Kickboxer Folds Opponent Like an Accordion with a Third-Round Headkick KO

DSF Kickboxing Challenge 14 provided one of the weekend’s first great knockouts. The event took place at the Torwar in Warsaw. Piotr Romankevich put in a day’s work against Dawid Zoltaszek…

DSF Kickboxing Challenge 14 provided one of the weekend’s first great knockouts. The event took place at the Torwar in Warsaw. Piotr Romankevich put in a day’s work against Dawid Zoltaszek…

UFC 223 Results: The Real Winners and Losers

The story of UFC 223 is the story of what happened before the curtain rose. Even by MMA standards, it was a tumultuous week in Brooklyn, New York. Were it possible to quantify such things, it probably set a new high score for unadulterated craziness…

The story of UFC 223 is the story of what happened before the curtain rose. Even by MMA standards, it was a tumultuous week in Brooklyn, New York. Were it possible to quantify such things, it probably set a new high score for unadulterated craziness…

MMA Fighter Lights Up Opponent with Relentless Flurry Before Landing KO Blow

The “Afro Monkey” Andre Ewell made an impression with a knockout in 101 seconds during Legacy Fighting Alliance 36 at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California on Friday evening…

The “Afro Monkey” Andre Ewell made an impression with a knockout in 101 seconds during Legacy Fighting Alliance 36 at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California on Friday evening…

UFC 220 Results: The Real Winners and Losers

If it wasn’t the best heavyweight matchup in UFC history, it was pretty darn close.
If Stipe Miocic retained his championship, he would set a UFC record for consecutive heavyweight title defenses with three (yeah, there’s some churn in this division). …

If it wasn’t the best heavyweight matchup in UFC history, it was pretty darn close.

If Stipe Miocic retained his championship, he would set a UFC record for consecutive heavyweight title defenses with three (yeah, there’s some churn in this division). If Francis Ngannou—a slight betting favorite despite his challenger status, per OddsShark—were to gain the victory, it would cement the hard-hitting French-Cameroonian as the company’s newest bona fide star.

That was the main event at UFC 220, which went down Saturday from the chilly streets of Boston. But it was far from the only intriguing bout. It wasn’t even the only title match. The co-main event saw Daniel Cormier put his light heavyweight belt on the line against upstart Volkan Oezdemir.

As always, the final stat lines only reveal so much. These are the real winners and losers from UFC 220.

And for the literal-minded among us, full card results appear at the end.

Begin Slideshow

UFC 219 Results: The Real Winners and Losers from Cyborg vs. Holm Fight Card

Each fighter in the main event of UFC 219 needed something very specific from the other. Each one had things in her core identity that perfectly filled in the gaps of her opponent’s. 
Holly Holm has fame and cross-demographic admiration. Cris Cybo…

Each fighter in the main event of UFC 219 needed something very specific from the other. Each one had things in her core identity that perfectly filled in the gaps of her opponent’s. 

Holly Holm has fame and cross-demographic admiration. Cris Cyborg has dominance, an aura of true greatness.

Make no mistake: This went beyond Cyborg’s featherweight belt. The champ wants Holm’s profile, to finally step into the spotlight as the fighter to watch in women’s MMA, no matter your interest level in the sport as a whole. Holm wants Cyborg’s MMA gravitas, a legacy that extends beyond that Ronda Rousey head kick.

The stakes couldn’t be clearer. It was just a matter of who brought home the spoils.

It was a compelling matchup in and out of the cage in the main event in Las Vegas. But the intrigue was dense across this relatively brisk 10-fight lineup. In the co-main, super-phenom Khabib Nurmagomedov continued his halting climb toward a lightweight title bout when he returned (again) from injuries and bad weight cuts to face one of the best strikers in the entire UFC in Edson Barboza.

And don’t forget about the return of Carlos Condit. The Natural Born Killer is less active than he once was. A collision with the excellent Neil Magny would determine if he still has it.

As always, the final stat lines only reveal so much. These are the real winners and losers from UFC 219. For the literal-minded among us, full results appear at the end. And hey…happy new year.

Begin Slideshow