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Report: Ben Askren to Retire From Fighting After Facing Shinya Aoki in November
By FCF Staff
Ben Askren will reportedly hang up the gloves, and will transition into an executive role with ONE Championship, after he fights Shinya Aoki on November 24th.
Recently ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced the news on Facebook, and Askren… Read More
LFA 22 Gets New Co-Headliner: Smith vs. Smith II
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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will have a new co-main event at LFA 22 when the promotion returns to Colorado this Friday.
The new… Read More
UFC Fight Night Rotterdam: Alexander Volkov Takes Out Stefan Struve
By FCF Staff
Alexander Volkov scored his third straight win since arriving in the UFC today, as the former Bellator champ stopped Stefan Struve at UFC Fight Night Rotterdam.
Both heavyweights landed some hard strikes early on, but Volkov got… Read More
M-1 Challenge 83: Mikhail Ragozin vs. Brandon Halsey to Headline
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (August 22, 2017) – M-1 Global will promote the first international mixed-martial-arts event in Republic of Tatarstan history, September 23, as Kazan, Russia hosts M-1 Challenge 83: Tatfight 5.
The main… Read More
Michael Chandler Tells Rory MacDonald He’s Got His “Dancing Shoes On”
By FCF Staff
Rory MacDonald has made it clear that he wants to fight as soon as possible, and Michael Chandler has offered to face the welterweight contender.
MacDonald hasn’t fought since May when he submitted Paul Daley. Recently the… Read More
Tito Ortiz Reports Neck Surgery Was Successful, Warns Chael Sonnen
By FCF Staff
Tito Ortiz is reporting that he’s undergone successful neck surgery, and he’s also warned former opponent, Chael Sonnen.
Recently Ortiz, who retired after he submitted Sonnen in January, posted the video below. Sonnen has repeatedly trashed Ortiz… Read More
M-1 Challenge 82 Results: Mikhael Zayats Defeats Marcus Vanttinen
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HELSINKI, Finland (August 6, 2017) – Russian light heavyweight Mikhail Zayatsdefeated Marcus “Caveman” Vanttinen by unanimous decision in last night’s M-1 Challenge 82 main event, which headlined the first M-1 Global event held in Finland during… Read More
LFA 21 to Feature Kyle Noblitt vs. Antônio Paulo “Montanha” Branjão.
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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will feature the sport’s top two light-heavyweight prospects when the LFA makes its first visit to Missouri on the first… Read More
LFA Returns to Colorado With Middleweight Title Fight
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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will crown a new middleweight champion in September when the promotion returns to Colorado.
The main event of LFA… Read More
Duke Roufus Hints That CM Punk Could be Returning to the Cage
By FCF Staff
Since CM Punk was quickly submitted by Mickey Gall last September, it’s been unclear as to what the former pro-wrestling star’s future in fighting is. But, a recent post from his coach Duke Roufus indicates that Punk… Read More
GLORY 44 Welterweight Tournament Announced
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DENVER – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced seven new bouts, finalizing the GLORY 44 Chicago and GLORY 44 SuperFight Series fight cards hosted by Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., on Friday,… Read More
LFA 19 to Feature David Michaud vs. Ciro Rodrigues
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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will continue its tradition of MMA excellence in South Dakota at LFA 19. This is a rich and exciting history… Read More
Report: UFC 213’s Estimated PPV Numbers Quite Low
By FCF Staff
UFC 213 lost a couple of of its marquee match-ups leading up to the July 8th event, and it looks like the card struggled to draw pay-per-view buys.
The event was originally scheduled to feature TJ Dillshaw… Read More
Yannick Bahati Set To Defend Title At BAMMA London
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[London 12.07.17] The SSE Arena, Wembley is ready to rumble with the biggest fighting event in London this September as BAMMA returns to the nation’s capital. BAMMA today adds two more matchups to the fight… Read More
Gegard Mousasi Believes UFC Contract Negotiations Might Have Gone Differently Under Previous Owners
By FCF Staff
Recently Bellator announced that it has signed Gegard Mousasi to a multi-fight deal, and the renowned fighter believes talks with the UFC might have gone differently, if the previous ownership group had been in place.
Mousasi entered… Read More
LFA 16 Gets New Main Event
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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion has a new main event at LFA 16, which takes place this Friday, July 14th at The Bomb Factory in… Read More
Rizin FF Announces Two More Bouts For July 30th Card
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2 additional fights are added to the highly anticipated RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GP 2017 – Summer event, scheduled to take place on July 30th at the Saitama Super Arena. A heavyweight fight between Amir Aliakbar… Read More
Brandon Halsey Calls For Rubber Match With Alexander Shlemenko at Light-Heavyweight
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SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (June 9, 2017) — World-class MMA middleweights Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko and Brandon “Bull” Halsey have fought twice with each opponent imposing their wills from the opening bell to secure a quick victory.… Read More
M-1 Challenge 79: Alexander Shlemenko Quickly Avenges Loss to Brandon Halsey
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SAINT PETERSBURG; Russia (June 2, 2017) — MMA star Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko needed only 25 seconds to avenge a loss to middleweight Brandon “Bull” Halsey in last night’s M-1 Challenge 79 headliner at Saint Petersburg,… Read More
Melvin Guillard’s Winless Streak Extended Via Headkick, KO (Video)
By FCF Staff
Melvin Guillard had his winless streak extended to five today, as the UFC and Bellator vet was knocked out today while competing at Kunlun Fight MMA 12.
Guillard took on Muslim Salikhov as the event, and as you… Read More