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HYDEN BLOG; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 259 and UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt HYDEN BLOG; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 259 and UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 259 and UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt were this weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 259 GOOD- Jaleel Willis vs. Maycon Mendonca Willis got three takedowns in the first round. Mendonca landed some big shots in the second round but Willis won the round with two late takedowns. They traded strikes in a close third rou...

MMA Fighting Share this story Bellator MMA Cris Cyborg used nearly every second of her second title defense to put away a super tough Leslie Smith to cap off Bellator 259. The featherweight championship main event served as a rematch almost five years to the day from their first meeting in Cyborg’s UFC debut, where she stopped Smith via strikes in just over a minute at UFC 198 at a catchweight of 140 pounds. It was a much different battle the second time around, with Smith showing an incredible amount of heart to survive a slew of tough spots. In the end, Cyborg finally put...

Bellator 259 results and highlights: Cris Cyborg dominates Leslie Smith again Share this story Bellator MMA/Lucas Noonan When Cris Cyborg first fought Leslie Smith back in 2016, it took only 81 seconds for Cyborg to get the TKO. The rematch on Friday night for the Bellator women’s featherweight title nearly went the distance, but it was also extremely lopsided and once again Cyborg came out victorious. Cyborg stopped an extraordinarily tough with strikes with just nine seconds left in the final round of the Bellator 259 main event. Smith was dropped and hurt multiple times, taken down multi...

Bellator 259 features one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, who headlines opposite Leslie Smith. However, an undercard fight between two prospects looking to establish their names, takes place between Jaleel Willis and Maycon Mendonca. With exciting styles, and experience on either side, this fight will be a hotly contested affair in the welterweight division. Willis has been praised by analysts and pundits alike. The Tennessee native was 12-2, with a run in the LFA under his belt, before signing with Bellator in 2020. This run included wins over Viniciu...

UFC/MMA ‘Fights of the Year’ 2020 - Top 5 List Share this story Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC A smaller pool of fights did not produce a commensurate drop in quality tussles this year; in a world more desperate than ever for entertainment, these men and women rose to the occasion. Let’s take a look at 2020’s “Fights of the Year.” 5. ( Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC We knew from the moment these two put pen to paper that this would be something special. Emmett has never been shy about unleashing those sledgehammers he calls fists and Burgos is a fascinating blend of slickster s...