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Bellator’s Will Brooks And The Freire Brothers Are Reporting Pre-Event Altercation
By FCF Staff
Just a couple of days before they’re scheduled to defend their titles at Bellator 145, Will Brooks and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire are reporting they’ve had a pre-event altercation.
Brooks and Patricio Freire have exchanged words in the… Read More
UFC 195: Robbie Lawler Says he Knew Fighter From “The Practice Ring” Would Cause “Trouble”
By FCF Staff
A couple of years ago, not many people were predicting Robbie Lawler would become UFC champ, but “Ruthless” always knew he had the potential to be great.
Lawler has long been regarded as an extremely dangerous fighter,… Read More
One Championship: Brandon Vera And Chi Lewis Parry to Fight For Inaugural Heavyweight Title
By Press Release
28 October 2015 – Manila, Philippines: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE) will return to Manila, Philippines for a highly-anticipated match between top ranked heavyweight contenders Brandon “The… Read More
Alberto Del Rio Joins Combate Americas And NBC Universo as Announcer
By Press Release
NEW YORK (September 14, 2015) – Combate Americas (www.CombateAmericas.com), the first U.S. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise in history, announced today that it has brought former, four-time WWE champion and MMA star Alberto… Read More
ONE “Spirit of Champions”: Brandon Vera to Face Chi Lewis Parry For HW Title
By ONE Championship (via press release)
26 August 2015 – Manila: ONE Championship™ (ONE) will return to Manila, Philippines for a grudge match between top-ranked heavyweight contenders Brandon “The Truth” Vera and Chi Lewis “Chopper” Parry at Mall of… Read More
Robbie Lawler’s Striking Coach Discusses Evolution of Champ
By FCF Staff
Robbie Lawler has long been regarded as a dangerous and powerful fighter, but according to his coach, directing that aggression is why “Ruthless” is a world class fighter.
Lawler is coming off a stoppage win over Rory… Read More
Dustin Poirier: Teammate Robbie Lawler Has “Been a Big Inspiration For Me”
By FCF Staff
Robbie Lawler’s rise to become UFC welterweight champ has been one of the sport’s most compelling stories in recent years, and his teammate Dustin Poirier says “Ruthless” has played a motivational role in his own career.
Poirier… Read More
Bellator Signs Josh Thomson to Multi-Fight Deal, Refutes Report That UFC Didn’t Make Offer
By FCF Staff
Josh Thomson is working for Scott Coker once again, as Bellator has announced that it has signed the former Strikeforce champ and UFC vet to a multi-fight contract.
Thomson (20-8) entered the free agent market recently, following… Read More
UFC 186: “Rampage” Jackson Says Fabio Maldonado Isn’t “Human”, Former Champ Planning Title Shot Run
By FCF Staff
“Rampage” Jackson wanted to fight someone who would stand-and-trade with him in his UFC return, and he got just that in Fabio Maldonado. He also ended up facing one the promotion’s most durable and rugged fighters.
Jackson… Read More
UFC 189: Conor McGregor Fires Away at Jose Aldo’s Finishing Record
By FCF Staff
The UFC held a “World Tour” event today in Rio de Janeiro, and once again, Conor McGregor fired verbal shots at his next opponent, featherweight champ Jose Aldo.
McGregor and Aldo are touring in advance of their… Read More
Report: Dana White Says Jon Jones One Night in Rehab Story “Not Necessarily the Case”
By FCF Staff
A recent report that said Jon Jones spent just one night in rehab isn’t “necessarily the case”, according to UFC President Dana White.
Earlier in the week, Binghamton’s WBNG ran an exclusive interview with Jones’ mother, and… Read More
UFC 181: Robbie Lawler Says He’s “Coming in Fully Ready to Dominate” Rematch
By FCF Staff
Robbie Lawler nearly became the UFC welterweight champ back in March, and when he rematches Johny Hendricks this Saturday at UFC 181, he hopes the result is radically different.
Lawler and Hendricks fought for the vacant title… Read More
Georges St-Pierre Says Nick Diaz Made a “Mistake”, by Not Fighting Anderson Silva at a Catchweight
By FCF Staff
Georges St-Pierre knows very well how tough Nick Diaz is, but the former welterweight champ believes the veteran fighter has made a mistake, by agreeing to fight Anderson Silva at 185 pounds.
Silva and Diaz will meet… Read More
ONE FC 21 Weigh-In Results: Marat Gafurov and Rob Lisita hit Their Marks
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for ONE FC 21 “Roar of Tiger”, which will go down at the Stadium Putra in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday.
In the card’s main event, Marat Gafurov will take on featherweight… Read More
RFA 19: Jake Collier Lays Claim to Middleweight Crown
By FCF Staff
Resurrection Fighting Alliance held its latest event Friday night in Prior Lake, Minnesota, and in the main event, Jake Collier secured the promotion’s vacant middleweight title.
Collier did so by tapping out Gabriel Checco in the first… Read More
UFC 178: Conor McGregor Talks Win, Says Dustin Poirier “Didn’t Want to be in There”
By FCF Staff
Conor McGregor kept his hype train moving full speed ahead at UFC 178, by quickly stopping Dustin Poirier , and not surprisingly, the outspoken featherweight had some interesting things to say afterwards.
McGregor, who needed less than… Read More
ONE FC 21 “Roar of the Tigers” Receives Four New Fights
By ONE FC (via press release)
17 September 2014 – SINGAPORE: Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), powered by Tune Talk, will… Read More
ONE FC 21 to Feature Marat Gafurov vs. Rob Lisita in Main Event
By ONE FC (via press release)
9 September 2014 – Kuala Lumpur: Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), powered by Tune Talk, returns to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for… Read More
Alistair Overeem and Anthony Johnson Continue War of Words, Latter Accuses Heavyweight of Ducking JDS
By FCF Staff
Alistair Overeem may be scheduled to fight Ben Rothwell this Friday at UFC Fight Night 50, but the heavyweight’s war of words with former teammate Anthony Johnson is making headlines.
After news surfaced that Jon Jones had… Read More
Report: NSAC Moving to Set Aside Wanderlei Silva’s Motion, Believes it Has Authority to Discipline Fighter
By FCF Staff
Although Wanderlei Silva and his camp believe the Nevada State Athletic Commission has no authority to discipline the UFC vet, his case isn’t going to be closed just yet.
Since Silva refused to take a pre-fight drug… Read More