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554: THE LION TAMER

Bring out the humble pie. Nobody predicted the biggest upset of the year happening at UFC269 but the night belonged to Juliana Pena as she handed Amanda Nunes her first defeat since 2014 and became the Bantamweight world champion. Charles…

553: Mr. BENN

Nobody three years ago could have predicted that this version of Conor Benn would have existed.  He does, and it’s bloody exciting! In a weekend of sensational performances we put him at the top of the tree and begin to…

552: THERE’S LIFE IN THE ALDO YET

Is there anything better than seeing one of your favourite fighters roll back the years and show off the skills that made them famous a decade ago? Jose Aldo put on his best bantamweight showing against Rob Font and got…

551: GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE

In a week where the table was set for every 135 pound contender to steak their claim, we are still talking about George Kambosos. He has maximised his moment and remains the face of the Lightweight jungle. We review Devin…

550: LIGHT AS A FEATHER

Fight Disciples HALL OF FAMER, Dan Hooker, is making moves back down to 145 after completing a test cut last week.  We discuss the possible fights and the ‘fast track’ to the title. As well as that we give you…

549: WIZARD OF OZ

Nobody gave him a chance but George Kambosas wasn’t listening. A performance of elite boxing technique and incredible heart establishes him as the premier lightweight on the planet. The emperor. We pick the bones out of an amazing weekend of…

548: DECISIONS DECISIONS

Well, they can’t all be fight of the year contenders and UFC Vegas 43 sadly was the calm after the several weeks worth of storms we’ve been served. It becomes the first card in UFC history to have 11 fights…

547: TOO BUDDY GOOD

Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford is the best welterweight on the planet and if Errol Spence disagree’s he’ll have to get in the ring to prove it. Crawford went through the gears in fine style against Shawn Porter at the weekend, becoming…

546: MAXIMUS PRIME

Max Holloway is only 29 years of age and in the prime of his fighting career! For many he’s the best ever featherweight and on Saturday he showed why he is regarded as so providing yet again a stellar performance.…

545: YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!

Kiko Martinez hasn’t strung three consecutive wins together since 2015, but managed to find himself in yet another world title fight on Saturday night. He was there to make ‘Kid’ Galahad look good in his first title defence but the…