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Before Anatoly Malykhin makes his way to Atlanta to defend the ONE Heavyweight MMA World Title at ONE 169, he will be locked in for ONE Championship’s return to Denver. The Russian is amped for Jonathan Haggerty defending the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship against Superlek Kiatmoo9...
From emerging as a standout contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 20, to reaching the top of the Strawweight division on two separate occasions, Rose Namajunas has enjoyed one of the most successful careers in Women’s MMA history. For almost 10 years, the former Strawweight champion has cemented her...
Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) returns to Chandler, AZ, for LFA 188: Sweeney vs. Do Nascimento. Bantamweights headline the card as current LFA Bantamweight Champion, John Sweeney (MMA 13-3, LFA 5-0), faces off against Rio de Janeiro’s Rafael do Nascimento (MMA 9-2, LFA 3-1); however, only Nascime...
It’s a big night of MMA tonight and there’s only one US state to hold it in: Texas. Later this evening, Fury Fighting Championships heads to San Antonio and Boeing Center for Fury FC 93. Tonight’s card is stacked. Counting amateur and professional fights, the final version of Fury FC 93 features ...
ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Champion Tye Ruotolo defeated Jozef Chen at ONE Fight Night 23 on Friday, July 5. After the event, he was not celebrating the huge win. After the event, the Atos BJJ star revealed to ONE Championship that he felt disappointed in his performance. “I coul...
Nico Carrillo is known as “The King of the North,” but now stands one more match away from being the king of ONE Championship’s bantamweight Muay Thai division. The Scot reigned supreme at ONE Fight Night 23 on July 5. The second-round TKO over Saemapetch Fairtex cemented his status atop the cont...
Malaysian-American phenom Johan Ghazali will come stateside for the first time in his career as he joins the loaded lineup at ONE 168: Denver. After suffering the first defeat of his young career against Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat at ONE 167, the 17-year-old will try to bounce back against Josue Cruz i...
In the summertime, aside from Major League Baseball, MLS, and Leagues Cup, there’s not much going on. We’re still a few weeks away from the NFL’s preseason starting up in Canton with the Hall of Fame Game. This is called a sports lull, but thankfully, we’ve got MMA‘s top promotion get us through ...
Ares FC is fast becoming a legitimate competitor as one of the top regional promotions in all of Europe, and is back with another title fight on Thursday afternoon. France’s own Paulin Begai is set to take on unbeaten Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev of Turkey for the vacant light heavyweight championship a...
It’s another stacked Saturday in the world of combat sports. While the UFC is on the road in Denver for another UFC Fight Night card, the promotion’s home city once again plays host to a Saturday night of championship boxing. Bob Arum‘s Top Rank sets up shop inside Palms Casino Resort in Las Vega...
Filling in at short notice, Tracy Cortez will finally get her big chance to make a name for herself and break into the flyweight top five. Sitting pretty at 11-1 having only lost her debut, Cortez is 5-0 in the UFC with all of her fights going the distance. She got the opportunity through Dana […]
As per an official PFL press release, the PFL have announced PFL Africa. As per the press release the key points are: First premium Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league featuring top African athletes, with all events held across the continent, and available via leading regional media partners MMA Supe...
Matchroom Boxing heads to the northeast on Saturday. After a few weeks away, Wells Fargo Center, the home court of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and home ice of the NHL‘s Philadelphia Flyers plays host to an evening full of championship boxing action. In total, Saturday evening’s card from The Cit...
After a lighter than normal weekend of MMA last week due to the Fourth of July holiday in the United States, a full slate of competitive violence returns this weekend, starting on Friday night. A promotion that MMA fans are accustomed to seeing on Sundays gets the schedule underway. Slightly less...
If you’re still craving the sweet science of boxing after last weekend’s shows on a rare Saturday night without the UFC, your port of call will come in once again this weekend. More pugilism is on the way this second weekend in July. After holding OTX 8 two weeks ago, Overtime Boxing returns to l...
Saturday night’s Top Rank Boxing show on ESPN had it all. Even though the night’s activities were marred by controversial judging in the co-main attraction, yielding to No. 1 WBC Junior Lightweight contender Robson Conceicao scoring a split decision win, the show was still a great outing for Bob ...