Arman Tsarukyan feared he could be on the chopping block after he lost his UFC debut. Tsarukyan (21-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) stepped in on short notice to face none other than current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) in April 2019. Tsarukyan…

Cody Brundage is in an interesting position. He’s about a week out from the biggest opportunity of his MMA career: a spot on the UFC 300 main card against a highly touted wrestling standout who will go into the fight as one of the biggest…

Has Eddie Hearn and DAZN gotten the last laugh out of the war of boxing platforms? Wil Esco is an assistant editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2014. Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks to…

Junior middleweight Serhii Bohachuk delivered the most impressive victory of his career last Saturday. Bohachuk won a 12-round unanimous decision over Brian Mendoza to win a junior middleweight interim title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It was a long road for Bohachuk…

Skye Nicolson says she is open to facing Amanda Serrano over 12 three minute rounds if that gets the fight on – and the Australian is targeting a comprehensive win on Saturday night over Serrano’s old Sarah Mahfoud for the vacant WBC Featherweight belt at…

The story goes a tad differently depending on who you ask to tell it. One verbal account paints a picture – until the tale is interrupted halfway through when a detail is disputed. “He kicked my face,” Valter Walker interjected, as his brother Johnny Walker…

Galal Yafai believes that he’s banking the experience needed to rip the World titles from the champions, and that continues on Saturday when he defends his WBC International Flyweight title against Agustin Mauro Gauto at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, live worldwide on DAZN.…

Eddie Hearn believes Richardson Hitchins will be a problem for any of the leading 140-pounders. Hitchins is a 26-year-old from New York who is 17-0 (7 KOs) as a pro and he boxes Argentine Gustavo Lemos, 29-0 (19 KOs) at the new Fontainebleau in Las…

Justin Gaethje predicts a doctors’ stoppage TKO of Max Holloway at UFC 300. BMF champion Gaethje (25-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) defends his belt against Holloway (25-7 MMA, 21-7 UFC) on April 13 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Former UFC featherweight champion Holloway has never…