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Lombard vs. Shlemenko, Fujii vs. Frausto at Bellator 34
LFA 86 to Feature Lightweight Championship
By Press Release
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion is bringing the lightweight championship to South Dakota in April. LFA 86 will feature a lightweight championship bout between two of the promotion’s… Read More
RIZIN 19 Highlights: Patricky “Pitbull” Finishes Tatsuya Kawajiri With Flying Knee & Punches
Patricky Pitbull (22-8) makes a tragic splash in RIZIN's GP, throttling the legendary Tatsuya Kawajiri with a flying knee and follow-up for the first-round knockout. Bellator's all-time KO leader extends his tear to six bouts with his… Read More
Urijah Faber: “Kinektic Bringing Unity to Grappling World”
By Press Release
LAS VEGAS (August 13, 2019) – UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber strongly believes that the time is right for the inaugural Kinektic submission grappling tournament this Friday (Aug. 16) in Anaheim, California.
All the exciting grappling… Read More
Fabian Edwards Says Fans Will Have to “Respect” Brother Leon Edwards, When he “Smokes” RDA
By FCF Staff
Leon Edwards may not be a household name in combat sports yet, but his brother Fabian says fans will need to respect “Rocky”, if he beats Rafael dos Anjos next month.
On account of a seven-fight winning streak,… Read More
Ben Askren Is Ready For His UFC Debut
Welterweight Ben Askren is set to make his much-awaited UFC debut at UFC 235, March 2nd, and he’s ready and raring to go. Signed by the UFC in a historic trade from ONE Championship, Askren will face off against former welterweight title… Read More
Rizin FF Announces Two More Bouts For July 30th Card
By Press Release
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
Dan Henderson Says End of Storied Career is “Definitely Close”
By FCF Staff
Although Dan Henderson hasn’t said his upcoming bout with Lyoto Machida will be his last, the 45 year-old legend has admitted the end of his storied career is near.
Henderson is booked to face Machida at UFC… Read More
Jacob Volkmann Blasts WSOF on Twitter, Promotion’s Ali Abdelaziz Returns Fire
By FCF Staff
Jacob Volkmann has relayed in the past that he thinks fighters need to unionize, and the UFC vet is repeating that sentiment after criticizing World Series of Fighting on Twitter.
Volkmann, who has gone 1-1 outside WSOF… Read More
Media Watch: The Mortal Dangers of MMA
By Jesse Heitz
Over the course of my tenure here at Full Contact Fighter, I’ve written numerous times on the dangers inherent in MMA. I’ve chattered, perhaps incessantly, about brain injuries, inept officiating and judging, awful stoppages, and rule… Read More
UFC 161 Predictions
By Tony Kamps
Injuries have decimated the UFC 161 card, but it still holds a solid main event that should entertain viewers. Honestly, it does not even feel like fight week leading up to this UFC event that… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Alistair Overeem Looks Smaller In Arm Wrestling Loss to Bob Sapp
By Joshua Molina
The awesome Alistair Overeem appeared in a Japanese Arm Wrestling contest earlier this week.
Doesn’t Overeem have better things to do?
Question the wisdom of locking up with the likes of humongous Bob Sapp a month before… Read More
BAMMA Confirms Tom Watson Injury, Names Jim Wallhead as Replacement
By FCF Staff
The British Association of Mixed-Martial-Arts has confirmed that a back injury to Tom Watson (pictured right) will prevent the middleweight champion from fighting Frank Trigg as scheduled, September 10th, in Birmingham, England.
“It is with massive… Read More
Former Champ Bibiano Fernandes Says He’s Returning to DREAM in September
By Kelsey Mowatt
It’s been over six month since Bibiano Fernandes lost the DREAM featherweight title to Hiroyuki Takaya, and after weeks of speculation as to when the highly regarded fighter would return to action, the veteran’s… Read More
Pat Bennett Confident He’ll Hand Guram Gugenishvili First Defeat
Jordan Mein Talks Win Over Josh Burkman, Likely Bout with Marius Zaromskis
Vitale Retains X-1 World Middleweight Title
Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
March 12, 2011
By Chris Onzuka, photos by Aaron Meyer The last surviving large MMA promoter in Hawaii, Mike Miller, has done it again with his “Champions”