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For the first time in over two-and-a-half years, the UFC’s Strawweight Division crowned a new Champion in 2017. When “Thug” Rose Namajunas beat then-champ Joanna Jedrzedjczyk division was turned on its head. Not due to a lack of talent from Namajunas, but the complete dominance Jedrzedjcyk had sh...
Undefeated strawweight amateur prospect Kayla Hracho (4-0) is on the fifth floor of Florida Atlantic University’s Wimberly Library in Boca Raton, FL, trying to explain to a woman what an MMA fighter does. Hracho is taking part in the Human Library event, where people act as Human Books that can b...
After some very impressive showings in the quarter-finals, two more rounds remain in RIZIN’s Women’s Atomweight Grand-Prix. All fighters who earned their spot in the semis did so in highly impressive fashion prior to their return on December 31. RIZIN Atomweight Grand-Prix Semi-Finals Announced I...
Get ready, because on October 21st Lina Lansberg welcomes Invicta star Aspen Ladd into the UFC. Ladd is coming into her UFC debut with a record of 5-0 in her professional career with 4 finishes and only a single decision. If you are looking for an exciting fight look no further! Aspen Ladd looks ...
Over the weekend at DEEP JEWELS 17, 19-year-old prospect Kanna Asakura took on WMMA veteran Saori Ishioka. The winner of the bout was guaranteed a spot in the upcoming RIZIN Women’s Atomweight Grand-Prix. The last spot in fact. Asakura used her stellar grappling to defeat Ishioka by unanimous dec...
May Ooi makes her ONE debut this Friday.
Megan Anderson Defends Invicta FC Featherweight Title Against Undefeated Helena Kolesnyk Kansas City, Mo. — Invicta Fighting Championships 24 will be headlined by a featherweight title showdown. The event, which takes place Saturday, July 15, from the historic Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City,...
UFC bantamweight & strawweight veteran, Valérie “Trouble” Létourneau has signed with Bellator MMA to compete in her much more natural weight division; flyweight. The debut is expected to take place in late Summer and was first reported by Ariel Helwani. Canada’s Valérie Létourneau has signed with...
The UFC added two of the best strawweights on the planet, Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz, to UFC 212, the promotion announced on Monday via Twitter. Both Gadelha (14-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Kowalkiewicz (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) have lost to only one woman in their entire professional mixed mart...
On this episode, host P.A.W. interviews boxer-turned MMA prospect Kayla Hracho, who trains with the world famous American Top Team along with UFC Champions Amanda Nunes & Joanna Jedrzejczyk with coach UFC veteran, Din Thomas. In this episode, Hracho gives us some insight into all her boxing accol...
UFC 207 was a special event not just because it was entertaining, but because it was historic.
Sarah Kaufman has officially become a free agent. It’s been reported that the UFC declined to renew her contract. Kaufman lost a split decision to Jessica Eye in 2013, Sarah Kaufman released by The UFC The Canadian has went 1-2-1 in her UFC run. Dropping a split decision against Valentina Shevc...
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING – GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP BRANDON CASH “MONEY” STEPS IN TO REPLACE INJURED JANI ISTVAN CASH VS EROKHIN FOR WSOF-GC WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE [Fight Scheduled for February 7 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan] LAS VEGAS, NV January 15, 2016 World Series of Fig...
A special Mother’s Day edition of the Eye of the Storm MMA Podcast! Fighter/Mothers Rachael “The Loaded Gun” Smith and Jessica Richer discuss the challenges of raising kids while training to fight and working a day job. Eye of the Storm MMA Podcast w/ Rachael Smith & Jessica Richer Rachael Smith’...
An esteemed MMA and boxing writer recently compared Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano to the 1971 “Fight of the Century” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. The basis, it seems, is that the fight is attracting a “horde of celebrities” (Jennifer Lopez! Will and Jada Pinkett Smith! Mandy Moore! Vin Di...
For Malaysia’s budding prospect Foo Zhen Wei (0-1), Mixed Martial Arts is her passion. Then again, for a fighter who has to have a day job to make ends meet, you might not reckon her entire life is built around that passion – but it actually is. Foo Zhen Wei: In it for passion Wei […]