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This morning at a press conference, Rizin Fighting Federation announced multiple bouts for their April 17 show, as well as two new signings in the form of always-exciting lightweight Daron Cruickshank and heavyweight Chris ‘Huggy Bear’ Barnett. Multiple fights added to RIZIN FF 1 next month, incl...
BELLATOR MMA CONTINUES TO BUILD AN IMPRESSIVE FEMALE FLYWEIGHT STABLE WITH THE SIGNINGS OF BRUNA ELLEN, BRUNA VARGAS AND KENYA MIRANDA – THREE TOP MMA PROSPECTS OUT OF BRAZIL Three prospects sign with Bellator MMA SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (February 11, 2015) – Bellator MMA’s women’s flyweight divisio...
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO JAKARTA FOR ONE: TRIBE OF WARRIORS ON 20 FEBRUARY LUIS “SAPO” SANTOS BATTLES RAFAEL “THE MACHINE” SILVA IN THE MAIN EVENT CATCH ALL THE ACTION LIVE IN INDONESIA ON RCTI 06 February 2016 – Jakarta, Indonesia: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE...
Cheick Kongo will no longer face Brazilian up-and-comer Augusto Sakai at Bellator 150. Instead he will face another Brazilian looking to make a name for himself in the form of Vinicius ‘Spartan’ Queiroz. This fight was supposed to take place at Bellator 106 in 2013, but an ACL injury forced Queir...
UFC 196 in February gets a big rematch in the form of Fabricio Werdum defending his heavyweight title against former champion Cain Velasquez. UFC President, Dana White, broke the news to UFC Total. Werdum (20-5-1) is coming off a dominant victory over Cain Velasquez in Mexico where he submitted h...
A big change has been made to next week’s KSW 33 in Kraków, Poland as an unfortunate knee injury has forced former title challenger Tomasz Drwal out of the event right in his backyard vs. Aziz Karaoglu. Instead Karaoglu will fight streaking Brazilian Maiquel Falcão. Maiquel Falcão replaces Drwal ...
World Series of Fighting (WSOF) has announced the signing of two featherweight prospects in the form of undefeated Russian Bekbulat Magomedov and submission Ace Alexandre “Popo” Bezerra, both have been signed to ‘exclusive, multi-fight agreements’. Neither fighter’s promotional debut has been ann...
UFC Free Fight: Dan Henderson vs Vitor Belfort Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort met for the first time at PRIDE 32: The Real Deal. Relive their epic match-up to get ready for their grudge match at Fight Night Sao Paulo. UFC Free Fight: Dan Henderson vs Vitor Belfort Check out the video highlight...
Tonight the co-main event of Jungle Fight 82 in Sao Paulo, Brazil saw Bruno Cappelozza (6-3) take on the undefeated Sandro Bezerra (6-0) for the vacant Jungle Fight heavyweight title. After winning by (T)KO, it was confirmed by Nobuyuki Sakakibara on Twitter that Cappelozza punched his ticket to ...
All around the world there are fighters most people have never heard of that are quietly climbing the ranks waiting for the call-up to a bigger league. Brazilian-based promotion like Jungle Fights, Shooto Brasil, Nitrix Championship Fight, Circuito Talent MMA and Coliseau Extreme Fight have prod...
Metamoris put on their first ‘Underground’ PPV on Friday August 14. The event streamed live on their website and you can catch the replay for $5.99. The event featured a number of notable names from the MMA community including Karo Parisyan who took on AJ Agazarm and Pedro Munhoz vs. Jeff Curran....
There were questions about Ronda Rousey’s ability to draw pay-per-view buys heading into her UFC 184 main event against Cat Zingano. The UFC had alternated Rousey in headlining and co-headlining spots since entering the UFC, and the data didn’t suggest she had become a huge star in the fight game...
Gilbert Burns makes a quick turnaround as he draws Northern Ireland’s Norman Parke and makes it his third consecutive fight in his native Brazil whilst in the UFC. Portal do Vale Tudo was the first to announce the match-up early Saturday. Burns (10-0) is perfect as a professional with nine finish...
UFC Fight Night Maia vs LaFlare took place at Maracanazinho Gymnasium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and what a great night of fights. The main event saw ground specialist Demian Maia enforce his will his opponent and Ryan LaFlare was unable to do anything about it. The Brazilian was able to take LaFla...
A rematch between Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and “Lil Nog” Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has been set for UFC 190 in Brazil. UFC officials announced the long rumored match-up on Saturday morning. Shogun Rua vs Lil Nog official for UFC 190 Rua (22-10) is riding a two-fight losing skid, with losses to Dan He...
Jimi Manuwa out, Ovince St. Preux will now fight Mauricio Rua in the main event of UFC Fight Night 56. UFC officials confirmed the news on Wednesday night. St. Preux (16-6) is a veteran of the Strikeforce promotion and has a record of 4-1 since joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2013. ...