Joshua Pacio retained the ONE Strawweight MMA World Title with a first-round submission of Mansur Malachiev at The Inner Circle 21, while Shozo Isojima stopped Eduard Folayang in the co-main event. Full results and video highlights inside.
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Found! Former Olympic Gold Medalist and WBA Champion Mark Breland is Located at a New Jersey Care Facility By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Former Golden Gloves champion, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist and World Boxing Association World Welterweight champion Mark Breland, 63, who had been missing since October 2025, has been located […]
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Granit Stein Retires Felix Sturm by 10 Round Split Decision in Stuttgart By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Stuttgart, Germany (June 13th, 2026)– Announcing his retirement, the 25-year career of former world champion Felix Sturm ended in a sour farewell at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, on July 11, 2026. Sturm, age […]
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Murat Gassiev retains his WBA heavyweight title, stopping late replacement Peter Kadiru in Round 6 at VTB Arena in Moscow. Full results, round-by-round breakdown, and video highlights from Gassiev-Kadiru.
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UFC 329 Results: Max Holloway TKOs Conor McGregor in Round 1 after a knee injury cuts short McGregor's five-year comeback. Paddy Pimblett and King Green earn Performance of the Night, Royval-Kavanagh takes Fight of the Night.
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Night of Knockouts XVIII Weights, CLIP Motor City Casino Detroit Boxing Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Detroit, Mi (September 9th, 2021)– The weigh-in results for the ten scheduled bouts at Sound Board, Motor City Hotel Casino, Detroit, Michigan, Thursday, September 9, 2020, are as follows, for the Friday, […]
Carlos Llinas Clip Promotions Presents Night of Knockouts XVIII at Motor City Casino By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Photo Credit Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Detroit Mi (September 9th, 2021)– Carlos Ilinas and CLIP Promotions will present Night of Knockouts XVIII, an exciting ten-bout card of professional boxing on Friday, September […]
PFL 4, 2021: Weigh-in Results Atlantic City, NJ (June 9th, 2021)– The Professional Fighters League (PFL) held the weigh-ins for its fourth event of the 2021 season Wednesday, June 9. The official pre-fight check took place at the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. PFL 4, 2021 features the men’s featherweight and lightweight divisions as […]
Former Super Welterweight World Champion Tony Harrison Battles Tough Contender Bryant Perrella in FOX PBC Fight Night Main Event & on FOX Deportes Saturday, April 17 from Los Angeles Undefeated Super Lightweight Sensation Omar Juarez to Return in Co-Main Event Against Veteran Jessie Roman & Exciting Rising Prospect Vito Mielnicki Jr. Kicks Off Action Beginning […]
Shields Defeats Dicaire by UD to Become a 2 Weight Undisputed Champion By WBAN Flint, MI (March 6th, 2021)– Women’s superstar Claressa Shields furthered her claim as boxing’s “GWOAT” Friday night and became the unified WBC, WBO, IBF & WBA Junior Middleweight World Champion, by scoring a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision over Marie-Eve Dicaire of […]
SALITA PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCES THURSDAY LIVE WEIGH-IN SHOW AND FRIDAY LIVE PREVIEW SHOW, ALL LEADING TO HISTORIC MARCH 5 SUPERWOMEN: SHIELDS VS. DICAIRE ALL-FEMALE PPV BOXING EVENT SUPERWOMEN: SHIELDS VS. DICAIRE WILL BE LIVE STREAMED THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 5, AT 9PM EST | 8PM CST | 6PM PST ON FITE.TV AND VIVE NETWORK AND DISTRIBUTED BY […]
PPV STREAMING PLATFORM FITE.TV ALREADY RECEIVING SURPRISING NUMBER OF ORDERS FOR HISTORIC ALL-FEMALE “SUPERWOMEN: SHIELDS VS DICAIRE” SUPER WELTERWEIGHT UNIFICATION EVENT ON FRIDAY, MARCH 5 Flint, MI (February 7th, 2021)– Pay-per-view live streaming platform FITE.TV has already received a surprising number of early buys for the Friday, March 5, “SUPERWOMEN: SHIELDS VS. DICAIRE,’ event, an “historic” […]
