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Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” With Josh Barnett, Another Coup Opportunity
By Joshua Molina
Does Barnett equal Bellator?
Josh Barnett, the fast-talking heavyweight, appears to be headed away from the UFC after a breakdown in contract talks. That’s a loss for the UFC, which has a lot of mediocre heavyweights. Antonio… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Girl Power: The UFC 157 Push Begins
By Joshua Molina
UFC is intensifying its UFC 157 promotional push beginning tonight with the debut of Primetime: Rousey vs. Carmouche.
The show is reportedly the best UFC Primetime special ever, capturing perfectly Carmouche’s coming out story.
Even if she… Read More
Opinion: UFC 156 Post-Mortem
By Jesse Heitz
Anyone who regularly reads my pieces, whether you agree with the opinions presented or not, knows that I’m a harsh critic of the recent crop of events offered up by the sport’s premier promotions. However, UFC 156… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” A Smaller, Slower, Less Aggressive Alistair Overeem Still Has A Lot To Prove
By Joshua Molina
And that’s why you play the game.
Alistair Overeem was shockingly KO’d Saturday night by an inferior fighter, destroying his chances for a UFC title shot and fueling beliefs that he was more show than go. Overeem… 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
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown”: Let Josh Barnett Into the UFC; Jon Jones, Dan Henderson Spat Childish
By Joshua Molina
UFC needs to sign Josh Barnett.
He’s a good fighter. He’s a talenter talker. He’s got a name that people recognize.
Barnett used to wear heavyweight gold in the UFC. But he was stripped after testing positive… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” Strikeforce’s Loss is World Series of Fighting’s Gain
By Joshua Molina
Strikeforce’s bad luck could be the World Series of Fighting’s good twist of fate.
Strikeforce announced today that it has canceled its injury-plagued Nov. 3 show. That means the World Series of Fighting’s show on the same… Read More
Former UFC Champ Renan Barao Signs With Taura MMA
By FCF Staff
After competing under the UFC banner since 2011, Renan Barao has reportedly signed with the Brazilian organization, Taura MMA.
The 33-year-old, former UFC bantamweight champ is coming off a decision loss to Douglas Silva de Andrade in… Read More
Bellator Returns to Mohegan Sun Arena For Doubleheader on October 25 & 26
By Press Release
On October 25 and 26, Bellator returns to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. for two back-to-back nights of exciting MMA action.
On Friday, a heavyweight battle between former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir (18-13) and… Read More
Bellator Returns to Mohegan Sun Arena for Doubleheader on February 15 & 16
By Press Release
LOS ANGELES – On February 15 and 16, Bellator returns to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. for two back-to-back nights of exciting MMA action.
On Friday, the event will be anchored by a heavyweight battle between… Read More
GLORY 54: Rico Verhoeven to Headline U.K. Card
By Press Release
AMSTERDAM – The wait is over. Five years after first landing in London, GLORY finally returns to the United Kingdom later this spring.
The world’s premier stand-up combat league today announced details for GLORY 54… Read More
Bellator 200: Mirko “Cro Cop” to Battle Roy Nelson
By Press Release
LOS ANGELES – An exciting battle between heavyweight fan-favorites Mirko Cro Cop (36-11-2, 1 NC) and Roy Nelson (23-15) has been added to historic Bellator 200 at The SSE Arena, Wembley in London on Friday,… Read More
Bellator Announces Fedor Emelianenko to Fight Frank Mir April 28
By Press Release
LOS ANGELES – The third opening round matchup in 2018’s Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix will feature the greatest heavyweight of all time Fedor Emelianenko (36-5, 1 NC) taking on former world champion Frank Mir… Read More
Bellator 194: Roy Nelson Meets Matt Mitrione in Heavyweight Grand Prix Matchup
By Press Release
LOS ANGELES – The second of four fights making up the first round of the 2018 Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix will take place Friday, February 16 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. and… Read More
Bellator Officially Announces Eight-Man World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament in 2018
By Press Release
LOS ANGELES – Bellator has announced plans to host a year-long grand prix heavyweight tournament in 2018 featuring eight of the roster’s biggest stars with the winner becoming the new Bellator world heavyweight champion. The… Read More
GLORY 46 Weigh-In Results
By Press Release
On Friday, Oct. 13, GLORY hosted the weigh-ins for GLORY 46 China and GLORY 46 SuperFight Series from the Grand Hyatt Guangzhou in China.
The five-fight card for GLORY 46 China will be carried live… Read More
GLORY 46: Pro Sanda Bout Moved to Superfight Series
By Press Release
GUANGZHOU, CHINA – This Saturday, Oct. 14, the world’s premier kickboxing league makes its debut in mainland China with a historic event featuring the first global broadcast of a Professional Sanda bout. Originally scheduled as… Read More
Bellator 183 & Bellator Kickboxing 7 Set For Saturday, Sept. 23 in San Jose
By Press Release
LOS ANGELES – Bellator returns home to SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, September 23 for Bellator 183 and Bellator Kickboxing 7, which features the return of former world champ “Smooth” Benson Henderson (24-7) taking… Read More
Report: Roy Nelson Signs Multi-Fight Deal With Bellator
By FCF Staff
Roy Nelson is the latest UFC veteran to sign with Bellator, according to multiple reports.
The 40 year-old heavyweight concluded his UFC deal last month, following a decision loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC on FOX 24.… Read More
UFC Books Junior Dos Santos – Stefan Struve II
By FCF Staff
The UFC continues to book bouts for its 2017 schedule, and the latest will see Junior Dos Santos fight Stefan Struve for a second time.
The heavyweight contest will headline the UFC’s return to Halifax, Nova Scotia,… Read More