my face,” he said. “I couldn’t believe it. Peter Cain and John McVicar hoisted me on to their shoulders, then carried me up the stairs and out of the station. People were on the street all the way back to my home.”
Continue reading...Magomed Ankalaev wins undisputed light heavyweight belt with unanimous decision over Alex Pereira
Magomed Ankalaev’s plan coming into Saturday’s light heavyweight bout at UFC 313 was to pressure Alex Pereira. The strategy worked, as Ankalaev scored a stunning upset with a unanimous decision to take Pereira’s undisputed light heavyweight belt. “I can’t even put it into words,” Ankalaev said in the ring during the post-fight interview through a translator.
Lauren Price beats Natasha Jonas in women’s welterweight unification bout – as it happened
- Price wins on points to unify WBC, IBF and WBA titles
- Dubois retains WBC 135lb on points in co-feature bout
Caroline Dubois has made her way to the ring for tonight’s chief support bout. Our ringside correspondent checks in:
The extremely shallow pool of premium talent in women’s boxing is hard to ignore but such nights can only help attract prospective new fighters. As the Albert Hall fills to around 80% of its capacity it feels important to remember that women’s boxing was still banned in Britain in 1998.
I also think British boxing has a clear future star. Caroline Dubois is the most gifted young female fighter in this country and the atmosphere is really starting to build as she prepares to showcase her vast potential against Bo Mi Re Shen, the supposedly tough and resilient South Korean.
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Continue reading...UFC 313: Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev TV, time, how to watch Saturday
Alex Pereira is set to defend his UFC light heavyweight title against Magomed Ankalaev. Here is what the fight card looks like and how to watch.
‘Trailblazers led us to this’: women’s boxing fights way to Royal Albert Hall
Lauren Price, Natasha Jonas and Cindy Ngamba believe groundbreaking all-female bill offers the sport the chance to set aside its problems and show pride in its progress
“It’s maddening and sad to think that, not so long ago, women were banned from being fighters,” says Lauren Price as she prepares to face Natasha Jonas in a fascinating world welterweight title unification bout that headlines Friday’s all-female bill at the Royal Albert Hall. But, first, the Olympic gold medallist and world champion pauses to remember those who preceded her.
In August 1998, the British Boxing Board of Control were taken to court by Jane Couch, a professional fighter who had been forced abroad because women’s boxing was banned in her country. Bernard Buckley, the board’s solicitor, told the judge that “many women suffer from premenstrual tension which makes them more emotional, labile and accident-prone. They are too fragile to box and bruise easily.”
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