Kevin Iole
Kevin Iole has covered combat sports since the 1970s and is the 2007 winner of the Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence in boxing journalism. Follow him on Twitter @KevinI.- SportsCagewriter•2 days ago
Kevin Lee's controversial win over Michael Chiesa leaves plenty of questions
Michael Chiesa's fight with Kevin Lee was stopped early Sunday. What does that mean for Chiesa's future?
- SportsCagewriter•2 days ago
Following double knockdown, Matt Mitrione KOs Fedor Emelianenko on wild Bellator card
Fedor Emelianenko was knocked out Saturday, but that doesn't begin to explain the circus of the Bellator event.
- SportsBoxing•4 days ago
Rip-off alert: Tickets for Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight not yet on sale
Floyd Mayweather will fight Conor McGregor on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas, but tickets are not yet on sale. UFC president Dana White warned fans not to get ripped off. A word to the wise: hold off buying tickets to see the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor bout on Aug. 26 until they are officially put on sale
SportsYahoo Sports•4 days agoWhen will enough be enough for B.J. Penn?
Like legendary boxing great Roy Jones Jr., future UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn doesn't seem to know when to quit.
- SportsCagewriter•4 days ago
Bellator's Scott Coker: Fedor Emelianenko 'in fourth quarter of his career'
Scott Coker calls Bellator NYC the best pay-per-view offering this year, and said he hopes it can sell at least 200,000 units. In the last 10-plus years, no MMA organization other than the UFC has been able to come close to doing it, and for Saturday’s show at Madison Square Garden in New York to reverse
- SportsBoxing•5 days ago
Five mistakes made in Mayweather-Pacquiao that will hopefully be avoided in Mayweather-McGregor
Talks to make a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao began in earnest in November 2009, not long after Pacquiao stopped Miguel Cotto in the 12th round at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. Mayweather and Pacquiao were Nos. The fight was a bust, as Mayweather won easily and neither
- SportsYahoo Sports•5 days ago
Is Bellator prodigy Aaron Pico the next big thing in MMA?
Aaron Pico could have been a lot of things. What he is, though, is an MMA rookie who makes his pro debut on Saturday at Bellator NYC in New York’s Madison Square Garden against veteran Zach Freeman. Pico’s entrance into MMA as a 20-year-old isn’t getting the kind of national attention that LeBron James
- SportsYahoo Sports•6 days ago
Chael Sonnen in desperate need of a win as he continues fight for credibility
As Sonnen makes his final preparations for Saturday’s bout vs. Wanderlei Silva, things are decidedly different than when he was one of the biggest stars in mixed martial arts.
- SportsYahoo Sports•7 days ago
Why Conor McGregor deserves more respect than he's getting
Critics who have mocked Conor McGregor since he signed to fight Floyd Mayweather are missing the point.
- SportsBoxing•7 days ago
Daniel 'Twitch' Franco making dramatic improvements from brain injury suffered in fight
Boxer Daniel “Twitch” Franco has made dramatic improvement and is now out of intensive care, and is able to speak, after injuries suffered in a fight earlier this month. Featherweight boxer Daniel “Twitch” Franco, who suffered two brain bleeds following a June 10 bout with Jose Haro in Iowa, has made
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