Dmitriy Salita Interview and Five Bout Detroit Kronk Gym Card Preview By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Detroit, MI (August 10th, 2020)– Dmitriy Salita and Salita Promotions will present a seven-bout professional boxing card of young rising prospects at the New Kronk Gym in Detroit, […]
From Boxing to Bicycles: The Marlon Thomas Story By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent 48 bout veteran Marlon ‘Trouble Man’ Thomas terrorized the lower weight classes between 1991 and 2014. Fighting out of Detroit, Michigan, Thomas compiled a professional record of 37-9-1 with 21 knockouts, and one No Contest. At […]
Detroit Trainer of Champions, Ali Harrison, Father of Ex WBC Champ Tony Harrison, Dies at 59 From COVID-19 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Detroit, MI (April 21, 2020)– On April 20, 2020, this reporter’s friend, Ali Harrison Salaam, the father and trainer of former […]
Detroit’s Hedgemon Lewis, Golden Gloves and World Welterweight Champion, Dies at 74 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Greensboro, Alabama (April 2, 2020)– Detroit Michigan’s Hedgemon Lewis is a member of the California Boxing Hall of Fame as a fighter and trainer. The 1963 Detroit Diamond Belt amateur champion, National […]
Gov. Whitmer Michigan Coronavirus Ban Kayos Carlos Llinas Boxing and MMA Cards By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Detroit, MI (March 14th, 2020)– Governor Gretchen Whitmer, with Michigan in a state of emergency, issued an executive order Friday, March 13, 2020, prohibiting all gatherings […]
Wild Wild Warren! Boozer Wins Odd Split Decision, Flagg Down Twice in First and Wins By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent-Ringside *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Warren, MI (February 29th, 2020)– In the main event promoted by Kenny Moore and Vi Tran’s Second2None Promotions at DeCarlo’s Convention Center […]
She Bee Stingin’T-Rex! If Money is Right Laila Ali Says She’ll Fight Claressa Shields By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Las Vegas, NV (February 28th, 2020)– Retired former World Female Super Middleweight champion Laila ‘She Bee Stingin’ Ali, age 42, Muhammad Ali’s daughter, retired since 2007, 24-0 with 21 knockouts, […]
Michigan Fight Night! Second2None Promotions DeCarlo’s Convention Center Weights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Warren, MI (February 28th, 2020)– Kenny Moore and Vi Tran’s Second2None Promotions and TopBreed Promotions present an exciting seven bout card of area boxing tonight at DeCarlo’s Convention Center in Warren, Michigan, Friday, February 28, […]
Second2None Promotions Presents Eight Bout Warren DeCarlo’s Convention Center Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Detroit, Michigan (February 26th, 2020)– Kenny Moore and Vi Tran’s Second2None Promotions and TopBreed Promotions will present an exciting eight-bout card of area boxing at DeCarlo’s Convention Center in, Michigan, on Friday, February 28, 2020, […]
K9 Bundrage and Erika Newman Interview: Famous Boxers Have No Privacy By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The way former World Boxing Association World Super Welterweight champion Cornelius ‘K9’ Bundrage of Detroit tells it, after he became world champion, people on the street would call out to him and shout “Hey […]
Iraqi Featherweight Prospect Basil Ali Nasser Rises in Dearborn Heights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Iraqi featherweight prospect Basil Ali Nasser is now 4-0 at only 22 years old. Born in Iraq, Nasser immigrated at four months old with his family to the United States. A native of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, […]
Some Things Don’t Come Easy, Bocachica and Walker Win by Decision at Ford Center *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Dearborn, MI (December 8th, 2019)– ‘Some Things Don’t Come Easy’ is a classic song by England Dan and John Ford Coley, the opening lines which […]
Dearborn Civic Center Best of Boxing Weights By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Janelson Bocachica versus Luis Florez, Welterweights (+ or – one pound) Bocachica 147.8 pounds, Florez 144.4 pounds, 8 Rounds Co-Main Event Eric Walker versus Damian Bonelli, Middleweights Walker 157 pounds, […]
Taylor Duerr Wins NABF Title in Detroit MotorCity Casino Llinas Main Event By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent *Photo Credit: Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Detroit, MI (November 24th, 2019)– In the main event of a nine bout boxing card at Detroit’s MotorCity Casino Soundboard on Friday evening, November 22, 2019, promoted […]
