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In a 13-year, 45-fight professional MMA career, Bobby Voelker has seen his ups and downs. Voelker (32-13 MMA) has competed for the UFC and Strikeforce and many Midwest regional promotions. His most recent set of peaks and valleys have come with Shamrock FC, the Missouri-based show he’s called hom...
Midwest welterweight prospect Cameron VanCamp is less than one week away from the biggest opportunity of his professional MMA career yet: a shot at the vacant Shamrock FC welterweight title against UFC and Strikeforce veteran Bobby Voelker. Earning a Title Shot VanCamp (11-4-1, 1 NC) is looking f...
Zak Ottow’s next fight might be the most important of his MMA career, for several reasons. The UFC on ESPN+4 welterweight match-up with Alex Morono has some heat behind it. It’s also the last fight on Ottow’s UFC contract. Ottow (17-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has alternated wins and losses since joining the...
If you haven’t heard, the UFC and ONE Championship is close to finalizing a deal to trade Demetrious Johnson to ONE Championship for Ben Askren. Trades are new to MMA, and open up many doors. Ben Askren is wasting no time getting funky on the UFC’s roster. Since the news on the potential deal has...
Jason Norwood will get a chance to earn another belt to his collection. He’s set to fight Jeremiah Wells for the vacant CES welterweight title at CES 52. Norwood (18-5), a former middleweight champion of American Heroes and welterweight champion of Freestyle Cage Fighting, wants to add CES to the...
CES has just announced another title fight. Jeremiah Wells will battle Jason Norwood for the vacant CES welterweight championship at the main event of CES 52. The event will also mark the first time CES touches down in Philadelphia. Jeremiah Wells Wells (5-1-1) enters the bout on a two-fight winn...
Zak Ottow is more than ready for the huge opportunity facing him next Saturday at UFC Fight Night 133. “The Barbarian” (16-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) battles Sage Northcutt (10-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in the co-main event. Ottow’s excited not only for the co-main slot, but being able to fight someone with the popu...
Jake Shields is gearing up for another championship run. The former Strikeforce middleweight champion and EliteXC welterweight champ will be looking to add Professional Fighters League gold to his collection. His journey starts on Thursday when he fights Ray Cooper III at PFL 2018 #3 in the promo...
It has been a talking point for many years, that major mixed martial arts organizations adopt the 165-pound weight class. Well, British Columbia’s Battlefield Fight League has made the decision to drop the 170-pound weight class
Matt Secor is headlining CES MMA’s debut in New York when he fights Renee Forte on Friday, May 4. Secor likes the stylistic match-up that Forte poses. He feels he has advantages in both the stand-up and Jiu-Jitsu aspects. He’ll also be the much bigger man on fight night, as Forte is generally a l...
If you speak to Lindsey Jones, you would never know that he’s preparing for what is arguably the biggest fight of his MMA career. He fights Robert Hale on Saturday in the main event of Valor Fights 48. Sources have confirmed that the bout is a title eliminator, and the winner will fight Jason Kin...
A highly-regarded welterweight from Germany, David Zawada is set to return to action at KSW 43. He heads to Wroclaw, Poland to take on hometown favorite; Michal Michalski. After a 9-1 run on the German MMA circuit; David Zawada (15-3) made his KSW debut at KSW 29, challenging for the welterweight...
Alan Jouban finds himself in an unfamiliar situation heading into UFC on FOX 28 this Saturday. In fact, he’s never been in this position: he’s entering his fight with Ben Saunders on a two-fight losing streak. Jouban hasn’t so much as bothered to envision the scenario, but admitted that there’s a...
The UFC arrived in Austin, Texas for the third time on Saturday. The main event featured two hard-hitting welterweights in Donald Cerrone and Yancy Medeiros. The co-main event saw Houston’s Derrick Lewis take on Poland’s Marcin Tybura. Plus, Texas’ James Vick took on Brazil’s Francisco Trinaldo. ...
Bobby Voelker returns for the first time since a close decision loss to Zak Bucia at Shamrock FC 289. The UFC and Strikeforce veteran will battle Bobby Emmons in the main event of Shamrock FC 302 on Saturday. Voelker’s loss to Bucia came in a match that was for Shamrock FC’s vacant welterweight t...
Here is a UFC welterweight wishlist for 2018.