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Conor McGregor Responds to News of Nick Diaz’s Pending Comeback
By FCF Staff
Conor McGregor maybe currently retired, but based off a tweet the star recently made, it looks like he could be interested in fighting Nick Diaz.
Recently Nick Diaz’s manager confirmed that the star recently completed a… Read More
Ricardo Lamas Confirms Retirement, Following 20th Pro Win
By FCF Staff
After he defeated Bill Ageo last month, Ricardo Lamas said the fight could have been his last, and now the longtime, featherweight contender’s confirmed he’s retiring.
The 38-year-old fighter faced Algeo at the UFC’s August 29th card,… Read More
Manager Reports Nick Diaz Completed Test Weight Cut, Preparing For Comeback
By FCF Staff
Nick Diaz talked about fighting again last year, and while it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen in 2020, the fighter is reportedly preparing for a comeback.
The 37-year-old Diaz hasn’t fought since 2015, when he… Read More
Brian Ortega Says “The Pressure is Gone” Ahead of Chan Sung Jung Fight
By FCF Staff
As Brian Ortega prepares to fight Chan Sung Jung on October 18th, the featherweight contender says he’s not carrying the pressure he was, ahead of his last bout.
Ortega hasn’t fought since December, 2018, when he lost… Read More
Ovince Saint Preux: Alonzo Menifield’s Chin Was “Staring Right at Me”
By FCF Staff
Ovince Saint Preux took out Alonzo Menifield in highlight reel fashion at UFC Vegas 9, and the light heavyweight drew comparisons to his KO win over “Shogun” Rua.
Saint Preux faced Menifield in the co-headliner of Saturday’s… Read More
Alistair Overeem: Jairzinho Rozenstruik “Knows” he Should Have Lost First Bout
By FCF Staff
Following Alistair Overeem’s latest win at UFC Vegas 9 on Saturday, it remains to be seen who the heavyweight will fight next. But, the legendary fighter says he’s open to fighting Jairzinho Rozenstruik once again.
Overeem faced… Read More
Lyoto Machida is “Only Human”, Has Thought About Fighting Vadim Nemkov
By FCF Staff
Lyoto Machida is focused on his next assignment: defeating Phil Davis at Bellator 245. But, the former UFC champ admits he’s thought about facing Bellator’s new light heavyweight king, Vadim Nemkov.
Machida is booked to face Davis… Read More
Augusto Sakai Hopes to “Jump The Line” With Big Win Over Alistair Overeem
By FCF Staff
Augusto Sakai isn’t in the UFC’s heavyweight title shot mix right now. But, the Brazilian fighter believes he could change all that tonight, with a decisive win over Alistair Overeem.
Sakai has been scheduled to face the… Read More
Alistair Overeem Would be “Honored” to Fight Jon Jones
By FCF Staff
Until recently, a fight between Jon Jones and Alistair Overeem didn’t seem like a possibility. But now that Jones is moving to heavyweight, the match-up could happen, and Overeem would be “honored” to fight his former teammate.… Read More
Ray Borg Isn’t Retiring After All, Says “Depression And Stress Got The Best of Me”
By FCF Staff
Just last week, Ray Borg surprised many in the MMA world by announcing he was retiring from fighting at the age of 27. But, now the former UFC fighter is reporting that he does intend to keep… Read More
LFA 90 Weigh-in Results
By FCF staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for LFA 90, which is taking place Friday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
In the main event, Zviad Lazishvili will take on Ricky “The Karate Kid” Steele for the vacant, bantamweight… Read More
Anthony Smith Reports Leg is “Not Good”, Following Kicks From Aleksandar Rakic
By FCF Staff
Aleksandar Rakic pounded Anthony Smith’s lead leg with several, brutal kicks last weekend, and “The Lionheart” recently discussed how much damage he sustained.
Smith faced the rising light heavyweight in the main event of UFC Vegas 8,… Read More
Report: Glover Teixeira Tests Positive For COVID-19, Thiago Santos Fight Postponed
By FCF Staff
UFC Vegas 10 has lost its main event, as it’s being reported that Glover Teixeira has tested positive for COVID-19.
The light heavyweight was scheduled to face fellow contender, Thiago Santos in the main event of the… Read More
Daniel Cormier Withdraws From USADA Testing Pool
By FCF staff
Daniel Cormier recently confirmed that he’s hanging up the gloves, and now the legend’s also leaving USADA’s testing pool.
Leading up to Cormier’s third bout with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic last month, “DC” repeatedly said it would… Read More
DWCS Highlights: Jimmy Flick Subs Nate Smith
Gets the submission…FINALLY.@JimmyFlick gets what he's been hunting for all night.
Tune in now on #ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/v0eqSm6Upt
— UFC (@ufc) September 2, 2020
DWCS Highlights: William Knight Stops Cody Brundage
VICIOUS ground and pound!
👊 William Knight with the absolute POWER to end it.
We're LIVE on #ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/LF30vGwXqn
— UFC (@ufc) September 2, 2020
LFA Announces Final Phase 2 Events
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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
Daniel Cormier Repeats He’s Done Fighting
By FCF Staff
Heading into UFC 252, Daniel Cormier repeatedly said it would mark the last time he would fight, and now the legendary fighter has confirmed, he is retired.
For some time, Cormier said that his rubber match with… Read More
Bellator’s Scott Coker Interested in Fedor Emelianenko – Brock Lesnar Fight
By FCF Staff
Following news that Brock Lesnar is a free agent, Bellator President Scott Coker has reportedly acknowledged he would be interested in seeing the pro-wrestling star fight Fedor Emelianenko.
Recently PW Insider reported that Lesnar’s deal with professional wrestling’s… Read More
Jon Jones Outlines Case For Stipe Miocic to Fight Him Next
By FCF Staff
UFC President Dana White has repeatedly said that Francis Ngannou is next for heavyweight champ, Stipe Miocic. But, recently Jon Jones outlined why he believes a fight between him and Miocic should be next.
Earlier this month,… Read More