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"Alpha" Cat Zingano is making a return to MMA... just not the same promotion. The one-time UFC bantamweight champions making her way back to MMA under the Bellator banner. ESPN’s Ariel Welhani reported Tuesday that Zingano will compete at the featherweight division. The 37-year old Zingano signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA after being being released by UFC in August. Her most recent fight was a TKO loss to Megan Anderson at UFC 232 in December 2018. Zingano was ranked #7 in the official UFC bantamweight rankings at the time of her departure from the company. Can Zingano still compete at a high level? Zingano's last fight ended with a technical kn ockout in just a little over a minute in the first round. The loss was controversial however since she took a big toe to the eye. She appealed the loss with the California State Athletic Commission but to no avail. The loss put here in a 1-4 slid in her last five fights. She stated that her

John Gotti III has found a new path in MMA

A career as an MMA fighter is full of thankless recognition and sometimes deception. Some of these Mixed Martial Arts fighters live a simple life of training and fighting while others get involved with the flashy, peripheral elements of the business such as flexing and antics. Thanks to the new approach by the TV series The Ultimate Fighter, admitting you do an actual day job is no longer considered a mortal sin. While fighters can now peacefully do day jobs on top of training, others chose to pursue it full time to keep themselves and away from distraction. One of them is 3-0 professional mixed martial artist John Gotti III. It’s a full-time job for some The concept of the film “300” is calculating every point of attack precisely in order for an army of 300 Spartans to defeat an army of thousands without any of them dying. For an MMA fighter, that means waking up early every morning to get more done in a day. Every jog, every meal, every early night

DeMarcus Cousins Gets Ejected 3 Minutes Into Rockets Debut

DeMarcus Cousins suited up Monday for just his third game back in the NBA after missing all of last season with a torn ACL. The problem is that it didn't last long. Three is the magic number as the Houston Rockets center only lasted three minutes in a 113-100 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. It was vintage Cousins with his love-hate relationship with league officials that lead to his ejection. Cousins hit two birds with one stone after picking up his first technical early in the second quarter for jawing Mavs center Willie Cauley-Stein. He then gave Cauley-Stein a little shove after. Just a little bit later, Cousins picked up his second technical for protesting a non-call, a common occurrence in the past when Cousins thinks he is fouled. There wasn't any clear audible on the incident but the quick whistle indicates that profanity was involved. Was it the right call? All of NBA and fans alike already have a preconditioned bias against Cousins. He's been snubbed on All Star v