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James Nakashima vs Yushin Okami is one of the featured fights on ONE Championship: Dawn of Heroes. It’s a compelling bout between the unbeaten Nakashima and one of the most tenured, prolific Asian fighters ever in Okami. The card goes down on Friday, August 2nd at 7 AM ET. Dawn of Heroes emanates...
The wait for the CES 54 main event is over. One of the best pound for pound fighters in New England returns to the CES cage for the second defense of his lightweight title. Nate Andrews puts his title on the line when he faces Bryce Logan. CES 54 With this bout, CES adds a […]
Alliance MMA’s Darrion Caldwell defends his bantamweight championship against a very deserving challenger in the form of Leandro Higo at Bellator 195. The news was announced by Bellator MMA on Tuesday. Darrion Caldwell defends bantamweight title against Leandro Higo at Bellator 195 Caldwell (10-1...
It’s that time of the week again! Tuesday Night Contender Series returns tonight with another great night of exciting match-ups featuring some incredible up-and-coming talent. In the light heavyweight main event, former Legacy FC title-challenger Ryan “Superman” Spann takes on former GLORY Kickbo...
A veteran of Bellator MMA and the UFC; Zach “Fun Size” Makovsky has signed with Russian-based MMA promotion ACB Fighting League. Zach Makovsky has signed with ACB The news was announced via Empire Sports Management on Twitter. Makovsky (19-8) entered the UFC in 2013. In 2011, Makovsky won the Bel...
Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the inaugural LFA event will kick off the new year in Texas. This will be the inaugural LFA event after the strategic merger between leading developmental organizations Legacy Fighting Championship (Legacy FC) and Resurrection Figh...
This weekend is a stacked one in the world of MMA. Stipe Miocic heads home to defend title vs. heavyweight legend Alistair Overeem, while on that same card former WWE mega-star CM Punk will make his long-awaited MMA debut against Mickey Gall. Also this weekend; KOTC, RFA, M-1, CWFC and PANCRASE a...
MMA This Weekend (August 19 – 21) By now, I think MMA fans have become privy to a UFC, Bellator or World Series of Fighting event on just about every single weekend. Sometimes, one or two of each. Of course we look towards those ‘big’ shows primarily, but almost every single weekend there are […]
Just one weeks before his scheduled fight with Chris Wade, Mairbek Taisumov has reportedly had to pull out of the bout, and in steps RFA lightweight champion Mehdi Baghdad to replace him. RFA Champion to face Chris Wade on one-weeks notice at UFC Boston The replacement bout was initially reported...
Following an injury to Michelle Waterson, the UFC has announced that RFA strawweight champion Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger will fight Tecia Torres on two weeks notice in Las Vegas. Fighting out of the MMA Lab in Arizona, 30-year-old Lybarger (6-1) is coming off a dominant victory over Zoila Frausto at ...
Vitaly Minakov returns to action on Fight Pass when he takes on Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland in the main event of Fight Nights event on December 11. Rasul Mirzaev gets co-main event billing. MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz first reported the match-up. This will be Minakov’s third fight in 2015 wh...
By now, I think MMA fans have become privy to a UFC, Bellator or World Series of Fighting event on just about every single weekend. Sometimes, one or two of each. Of course we look towards those ‘big’ shows primarily, but almost every single weekend there are plenty of other fights and events wor...
In a historic night for AXS TV FIGHTS, the network’s first ever co-promoted event featured top fighters from Resurrection Fighting Alliance and Legacy Fighting Championship going head-to-head, two promotional title fights, and culminated in flyweight superfight between RFA Champion Alexandre Pant...
Bellator MMA is pleased to announce the signing of featherweight, Justin “The American Kid” Lawrence (7-2), to an exclusive, multi-fight deal. Bellator signs RFA featherweight champ Justin Lawrence Born and raised in Missouri, Justin has been engrossed in combat sports from a young age, training ...
On AXS TV FIGHTS: RESURRECTION FIGHTING ALLIANCE 23, middleweight Gabriel Checco (8-1) delivered a first round TKO versus Joseph Henle (9-2-1) in the co-main event and bantamweight fighter Terrion Ware (13-3) earned a unanimous decision over Joe Murphy (8-2) in the main event. Watch these highlig...
Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will be bringing an explosive new top-tier flyweight world title fight to New Mexico in September. RFA 18 – Manzanares vs. Pantoja will feature a main event between two of the world’s top flyweights as RFA...