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Ben Askren Fires Back at Critics, Stands By “Bold Face Lie” Comment Directed at Dana White
By Kelsey Mowatt
Despite the fact Ben Askren handed Douglas Lima is his first loss since 2009, and ended the punishing welterweight’s nine fight win streak with a clear cut unanimous decision, the Bellator champion… Read More
Ben Askren Says Dana White is Lying About Random Drug Testing
UFC President Responds By Saying Bellator Champ “Most Boring Fighter in MMA History”
By FCF Staff
Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren and UFC President Dana White exchanged heated ‘tweets’ Monday morning, after Askren accused White of making untrue statements regarding… Read More
Bobby Lashley vs. James Thompson Among Several SFL 3 Additions
By FCF Staff
Super Fight League has begun unveiling the line-up for the promotion’s upcoming May 6th event in New Delhi, India, and in keeping with its last card, several experienced vets will be competing.
Headlining the event will be… Read More
Report: Eric Prindle vs. Cole Konrad Pushed to May 25th
By FCF Staff
Circumstances continue to plague Bellator’s heavyweight division, as today recent tourney winner Eric Prindle announced that his bout with champion Cole Konrad has been pushed to May 25th.
The two were scheduled to fight this Friday in… Read More
Duke Roufus: “A Big Part Of Striking People Forget About Is The Ability Not To Get Hit; It’s Even More Important Than Hitting”
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Trainer, four-time world Muay Thai champion and former K-1 USA competitor Jeff “Duke” Roufus goes one-on-one with Full Contact Fighter correspondent Jimmy Smith.
Roufus, a pioneer of Muay Thai in… Read More
Super Fight League 2: Todd Duffee Stops Neil Grove
By FCF Staff
UFC veteran Todd Duffee ended his two fight losing streak today in Chandigarh, India, as the heavyweight stopped Neil Grove in the first round at Super Fight League 2.
Prior to today’s win, Duffee had dropped back-to-back… Read More
Ben Askren Concedes Douglas Lima Is “Dangerous”, But Believes He’s Getting “More Credit Than He May Deserve”
By FCF Staff
When Ben Askren returns to action this Friday for the first time in nearly six months, the Bellator Welterweight Champion will do so for one of the promotion’s most compelling and biggest fights in recent memory. On… Read More
Ben Saunders: “I’ll Punch You In The Face…Don’t Do It. Don’t Do It.”
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Shortly after his unanimous decision victory over Raul Amaya at Bellator 63 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., welterweight star Ben Saunders sat down and chat with Full Contact Fighter correspondent Jimmy Smith.
Mike Pyle Says He’s Fighting Josh Neer Next
By FCF Staff
Mike Pyle is reporting that he’s fighting fellow vet Josh Neer next. According to a tweet from the Xtreme Couture fighter, the bout will take place at the upcoming, June 8th, UFC on FX 3 card.
The… Read More
BAMMA 9 Card Finalized: Patrick Valle Replaces Injured Matt Howard
By FCF Staff
Just two days prior to the latest British Association of Mixed-Martial-Arts event in Birmingham, England, the promotion has been forced to do some last minute juggling to the line-up. According to a press release sent out today… Read More
Russian phenom Vyacheslav “Slava” Vasilevsky: “I’m Here To Win. I Came All The Way To The U.S. If I Have To Break them, I Will!”
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Shortly after his unanimous decision victory over Victor O’Donnell at Bellator 61 on March 16, Russian middleweight superstar Vyacheslav “Slava” Vasilevsky (16-1) spoke with Full Contact Fighter correspondent Jimmy Smith.… Read More
Douglas Lima on Ben Askren: “I Don’t Care If He’s The Champ. I Don’t Think I’m The Underdog”
By Kelsey Mowatt
If some fans didn’t take notice of Douglas Lima’s Bellator arrival last fall, after blasting his way through the competition to win the promotion’s welterweight tourney, they should be more than aware of the rising fighter now.… Read More
Duffee vs. Grove, Minowa vs. Shlemenko and Kelly vs. Ruediger Added to Super Fight League 2
By Tom Taylor
India’s biggest mixed martial arts promotion, Super Fight League, has bolstered the lineup of its second show. A heavyweight showdown between Todd Duffee (6-2) and Neil Grove (11-5-1) has been added to the card, along with a… Read More
If Bout With Friend Pat Curran Has to Happen, Mike Corey Says Title Shot “Good Problem to Have”
With Win Over Ronnie Mann, Featherweight Climbing Bellator Ranks
By Kelsey Mowatt
It hasn’t taken Mike Corey long to make his presence felt in Bellator, not only because the former Marine has gone undefeated to begin his tenure with… Read More
Micah Miller Plans to Make UFC Brass “Come Around”
Faces Georgi Karakhanyan for TPF Belt Tonight
By Kelsey Mowatt
Heading into 2011, Micah Miller was poised to follow his older brother Cole right into the UFC organization. Equipped with a three fight win streak, and just one loss since… Read More
Sean McCorkle To Face Brian Heden In WMMA Event In El Paso, Texas March 31
Karo Parisyan vs. Thomas Denny, Lyle Beerbohm vs. Derrick Noble also on tap
Sean McCorkle will be a busy man in the month of March.
Just days before his matchup with Richard White on the undercard at Bellator 60, start-up… Read More
Todd Duffee And Trevor Prangley Sign With India’s Super Fight League
Baga Agaev also inks agreement with new promotion
Heavyweight Todd Duffee (6-2) and middleweight (185 pounds) star Trevor Prangley (23-9) have signed multi-fight agreements with Super Fight League (SFL), the new, India-based MMA promotion founded by Raj Kundra and Sanjay… Read More
Jade Bryce Tells Josh Barnett About Her Young, Curious Stage With Another Girl And How She Likes Tall Things From California To Uganda
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Part 3 of an in-depth chat between heavyweight superstar Josh Barnett and Bellator ring girl Jade Bryce.
To watch part 2 of Josh Barnett’s chat with Jade Bryce, CLICK HERE.
Marcus Davis To Battle Matt Sung Lee In New Hampshire March 31
Dan Lauzon vs. Don Carlo-Clauss in co-main event
By FCF Staff
Former UFC star Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis (20-9) will return to action against Bellator veteran Matt Sung Lee (14-10-1) in the main event of an MMA card… Read More
Jade Bryce To Josh Barnett: “He Is The Russian Chuck Norris”
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Strikeforce heavyweight superstar and former UFC champion Josh Barnett and Bellator ring girl Jade Bryce.
To watch part 1 of Josh Barnett’s chat with Jade Bryce, CLICK HERE