This week on The Writer and The Fighter, Oregon Sports News Senior MMA Writer David Golden and Bellator MMA fighter Jake Smith break down some of the action from UFC on ESPN+ 14, discuss how Jake is feeling leading up to his fight at Bellator 226, and try to decide if football players and MMA fighters actually want to switch jobs.
David Golden is the Senior MMA Columnist for Oregon Sports News. David’s articles have been featured on USAToday.com, CSNNW.com, KGW.com, among other major websites. David has covered mixed martial arts since 2013 and in addition to his work with OSN David is a past contributor at Cagepotato.
On March 8th, 2020, Israel Adesanya successfully defended his middleweight title against Yoel Romero in a highly-anticipated bout in Las Vegas. In the absence of the number-two ranked contender, Paulo Costa, who was unable to […]
The Bellator MMA Heavyweight Tournament is well underway and we now know who our first two semi-finalists are. On one side of the bracket, we have the newly victorious Matt Mitrione. On the other side, […]
On this episode of the The Writer and The Fighter, Oregon Sports News Senior MMA Writer David Golden and Bellator MMA fighter Jake Smith discuss the lifted suspension of Jon Jones and just what it […]