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The tenth installment of Singapore-based ONE Fighting Championship went down at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia. The main event was originally set to feature a 125-lbs clash between top contenders Andrew Leone and Shinichi Kojima. That, however, changed when Leone blew his knee and was f...
All fighters are good to go for this Friday’s ONE FC 10: Champions & Warriors event. Jake Butler vs. James Kouame was supposed to take place at 205-lbs, but it appears both fighters have agreed to turn it into a catchweight contest after falling short of the limit. Kotetsu Boku vs. Vuyisile Colos...
In a huge tussle, Andrew Leone (6-2) has blown his knee and he will not be competing in this week’s ONE FC 10: Champions & Warriors main event. He was scheduled to face former Shooto champ Shinichi Kojima (13-5-5). Andrew Leone suffers injury, Boku-Colossa is ONE FC 10’s new main event Leone, on ...
The September 16, 2013 edition of ESPN the Magazine had a feature entitled “MMA Confidential” which asked 38 mixed martial arts fighters about a variety of hot topics from wanting a union to worrying about a fighter dying inside the cage. Video: ESPN asked MMA fighters about variety of hot topics...
Former UFC middleweight fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller has been on what some may call a bender since his release from the organization in May of 2012. He went 0-2 in his return to the UFC with losses to Michael Bisping and CB Dolloway. Mayhem Miller takes sabbatical from social media after recent ...
At the tender age of 27, former UFC fighter and recent Bellator signee Matthew Riddle has announced his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts. Matthew Riddle retires from sport of MMA Riddle was expected to take on Luis Melo at next week’s Bellator 100 event, however a cracked rib force...
UFC featherweight Matt Grice was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident on Sunday night, and is currently in critical condition at Oklahoma University Presbyterian Hospital. According to reports from Oklahoma City’s News 9, the 32 year-old Grice was stopped at a red light on Sunday night w...
Vitor Belfort protege, Andrews Nakahara (4-2-1), is set to make his second appearance under the ROAD FC banner in October. The South Korea-based organization, on Monday, announced that Nakahara will meet Jung Hwan Cha (10-6-2) at ROAD FC 013 in a “Welterweight Super Fight”. Andrews Nakahara meets...
Belo Horizonte’s Mineirinho Arena played host to UFC Fight Night 28 this past Wednesday night. UFC Fight Night 28: What’s next for the main card winners? It’s not often you will see an 80% finish rate on a UFC main card. Hardcore fans do understand that the match-up of styles between two fighters...
We are just seven days away from ONE Fighting Championship’s return to Jakarta, Indonesia where in the main event, Phuket Top Team’s Andrew Leone takes on former Shooto champion Shinichi Kojima. While most fans are set to have their eyes fixed on the outcome of that one, an intriguing encounter b...
The fight card for ONE Fighting Championship’s eleventh installment is starting to take shape, with the addition of three “Singapore vs. Malaysia” bouts. Headlined by a Bantamweight title unification match-up between Soo Chul Kim and Bibiano Fernandes, ONE FC 11: Total Domination takes place Octo...
Issei Tamura was recently signed by South Korea-based ROAD Fighting Championship, but the promotion was in no hurry to announce his opponent for ROAD FC 013 until this week. Tamura (7-4), 29, recorded consecutive defeats against Raphael Assuncao and T.J. Dillashaw before being future endeavored. ...
The UFC’s expansion across the globe has finally reached the shores of Singapore. Ultimate Fighting Championship officials announced, late August, that the promotion’s first ever MMA show in Singapore would be taking place on January 4, at the 5,000 capacity Marina Bay Sands. UFC to debut in Sing...
The 23rd installment of the Super Fight League aired this past Friday, August 3oth, on Star Sports India. The event was uploaded on YouTube, as part of the promotion’s new initiative in which four bouts will be showcased on a weekly basis. SFL 23 saw the return of the hotly-tipped, Irfan Khan. He...
Benson Henderson seemed to have a good gameplan going in the early opening stages. He had his opponent, Anthony Pettis, up against the cage and worked some good strikes to try and weaken his opponent. But Pettis managed to get his hard kicks going towards the end of the first round, submitting He...
It was somewhat controversial, and the fans were booing at what was a quick stoppage by the referee for the Josh Barnett-Frank Mir co-main event fight. The former UFC Heavyweight champion was landing some vicious strikes against Frank Mir up against the cage, before executing a well-timed knee th...