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LFA Announces Final Phase 2 Events
By press release
LFA returned to action in July with four events in four weeks. Each event featured a world title fight and helped usher in a new era of live sports entertainment amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. LFA… Read More
Aleksandar Rakic Weighs-in on Jon Jones Moving to HW
By FCF Staff
Aleksandar Rakic admits he was surprised when he heard that Jon Jones is vacating the light heavyweight title, and is moving up to heavyweight. But, the Austrian contender says he understands the star’s decision.
Recently Jones confirmed… Read More
LFA Announces Phase 2 Events
By Press Release
LFA returned to action in July with four events in four weeks. Each event featured a world title fight and helped usher in a new era of live sports entertainment amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which… Read More
‘MMA is a Sport’ Campaign Petitions IOC And Sports Minister to Recognize MMA
By Press Release
The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation [IMMAF] has joined with stakeholders across MMA to launch a public petition that demands formal recognition of the sport by the Olympic Movement and governments around the world.
Formal recognition… Read More
ONE Championship “Century”: Media Day Quotes
By FCF Staff
ONE Championship will host its 100th event on October 13th in Tokyo, Japan, and recently the promotion held a media day in advance of the massive event.
Here is what the Asia based promotion’s executives had… Read More
ONE “Enter The Dragon”: More Bouts Confirmed For May 17th Card
By Press Release
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced additional bouts for ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON, set for 17 May at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Once again, Singapore will play… Read More
Shinya Aoki to Defend ONE’s Lightweight Title Against Christian Lee
By Press Release
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON, set for 17 May at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Once again, Singapore will play host to world-class martial… Read More
Pancrase Enters Into Exclusive Partnership With ONE Championship
By Press Release
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that it will be an exclusive partner of Japanese martial arts organization Pancrase. Following a similar partnership announced in January with… Read More
ONE Championship’s Demetrious Johnson & Eddie Alvarez Comment on Upcoming Bouts
By FCF Staff
Former UFC champs Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez will make their ONE Championship’s debut later this month, as the two will be competing at the promotion’s “A New Era” card on March 31st.
Johnson will face Yuya Wakamatsu… Read More
ONE Championship’s Aung La N Sang & Tial Thang Host Media Call
By Press Release
15 February 2019 – Yangon, Myanmar: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), recently held a media conference call, featuring ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion “The Burmese Python” Aung La… Read More
ONE Championship Announces First Ever U.S. Media Tour Featuring Demetrious Johnson, Eddie Alvarez & Sage Northcutt
By Press Release
29 January 2019 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), is excited to announce its first ever media tour to the United States on 25-28 February.… Read More
Shooto Enters Exclusive Partnership With ONE Championship
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25 January 2019 – Tokyo, Japan:The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that it will be an exclusive partner to Japanese martial arts organization Shooto. The partnership will… Read More
Hideyuki ‘Andy’ Hata Named President of ONE Championship, Japan
By Press Release
26 December 2018 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced the latest addition to its executive leadership team. Hideyuki ‘Andy’ Hata has been named President of ONE Championship,… Read More
ONE Championship Announces Debut Bouts For Eddie Alvarez & Demetrious Johnson
By Press Release
20 December 2018 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced the first six bouts scheduled for ONE: A NEW ERA, which is set to take place Sunday, 31… Read More
United Kingdom’s Made4TheCage Joins MMA World Cup
By Press Release
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA March 7, 2017 With last month’s official announcement of The MMA World Cup, organizations from around the world have been scrambling to put together their teams to participate in this highly anticipated… Read More
Russia’s MFP Joins WSOF Global in The MMA World Cup
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The landscape is changing in MMA on an international level with announcement of the highly anticipated MMA World Cup. MFP is now joined by 19 other World Cup Teams, including WSOF Global, represented in sixteen countries… Read More
Report: Tim Kennedy Want to “Beat The Brakes” of PED Users Moving Forward
By FCF Staff
Over the last year, Tim Kennedy has expressed reservations about his future in fighting, but now the middleweight evidently has a new mission for his UFC career.
Kennedy hasn’t fought since last September, when he incurred a… Read More
CFFC 43: Instant Replay Will be Available During November 1st Card
By CFFC (via press release)
NEW YORK, NY (Oct. 29, 2014) – Cage Fury Fighting Championships (www.cffc.tv), the first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion in history to adopt instant replay in New Jersey State seven years ago, will… Read More
BattleGrounds MMA: Cody McKenzie, Dennis Hallman and Luigi Fioravanti Among Six Fighters Booked for One Night Tourney
By Battlegrounds MMA (via press release)
TULSA, OK (May 1, 2014) – BattleGrounds MMA (www.battlegroundsone.com), the upstart Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion headed by Olympic wrestling legend Kenny Monday, announced today that it has signed the first six competitors… Read More
Bellator 117: Douglas Lima Plans to Get Title And “Defend it Forever”, Says he “Can’t Hate” on Ben Askren
By Kelsey Mowatt
When Douglas Lima battles Rick Hawn on April 18th, just over two years will have gone by since “The Phenom” challenged Ben Askren for the Bellator welterweight title in 2012. Although Lima was… Read More