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UFC 311 has resulted in a crazy week for MMA‘s top promotion. Let’s flashback to last Sunday, when due to wildfire concerns in Southern California, UFC CEO Dana White mentioned he had Las Vegas as a backup plan for the show. White’s tune changed as the week progressed. In an interview on Westwood...
UFC 311 is upon us. Looking to cement his status as the greatest UFC lightweight fighter of all time with a fourth consecutive title defense, Islam Makhachev faces extremely late replacement Renato Moicano following Arman Tsarukyan’s removal from the card due to injury. Having bested Alexander Vo...
Tawanchai PK Saenchai finds his name on the marquee for ONE 170 in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, January 24. The name opposite him is a familiar foe, Superbon. The two ONE Championship warriors throw down for the second time on the global stage, and the reigning ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World ...
BREAKING NEWS, the scheduled lightweight title challenger at UFC 311, Arman Tsarukyan is out of the main event! As per Dana White on the official UFC weigh-in show, Tsarukyan contacted him around 1am local time saying that he was suffering ‘significant back pain’. The issue got no better and he d...
The self-proclaimed world’s second-best grappler, Craig Jones, returns this summer with a highly anticipated continuation of his smash-hit event, the Craig Jones Invitational (CJI). What’s Different in This Craig Jones Invitational? The second iteration of the Craig Jones Invitational will depart...
Irish Star Bids To Become 3-Weight World Champion At Oktagon 68 2024 proved to be an exceptional year for Oktagon star Will Fleury (14-3 MMA, 3-0 Oktagon). The 35-year-old Irishman announced his arrival into the promotion’s light heavyweight division in style when he submitted Daniel Škvor at Okt...
Fabricio Andrade is ready for his huge return to ONE Championship on Friday, January 24. At ONE 170, the ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion puts the gold on the line against Kwon Won Il in a rematch of their short-lived 2022 encounter. In his first defense of the gold, Andrade is hoping to re-es...
A couple of days ago, MMA icon Patricio Freire (otherwise known as Patricio Pitbull) said via his X account that he will be released from his Professional Fighters League (PFL) contract. The announcement comes after months of publicly voicing his vexation at not being able to compete more frequen...
UFC 311 is right around the corner. While most sports fans this Saturday are going to be preoccupied by a full day and evening of football in the NFL‘s Divisional Playoffs, fans of competitive violence are going to be on cloud nine once Saturday rolls around. MMA and bare-knuckle boxing are both ...
VICE TV Dark Side of… Series Expands to MMA with Dark Side of the Cage Fans of VICE TV’s ‘Dark Side’ series, particularly Dark Side of the Ring which took viewers behind the scenes of the world of professional wrestling, have another great series to watch in 2025. Making their debut earlier this ...
China has a long history of incredible contributions to martial arts. While Mixed Martial Arts is not a mainstream sport in the nation of China yet, the country has still contributed some stunning must-watch fighters to MMA. These are the top five must-watch Chinese MMA fighters. Top 5 Must-Watch...
BKFC Pechanga takes place on Saturday night. Although this Saturday is the second one in a row with a full slate of fights, California may very well be the center of the combat sports universe this third weekend of 2025. Get ready for the first event of the year this Saturday! Live from @Pechanga...
UFC 311 is set to go down from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday. The main card promises to bring plenty of action with two championship fights, but don’t overlook the UFC 311 preliminary card either. On the pay-per-view main card, lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will l...
PFL Announces 2025 World Tournament It has been a chaotic opening to the year for the PFL. A whirlwind of rumors, whispers and speculation have followed the self-styled “co-leader” of worldwide MMA ever since their acquisition of Bellator in November of 2023. That uncertainty came to a head this ...
UFC 311 Main Card Preview A New Dawn, A New Day in UFC 311 The first UFC pay-per-view event of 2025 is almost upon us. UFC 311 goes down at the brand new Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California this Saturday night and the UFC matchmakers have stacked the card with reigning champions, former title ho...
After almost exactly 10 years in the promotion, Holly Holm has been released from her UFC contract. Standing as one of the greatest women’s fighters in combat sports history, she leaves behind a stalwart legacy as a former Women’s Bantamweight Champion, as well as a long-time top contender in the...