Scott Fontana
Contributor at Den of Geek
Copy Editor and MMA Writer at New York Post
Co-Host at The Couchside Judges MMA Podcast
Contributor at Everyday Health
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1 week ago |
nypost.com | Scott Fontana
The man for the land Down Under is back on top. More than a year after Ilia Topuria knocked him off his perch, Alexander Volkanovski recovered the since-vacated featherweight title on Saturday night with a unanimous decision victory, 49-46, 49-46, 48-47, victory over Diego Lopes in the UFC 314 main event in Miami. The title had been recently vacated by Topuria after the former champ resolved to move up to lightweight.
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1 week ago |
nypost.com | Scott Fontana
The Lioness is poised to receive the UFC’s top honor, but she’s hungry for more. Amanda Nunes, the former two-division UFC champion who retired from fighting nearly two years ago and is considered by many to be the women’s MMA GOAT, was announced Saturday night in Miami as the latest member of the UFC Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025. The announcement in the arena, which the broadcast team said on air was a surprise to Nunes, during UFC 314 brought the fighting legend to tears.
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1 month ago |
nypost.com | Scott Fontana
Don’t look now, but Alex Pereira is on the precipice of finishing one heck of a clean-up job. As chaotic as the UFC light heavyweight division had been 18 months ago — with injured champions twice dropping the belt and a pair of high-level 205-pounders fighting to a draw to leave a vacant belt unclaimed in the preceding year — Pereira is just a win away from victories over each of the top four contenders.
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2 months ago |
nypost.com | Scott Fontana
Bellator never die? The influence of the now-defunct MMA brand is all over the welterweight field of this year’s inaugural PFL World Tournament, with a trio of former champions — Jason Jackson, Andrey Koreshkov and Logan Storley — highlighting the group of eight. Jason Jackson throws a punch at opponent Ramazan Kuramagomedov during their Bellator welterweight championship fight on June 22, 2024, in Dublin.
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2 months ago |
nypost.com | Scott Fontana
Exactly 19 years ago, Nick Diaz fought Joe Riggs. Twice in one night. 3 Nick Diaz is the subject of this week’s episode of “Dark Side of the Cage.” Getty ImagesThe infamous story of their UFC 57 showdown on Feb.
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