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By ONE FC (via press release)

02 April 2014 – Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, has announced three additional fights for ONE FC: RISE OF HEROES, set to … Read More

By FCF Staff

Following Myles Jury’s decision win over Diego Sanchez at UFC 171, the rising lightweight said he had won the fight “easily”, and the rugged vet says a pre-fight meal was one of the reasons.

Sanchez (24-7) took … Read More

By ONE FC (via press release)

13 November 2013 – Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, has added another three exciting fights to the blockbuster card set to take … Read More

By Joshua Molina

UFC on FOX 8 delivered with some thrilling finishes and high-quality fighting.

If only the Seattle fans knew a good fight when they saw it.

Rory MacDonald vs. Jake Ellenberger stunk up the Key Arena in Seattle … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Former Strikeforce fighter Robbie Lawler returns to the cage Saturday night to battle Bobby Voelker at UFC on Fox 8.

Not too long ago Lawler was on the verge of being irrelevant. He had lost four out … Read More

By Joshua Molina

“If there is one guy in the middleweight division who can beat Anderson Silva he is the man. Chris Weidman will be the next middleweight champion,” spouts George St. Pierre.

“This is the guy to beat Anderson’s … Read More

By FCF Staff

In recent weeks, UFC vets like Jacob Volkmann and John Cholish have been openly critical about the compensation fighters earn from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and former welterweight contender Jon Fitch has argued that fighter’s need more … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

Well fight fans; here we are again, covering the trodden ground that is the fight for MMA’s legalization in the great state of New York. Unfortunately, as reported here at Full Contact Fighter, the news is … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

Last night I opened up my web browser to find a particularly unusual story. I was instantly grabbed by the downright scandalous title, which read, “Porn Star slams ex-UFC champ”. Naturally, I read the article. After all, … Read More

By Joshua Molina

UFC 151 is the pay-per-view that never happened, but should have. UFC 160 is the pay-per-view that happened, but shouldn’t have.

Somehow, UFC President Dana White convinced us that the two big main events were not mismatches … Read More

By FCF Staff

The legal battle between Edddie Alvarez and Bellator doesn’t appear to be settling down, as the promotion’s former lightweight champ has announced via Twitter that the two parties are headed to a courtroom. In addition, Alvarez has … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

The UFC and its highly unusual matchmaking process have made headlines yet again. It looks as if Johny Henricks’ title hopes may get put on the shelf once more, this time in favor of a heavily rumored … Read More

By Joshua Molina

UFC 157 revealed a lot about the sport of MMA and its fighters.  Some are hungry. Some aren’t. Here’s a look at some of the fallout from the historic show.

No one gave Robbie Lawler a chance. … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Regardless of the truth when it comes to negotiations between the UFC and Cris Cyborg , Invicta FC’s signing of the Brazilian blaster is a big deal for the all-women’s promotion.  Santos has the potential to lift … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

Mixed Martial Arts, despite its near 20-year organized history, and its incredible record of fighter safety, at least as concerns the more affluent promotions, faces tremendous obstacles in the shape of the uninformed or simply misinformed.  MMA … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Yes, the outcomes in pro wrestling are scripted, but a lot of what wrestlers do on live TV every week is very real.

And every MMA fighter could learn a lot from watching last night’s historic microphone … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Alistair Overeem may have lost his opportunity to challenge for the UFC heavyweight title last May, but if everything goes according to plan, the decorated fighter will return to action next month at a time when the … Read More

By Joshua Molina

A year ago the biggest star in the history of mixed martial arts, the man who attracted the most Pay Per View buys in UFC history, the behemoth who convinced the mainstream press to pay attention to … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Robbie Lawler, this is probably your last chance.

Somehow Lawler lined up a big fight against Josh Koscheck at UFC 157, on the undercard of the Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche fight.

This fight is like the … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Georges St. Pierre is a smart man and a smart fighter.

In fact, he’s so smart, he knows the difference between accepting a good fight and a bad fight.

That’s why his “explanation” for why he wants … Read More