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    Health Update on Ben Askren Provided by His Wife

    June 17, 2025
    Ben Askren’s Wife Shares Concerning Health Update The wife of retired UFC fighter Ben Askren has provided a public update regarding his serious health condition. Askren, 40, is currently hospitalized in Wisconsin after being diagnosed with pneumonia. According to the update, he remains sedated and is receiving support from a ventilator. Doctors are continuing to monitor his condition closely, and there is a possibility that he may require a lung transplant in the future. “I […]

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  • We're breaking down the winners and losers from UFC 314 in Miami, Florida
    UFC 314: Main winners and losers from mammoth Miami event
    April 15, 2025
    With the dust and the smoke settling, the events of Saturday night in Miami, Florida continue to be the topic of debate and discussion. Today, we’re breaking down and analysing some of the biggest winners and losers from the UFC’s Miami card on Saturday night. With that being said, let’s kick things off with the winners from UFC 314: Alexander Volkanovski might truly be ‘The Great(est)’ Saturday night saw some truly remarkable history being made […]
  • UFC Fight Night Tampa Staff Predictions
    December 14, 2024
    GOOD MORNING, FIGHT FANS! Ladies and gentlemen, we are back with another fantastic fight night from the UFC –  this time from Amelie Arena in Tampa, Florida. It is an event which sees the return of Colby “Chaos” Covington, who takes on Joaquin “New Mansa” Buckley in a titanic welterweight main event. With that in mind, the staff here at Fight Bananas are back with Round 2 of our event predictions. Read on to find […]
  • BREAKING NEWS: Conor McGregor GUILTY of Dublin R*** in 2018
    November 22, 2024
    UFC star Conor McGregor has been found civilly liable for raping a woman in a Dublin hotel in 2018, and has been fined 248,000 Euros (around $258,000). “Brutally r***d and battered” – Civil Jury Delivers Damning Verdict The case centred around a sexual encounter between McGregor, a second man (James Lawrence), the Claimant and another woman in December 2018, a couple of months following McGregor’s devastating defeat to Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov. The woman at […]
  • Change On The Horizon? Judge Rejects UFC Antitrust Settlement
    August 5, 2024
    Amidst all of the typically busy furore of the world of combat sports, one of the biggest stories of the year has actually come from outside the Octagon, as opposed to within the confines of the cage; in fact, it has come from a Nevada courtroom, where the settlement (totalling $335 million) of a pair of class action lawsuits against Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the UFC has been rejected. Stay tuned to find […]
  • REPORT: Daniel Jacobs vs Shane Mosley Jr to co-main Diaz/Masvidal
    May 31, 2024
    Ladies and gentlemen, we’re getting ever-closer to our July 6th night of boxing, featuring UFC legends Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal facing off in Anaheim, California. Today, though, some big news was announced for the event, with the co-main event being unveiled; and it’s a big one. Jacobs and Mosley Jr to meet in Anaheim, CA Daniel Jacobs (37-4, 30 KOs) is a two-time former middleweight world champion, having held the WBA middleweight world title […]
June 12, 2025
Published by Phillip D on June 12, 2025

BETTING BANANAS – UFC ATLANTA

Howdy fight fans! We head to Atlanta, GA this weekend for a UFC Fight Night card. This card is headlined by the welterweight fight between Kamaru Usman & Joaquin Buckley in what is sure to be an absolute banger of a contest! Buckley has been on a tear of late, and he gets to test himself against arguably the GOAT of the 170lb division. Here’s my take on some of this weekends best bets, and […]
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June 5, 2025
Published by Phillip D on June 5, 2025

BETTING BANANAS – UFC 316

Now then fight fans. Who’s excited for this weekends UFC card? Everyone! Thought so. We head to the Prudential centre in Newark for a bantamweight title rematch taking the headline slot. Sean O’Malley looks to get his title back from the Georgian juggernaut Merab Dvalishvili. Plus we have a stacked undercard, along with a great co-main event in Kayla Harrison v Julianna Pena for the ladies 135 pound gold. Let’s get into it. The Bananas […]
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May 29, 2025
Published by Phillip D on May 29, 2025

BETTING BANANAS – UFC VEGAS 107 – BLANCHFIELD VS BARBER.

