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UFC 221 Weigh-In Results: Yoel Romero Ineligible to Win Interim MW Belt
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for UFC 221, which will take place in Perth, Australia.
Headliner Yoel Romero failed to make 185 pounds for his bout with Luke Rockhold, and as a result, he’s ineligible to… Read More
GLORY 40: Jason Wilnis – Simon Marcus III to Headline
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AMSTERDAM – Following a sold out show last April, the world’s premier kickboxing league touches down at Denmark’s Forum Copenhagen once again for GLORY 40 Copenhagen and GLORY 40 SuperFight Series on Saturday, April 29.… Read More
GLORY 34 Results: Nieky Holzken Defends WW Crown, Robin van Roosmalen Wins FW Title
By FCF Staff
GLORY 34 took place in Denver on Friday, and the card featured one successful title defense, and another belt change hands.
In the main event, Nieky Holzken retained the welterweight title by working his way to a… Read More
GLORY 34 Weigh-In Results: Nieky Holzken And Murthel Groenhart Hit Their Marks
By FCF Staff
Here are the weigh-in results for GLORY 34 Denver, which will be broadcast live today at midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT on ESPN3. The five-fight card for GLORY 34 SuperFight Series streams lives at… Read More
GLORY 34: Simon Marcus – Dustin Jacoby II Added to Line-up
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New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the return of former middleweight champion Simon “The ONE” Marcus (44-3-2, 24 KO) at GLORY 34 Denver, taking place this Friday, Oct. 21… Read More
GLORY 34: Nieky Holzken vs. Murthel Groenhart III to Headline
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New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the addition of a welterweight trilogy fight to the stacked GLORY 34 Denver card, taking place on Friday, Oct. 21 at 1STBANK Center in… Read More
GLORY 34: Gabriel Varga to Face Robin Van Roosmalen
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New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced two events, completing the organization’s calendar through the rest of 2016. In between GLORY 33 New Jersey tomorrow and previously announced GLORY: COLLISION on Saturday,… Read More
GLORY 17: Melvin Manhoef to Face Filip Verlinden in Opening Round of Middleweight Tourney
By FCF Staff
GLORY has begun announcing more of the opening round match-ups for its June 21st middleweight tourney, and it has confirmed Melvin Manhoef will battle Filip Verlinden.
The bout will go down at GLORY 17: “Last Man Standing”,… Read More
GLORY 15: Gokhan Saki Takes Championship After Tyrone Spong Breaks Leg
By FCF Staff
Tyrone Spong will not be competing in the MMA cage anytime soon, as the decorated striker broke his leg at GLORY 15 last night in Istanbul, Turkey.
The gruesome injury occurred in Spong’s light-heavyweight tournament final with… Read More
UFC 297 Results: Dricus Du Plessis Takes Title in War With Sean Strickland
By FCF Staff
Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis went to war at UFC 297 as many expected would be the case. But, it was the latter who emerged with the middleweight title.
Following five rounds of constant and competitive… Read More
Leon Edwards Questions UFC For Not Speaking Out Against Colby Covington’s “Racist” Comments
By FCF Staff
Following comments from Colby Covington, in which he disparaged Kamaru Usman’s background and the Black Lives Matter movement, Leon Edwards is blasting the UFC and ESPN for not speaking out.
Covington faced Tyron Woodley in the main… Read More
UFC Headed Back To Fight Island
The first rule of Fight Island is that you talk up Fight Island.
The second rule of Fight Island is that if you know what’s good for you, then you go back there.
And that’s exactly what UFC is opting… Read More
Edmen Shahbazyan Wants to Become Youngest Champ in UFC History
By FCF Staff
As Edmen Shahbazyan gets set to face Derek Brunson this Saturday at UFC Vegas 5, the rising middleweight says he plans to become the youngest champ in UFC history.
Since the Armenian-American fighter joined the UFC in 2018, Shahbazyan (11-0)… Read More
UFC 244: Darren Till Gives “Two (Expletives)” About Doubters
By FCF Staff
More than a few fans and observers have questioned Darren Till’s decision to fight Kelvin Gastelum in his first bout at 185. But the former welterweight contender apparently cares less about what his doubters have to say.… Read More
Darren Till Says Move to Middleweight Still Needs to be Considered
By FCF Staff
It doesn’t sound like Darren Till is planning to leave welterweight behind him just yet, but the British fighter admits he needs to thinking about moving up to middleweight.
Till cuts a lot of weight to make… Read More
GLORY 37: Match-Ups And Bout Order Finalized
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DENVER – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the finalized match-ups and bout order for both GLORY 37 Los Angeles and GLORY 37 SuperFight Series, kicking off the organization’s 2017 schedule on Friday,… Read More