Dog Day Afternoon in Women’s Boxing: New Brizel Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Mike Tyson bites off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear. Controversy sells tickets, however stupid. Nobody likes welterweight Adrien Broner, but when he sounds his mouth off, everybody watches his fights. Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains the greatest […]
Showtime IDs Artis Mack, Claressa Shields Brother, as Flint Attacker. Bashir Responds. By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The police have a suspect in custody. Showtime has gone public, and identified 28-year-old parolee Artis Jacquel Mack, brother of Claressa Shields of Flint, Michigan, as the attacker who sucker-punched Ivana Habazin’s trainer James […]
Brizel Editorial with Ivana Habazin Reply: Flint War of the Words Caused Tragedy By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In this reporter’s view, boxing and professional sports in the state of Michigan are an all-time low. The state of Michigan, the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission, Dort Federal Event Center, in Flint and […]
MARSHALL – I’LL BEAT CLARESSA SHIELDS AGAIN ‘Silent Assassin’ targets World title showdown with amateur foe Savannah Marshall is convinced that she would make it two wins from two fights against Claressa Shields if the former amateur rivals were to meet again in the professional ranks. Undefeated Hartlepool sensation Marshall, trained by Peter Fury, makes her highly-anticipated […]
CLARESSA SHIELDS VS. IVANA HABAZIN FLINT AND DETROIT PRESS CONFERENCES QUOTES AND PHOTOS Shields Fights to Become Three-Division World Champion In Hometown Debut Against Former Champion Habazin Saturday, October 5 Live on SHOWTIME® From Dort Federal Event Center In Flint, Mich. Click HERE for Photos from Flint & HERE for Photos From Detroit Photo Credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME FLINT, […]
CLARESSA SHIELDS vs. IVANA HABAZIN RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 LIVE ON SHOWTIME® Shields Fights To Become Three-Division World Champion In Hometown Debut From Dort Federal Event Center In Flint, Mich. SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION® Live At 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT Tickets on Sale TODAY at 2 p.m. ET! NEW YORK – […]
UNDISPUTED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION CLARESSA SHIELDS FIGHTS TO BECOME THREE-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION IN HOMETOWN DEBUT AGAINST IVANA HABAZIN SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 LIVE ON SHOWTIME® Shields and Habazin Meet for WBO Junior Middleweight World Championship From Dort Federal Event Center in Flint, Mich. SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION® Live At 9 p.m. ET/PT Tickets on Sale […]
What A Show! Duerr and Pinchuk in Wild Battle 10 Round WBC Draw in Detroit By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Detroit, Michigan (June 9th, 2019)– In a ten round nonstop action toe-to-toe thriller which emerged as perhaps the best bout ever staged in the career of promoter Carlos Llinas and […]
Duerr vs. Pinchuk for WBC USNBC Title on Carlos llinas Detroit MotorCity Casino Card By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Promoter Carlos Llinas and Carlos Llinas Productions will present an exciting ten bout cards of professional boxing entitled Night of Knockouts XVI, on Friday evening, June 7, 2019, at Sound Board Theater, […]
Lyubomyr ‘Rocky’ Pinchuk To Face Taylor Duerr in Detroit 10 Round Title Bout By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Detroit, Michigan (April 29th, 2019)– In a stunning turn of events after the pullout of injured James Ballard, undefeated Detroit light heavyweight prospect Taylor ‘Machine Gun’ Duerr will face off in the 10 […]
Randall Bailey Interview: ‘I Will Fight Claressa Shields and Knock Her Out!’ By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent In a Real Combat Media international exclusive, former world super lightweight and welterweight champion Randall ‘The Knock-Out King’ Bailey, age 45, who says he is still in the gym and ready to go in […]
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