There’s always a lot happening in the world of combat sports and I know it can be hard to remember what’s going on and when it’s going down.
With that in mind, I’ll be providing this weekly list to help keep you informed of all the various people punching, kicking and slamming each other around the world.
Personal recommendations:
-Richman and Rickels are both warriors and former MMA standouts. That should be a good scrap.
-The UFC card is solid, if not exactly star-studded. The price tag makes the eyes boggle a bit though.
-As great as GGG has been, the standout boxing match is on Showtime. Lubin vs. Fundora is a pick-em fight while the two shows on DAZN feature what is expected to be relatively one-way traffic.
April 8: Bareknuckle Fighting Championship 23, Wichita (FITE TV, $19.99)
Mike Richman vs. Dave Rickels
April 9: UFC 273, Jacksonville (ESPN PPV, $74.99)
Alexander Volkanovski vs. Chan Sung Jung (UFC Featherweight title)
Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan (UFC Bantamweight unification)
Gilbert Burns vs. Khamzat Chimaev
Mackenzie Dern vs. Tecia Torres
Aleksei Oleinik vs. Jared Vanderaa
April 9: Boxing, Saitama, Japan (DAZN)
Gennady Golovkin vs. Ryota Murata (IBF/WBA middleweight unification)
Shuichiro Yoshino vs. Masayuki Ito
Junto Nakatani vs. Ryota Yamauchi (WBO flyweight title)
April 9: Boxing, San Antonio (DAZN)
Ryan Garcia vs. Emmanuel Tagoe
Marlen Esparza vs. Naoko Fujioka (WBC/WBA women’s flyweight unification)
Gabriel Rosado vs. Shane Mosley Jr.
April 9: GCW Paranoid, Los Angeles (FITE TV, $12.99)
AJ Gray vs. Swerve (GCW Extreme Title)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Blake Christian
The Briscoes vs. BUSSY (Allie Katch & Effy)
April 9: Boxing, Las Vegas (Showtime)
Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastian Fundora (WBC interim junior middleweight title)
Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia
Kevin Salgado vs. Bryant Perrella
April 9: Boxing, Costa Mesa (ESPN)
Mikaela Mayer vs. Jennifer Han (IBF/WBO women’s junior lightweight title)
Giovani Santillan vs. Jeovanis Barraza
April 10: GCW Devil In A New Dress, San Francisco (FITE TV, $12.99)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Mike Bailey
Biff Busick vs. Masha Slamovich
This is beyond helpful. No one combines MMA, boxing, and wrestling schedules so this is very much appreciated.
Came here to leave the same exact comment. Thank you.