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Carlos Condit Releases Statement After Matt Brown’s UFC on FOX 9 Withdrawal
By FCF Staff
After news surfaced recently that surging welterweight Matt Brown has been forced to drop out of his UFC on FOX 9 bout with Carlos Condit due to injury, the latter has released a statement outlining his plans.… Read More
Soa Palelei on UFN 33 Win Over Barry: “If I Get on Top of You You’re Not Getting me Off”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Despite the fact Soa Palelei was on a nine fight win streak, and that the only man to defeat him since 2007 is Daniel Cormier, the massive heavyweight knew he needed to score an… Read More
Opinion: Where Does Ben Saunders Go Now?
By Michael Hatamoto
MMA veteran Ben Saunders has been released by Bellator and is free to sign with another promotion, according to Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney.
Saunders previously competed in the Bellator Season 5, Season 6, and Season 8 welterweight… Read More
WSOF 8: Gaethje to Battle Cavalcante For Lightweight Title, Johnson-Kyle Re-Booked
By FCF Staff
Just days before World Series of Fighting will hold its latest event in Vancouver, British Columbia, the promotion has confirmed two feature fights for WSOF 8.
The event will take place January 18th in Hollywood, Florida,… Read More
BAMMA 14: Finalized Card Released For December 14th Event
By BAMMA (via press release)
(December 4th.13) Europe’s flagship Mixed Martial Arts promotion, BAMMA, hits Birmingham’s LG Arena for its Christmas event on 14th December to present a stunning night of fights to round off the year. BAMMA… Read More
TUF 18 Finale: Julianna Pena Discusses Historic Win, “Arrogance” of Ronda Rousey
By Kelsey Mowatt
Season 18 of “The Ultimate Fighter” came to an end last night in Las Vegas but it also offered an historic marker, with Julianna Pena becoming the first women to win the reality television show. While the… Read More
The 2013 MMA Campaign: There’s Been Plenty to be Thankful For
By Kelsey Mowatt
With the end of 2013 nearing, and Americans celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend, it’s a good as time as any to reflect on how the year’s unfolded thus far in MMA. While there’s certainly been… Read More
WSOF 7: Jesse Taylor Plans to Show Fans “How Good I’ve Gotten” After Busy Overseas Schedule
By Kelsey Mowatt
When Jesse Taylor throws down with Elvis Mutapcic at World Series of Fighting’s upcoming December 7th show in Vancouver, B.C., the veteran will be competing on North American soil for the just the third… Read More
GLORY 12 Ratings up From SPIKE Debut
Bellator 109 Peaked at Over 1 Million Viewers
By FCF Staff
SPIKE has released the rating from GLORY’s second broadcast on the network Saturday night, and the numbers indicate the kickboxing promotion drew significantly more viewers.
According to the figures,… Read More
Report: WSOF Signs Rousimar Palhares After UFC Ban
By FCF Staff
As many people expected would be the case, it hasn’t taken Rousimar Palhares long to find a new employer, as the fighter who was recently banned by the UFC has reportedly signed a multi-fight deal with World… Read More
Josh Machan Says WSOF 7 Bout Has Reinvigorated Featherweight Vet
By Kelsey Mowatt
Josh Machan has been working towards a big stage opportunity throughout his eight year career, and recently the veteran was booked to fight featherweight Shawn Albrecht, at World Series of Fighting’s December 7th… Read More
UFC Vet Brian Foster Amongst Latest WSOF Additions
By FCF Staff
World Series of Fighting has announced it has added several more fighters to its growing roster, including UFC veteran Brian Foster.
The 29 year-old Foster (19-6) joins the promotion having gone 4-1 in his last five bouts.… Read More
ONE FC 13: Fodor Says Bout With Colossa “Big Step” Towards Title Contention
By Kelsey Mowatt
UFC veteran Caros Fodor headed to ONE FC with the intention of making an impact overseas, and thanks to an impressive win in his promotional debut, the lightweight’s on track to do just that. Up next,… Read More
Michael Bisping Cleared to Train, Planning Spring Return
By FCF Staff
Although Michael Bisping has spent the remainder of 2013 sidelined with an eye injury, the middleweight contender has been cleared to resume training and plans to fight again in Spring, 2014.
The 34 year-old fighter, who was… Read More
Report: Jones-Teixeira Not Headlining UFC 170
By FCF Staff
Not long after the UFC announced that Jon Jones would defend the light-heavyweight title versus Glover Teixeira on February 22nd, Dana White relayed today that the bout is not a go for UFC 170 afterall.
According to… Read More
Injured UFC Lightweight Champ Anthony Pettis Likely Needs Surgery
By FCF Staff
Earlier in the week the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that a scheduled fight between Josh Thomson and lightweight champ Anthony Pettis had been postponed, due to the latter being injured. Now the newly crowned champion has revealed… Read More
WSOF 7: Lance Palmer Replacing Injured Rick Glenn
By FCF Staff
Just a few weeks out from its December 7th event in Vancouver, British Columbia, World Series of Fighting has announced that Rick Glenn will not fight for the promotion’s inaugural featherweight title. As a result, undefeated prospect… Read More
WEC Vet Chris Horodecki “Excited to be Part” of WSOF
WSOF Canada’s COO Confirms Addition of Ryan Ford
By Kelsey Mowatt
As World Series of Canada continues to prepare for the promotion’s December 7th debut in Vancouver, British Columbia, details continue to emerge about the notable vets that are under… Read More
WSOF 7: UFC Vet Kalib Starnes Versus Dwayne Lewis Amongst Latest Additions
By FCF Staff
World Series of Fighting has announced three more preliminary bouts for the promotion’s upcoming Canadian debut, which will go down December 7th in Vancouver, British Columbia.
At light-heavyweight, UFC veteran Kalib Starnes will take on former MFC… Read More
Opinion: Delving Into Possible Brain Injuries
By Jesse Heitz
I must admit that I find the issue of brain injuries incurred during sporting activity to be particularly noteworthy. It’s not that I find it fascinating in an academic or theoretical sense, but rather I, like… Read More