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The PFL Finals is looking to have a lot of familiar faces. At a press conference in New York City, all the finalists talked about why they were going to win the $1 million and championship belt in their respective divisions. Main eventing the show will be a women’s lightweight finals between Kayl...
Michigan native Tim Eschtruth (4-1) has never fought outside his home state. Eschtruth, who trains at the Scorpion Fighting System, has not had to travel very far for his five pro fights. On June 2 at RIZIN 16, he will get his wish to travel far away from home when he has his first fight not […]
Brave CF will conduct one of its biggest events in Asia in Hyderabad, India on the 22nd of December. This massive fight card features some of the best talents in the nation. It also has India’s undefeated MMA superstar, Kantharaj Aghasa fighting the Jordanian prospect Jalaal Al Daaja. Kantharaj A...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship was founded on the concept of, “which art is most dominant over all others? That question continues today in the form of , “which grappling method is most effect?” Many will argue Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, while many will argue for Wrestling. Other forms mentioned in...
Hector Lombard entered MMA as a decorated Cuban judoka. He dominated domestic competition, winning four national championships and qualifying for the Olympic team in 2000. While Lombard has leaned on an aggressive power-punching assault for the majority of his storied MMA career, he has still sho...
Pauline Macias, a judoka-turned-mixed martial artist, hopes to improve to 3-0 as an amateur on Saturday, Nov. 4, when she meets Jennifer Clausius (6-4, per Tapology), at Valor Fights 46 for a flyweight bout. Ironically, Macias’ close friend since middle school happens to be a renowned mixed marti...
On this episode of The Underground Podcast, Chris and Jeremy welcome Olympic Judo Silver Medalist Travis Stevens. Stevens discusses his experience at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, what it meant to finally medal in his third Olympic games, his thoughts on the current landscape of competitive B...
RIZIN eight-man tournament bracket set, Ishii and Procházka among new names RIZIN Fighting Federation has finally announced the match-ups of their 100 kg (200lb) grand-prix after conducting a tournament lottery to settle on the bouts. Here are the tournament quarter-finals: UFC veteran and former...
Pay attention, ladies and gentlemen, because next Friday’s Titan Fighting Championships 33—in addition to putting on a historic four title fights on its main card—will host the arrival of UK blue chip prospect Brett “The Pikey” Johns. The 10-0 Welsh former Cage Warriors bantamweight champion will...
The transition from Judo to Mixed Martial Arts can be a hard one but for Australia’s rising Featherweight star, Michael Tobin (8-0), he was habituated on becoming the best fighter he could possibly be. Before, not a day went by without the former Roshambo champ slapping on his Judo Gi. But what s...
Roots of Fight celebrates martial arts icon “Judo” Gene LeBell with the release of a short film and accompanying t-shirt, on the anniversary of what is considered the first televised Mixed Martial Arts contest in history, when he faced former middleweight boxer Milo Savage in Salt Lake City, Utah...
The Olympic season is upon us, and I for one have probably never been this caught up in the Game’s festivities so I sacrificed yet another night’s sleep to watch some Judo and Boxing and have the full run-down for you guys here. Men’s -73kg Judo Doing a little research for this event and speaking...
Longtime mixed martial arts fanatics have watched on in amazement over the years witnessing jaw-dropping and amazing feats by some of the greatest athletes the sport has seen, in 2012 the sport is run by the 800-pound gorilla named the Ultimate Fighting Championship, but it wasn’t always that way...