Guess who’s back? Back again! Phil is back! Tell your friends! Ok so enough with the Eminem intro people. I am happy to be back doing articles and content for my beloved family at Fight Banana’s! Ill be here every week with a betting breakdown for all the UFC events, and any major combat sports shows I’m throwing money at. So lets get into this weekends UFC action. On what to me is a low […]
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January 29, 2025
UFC Saudi Arabia sleeper fight
Published by Phillip D on January 29, 2025

UFC SAUDI ARABIA | ADESANYA Vs IMAVOV

What’s up fight fans! We are headed to the Middle East for this weekends card as Riyadh, Saudi Arabia hosts an amazing fight night line up! We have a 6 fight main card to break down, headlined by The Last Style-bender Israel Adesanya! Let’s get into it! For the opening fight of the night, we head to the featherweight division. MUHAMMAD NAIMOV V KAAN OFLI  Not the most dazzling opener to a card, but both […]
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January 22, 2025
Published by Phillip D on January 22, 2025

PFL ROAD TO DUBAI | NURMAGOMEDOV V HUGHES

Now then my people! We are fresh off the back of a fantastic UFC card last weekend in LA. Now we make the trip over to Dubai for its Champions Series event, headlined by Usman Nurmagomedov and Irelands Paul Hughes. Dagestan v Ireland? Sound familiar? Well we know Khabib will be there in Usman’s corner. But will a certain notorious Irishman make an appearance to support his fellow countryman Paul Hughes. I reckon so! Anyhow […]
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January 17, 2025
Published by Phillip D on January 17, 2025

UFC 311 | MAIN CARD PREVIEWS & PREDICTIONS | ARMAN OUT. MOICANO IN! UPDATED ARTICLE!

EDIT – MOICANO IS IN! ARMAN IS OUT!  It’s nearly upon us fight fans. The first PPV of the year and what a PPV she is. A five fight main card that is absolutely stacked top to bottom. There isn’t one fight on this main card that I aren’t absolutely pumped for. If this is Dana’s way of starting the year off on the right foot, I am absolutely here for it. I may even […]
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January 15, 2025
Published by Phillip D on January 15, 2025

PFL RELEASE 2025 SCHEDULE | MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.

Now then my people. It’s been a strange few weeks if you’re a fan of the PFL brand. Even today’s announcement of the upcoming schedule caused a stir as it confirmed that the prize money has been halved, and they have got rid of their usual “season” format. Which has been replaced by a simple single elimination tournament, featuring 8 fighters, across 8 weight divisions. The winner will receive of each tournament will receive a […]
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January 8, 2025
Published by Phillip D on January 8, 2025

UFC VEGAS 101 | RIBAS VS DERN | MAIN CARD PREVIEW & BEST BETS

Well fights we made it. The Xmas lull in violence is officially over. It’s officially fight week and on Saturday night we head to The Apex for the 1st UFC card of 2025. Now this year this article of mine is gonna change up a little. I’m going to preview each fight on the main card, and then for you betting degenerates, I’ll give you my best bets at the end. So let’s get into […]
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January 7, 2025
Published by Phillip D on January 7, 2025

UFC LONDON HAS ITS MAIN EVENT | EDWARDS V JDM | O2 ARENA | 22ND MARCH 2025

We finally got the news UK MMA fans in particular wanted to hear today. As it was confirmed that Leon Edwards will fight Jack Della Maddalena at the O2 in London, on Saturday March 22nd 2025. This absolute fire fight of a main event, gives us the equivalent of “The Ashes” in the MMA world. A heated contest in cricket, between England and Australia. Now we get the UFC version, over 5 rounds, between 2 […]
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January 6, 2025
Published by Phillip D on January 6, 2025

UFC SEATTLE MAIN & CO MAIN EVENTS ANNOUNCED

The UFC’s return to Seattle has its main event and main event set. In the main event of the evening former double champion Henry Cejudo returns to the octagon, to face “The Kung Fu kid” Song Yadong. This will be a 5 round main event. Both fighters will come into this on the back of a loss, and both will be determined to return to winning ways at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. […]
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