The Weekend in Scraps: Cyborg Dominates, Badr Hari Returns, Deontay Wilder Wins Big
Every Monday, the Combat Press staff gathers its thoughts on the previous weekend’s fights and fight news. This feature isn’t a recap and it isn’t an editorial, but rather a bit of both worlds. We’ll scour the best from the combat-sports landscape and deliver it, with some commentary, right here. Let’s get started…
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Well, Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino sure is cleaning out the UFC women’s bantamweight division. It’s too bad that the Brazilian is a 145-pound fighter, though. While her victory over Yana Kunitskaya in the UFC 222 headliner was another impressive piece of work for the women’s MMA legend, it was one more defense against a fighter who typically competes a weight class below Cyborg’s featherweight division. Kunitskaya may have entered as the Invicta FC bantamweight queen, but she’s still no match for the likes of Cyborg. The Brazilian has very little competition l
Thousands flock to gyms in first week of lockdown re-opening
The figures are an incredible 106 per cent increase compared to the same week after the first lockdown
Pingles Leisure Centre, Nuneaton
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More than 3,000 people used Nuneaton and Bedworth s council-owned gyms in the first week they were allowed to re-open.
Bellator 150: Galvão vs. Dantas 2 Preview and Predictions
After one of the more, um, interesting Bellator cards in recent memory, Bellator MMA comes back one week later with Bellator 150 at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kan. The main-card lineup will consist of five fights.
The main event of the evening is a bantamweight championship rematch. Current champion Marcos Galvão defends his belt against former champ Eduardo Dantas. In their first meeting, Dantas was the champion. Now, the tables are turned on the former student. Dantas was able to come out victorious with a TKO finish of Galvão, but Galvão will look to change his fortunes in their second go-around.
Earlier this year, Bellator MMA, along with the support of Viacom, continued its embarkment on a series of “power moves” to close the distance with its rival, the UFC, and to quiet those who refer to the company as “the other guys.”
These moves began with the pursuit of free agents. Last year, it with Phil Davis. More recently, it has been Benson Henderson and Matt Mitrione.
Henderson, a former UFC lightweight champion and decorated fighter in two divisions, was a big initial step for Bellator head Scott Coker and his regime. Henderson decided to test free agency, an occurrence that is becoming more frequent as fighters attempt to find out their true worth. It’s also an occurrence that was previously unheard of in MMA. A UFC fighter had, up to this point, almost always re-signed with the promotion. It was a safe move in an industry where cash isn’t exactly flowing into a fighter’s pocket.
Reposting one follower s answer, which simply read Chillin , Plant put up a peace sign and added: Relatable. Struggling after the long lockdown. Like a lot of people my mental health has been hard, another person said, to which Plant replied: It s been a tough one but hang in there! Not too long now.
The 24-year-old took part in the most recent series of I have loved every minute of being a part of
Dancing on Ice and I am disappointed as I feel I had so much more to give and was working hard to perfect each performance, he said at the time.