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RFA 19: Jake Collier Lays Claim to Middleweight Crown
By FCF Staff
Resurrection Fighting Alliance held its latest event Friday night in Prior Lake, Minnesota, and in the main event, Jake Collier secured the promotion’s vacant middleweight title.
Collier did so by tapping out Gabriel Checco in the first… Read More
BAMMA Fight Night: Rany Saadeh Takes Flyweight Title, Ion Pascu Defeats Lee Chadwick
By FCF Staff
Here are the official results from BAMMA’s latest event, which saw Ion Pascu decision middleweight Lee Chadwick in the headliner.
The card also saw Rany Saadeh lay claim to BAMMA’s flyweight belt, by handing Jody Collins a… Read More
RFA 15: Kevin Casey Takes Middleweight Title With First Round KO
By FCF Staff
Resurrection Fighting Alliance held its latest event Friday night in Culver City, and Kevin Casey laid claim to the promotion’s middleweight title in violent fashion.
The UFC vet secured the vacant championship by knocking out Aaron Sanchez… Read More
Bellator 121: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and James Thompson Score Wins in Promotional Debuts
By FCF Staff
Here are the official results for tonight’s Bellator 121 card in Thackerville, Oklahoma, which saw PRIDE vets Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and James Thompson win their promotional debuts.
The card also featured three, opening round bouts of Bellator’s latest… Read More
Bellator 121 Weigh-In Results: Light-Heavyweight Tourney Competitors Set
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for Bellator 121, which will be hosted by the WinStar World Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma, Friday night.
The main card will feature the opening round of the promotion’s latest, light-heavyweight… Read More
Bellator 121: Thompson-Prindle, Sokoudjou-Davinney Booked
By FCF Staff
Not long after Bellator confirmed that it has signed UFC and PRIDE vet Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou to a new contract, the promotion has announced the light-heavyweight’s next fight.
Sokoudjou will take on Terry Davinney at Bellator… Read More
Bellator 115: Champion Vitaly Minakov and Cheick Kongo Lead Way in Pay
By FCF Staff
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the payroll for Bellator’s April 4th card in Reno, and headliners Vitaly Minakov and Cheick Kongo led the way.
The heavyweight champ Minakov took home $35,000 for the bout, which… Read More
BAMMA 15: Gzim Selmani and Colin Fletcher Among Winners
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from the British Association of Mixed-Martial-Arts’ latest event, which took place at London’s Copper Box Arena in England.
In the headliner, Gzim Selmani quickly choked out heavyweight Oli Thompson with a guillotine choke.… Read More
Bellator 115: Vitaly Minakov Outscores Cheick Kongo
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from tonight’s Bellator 115 card in Reno, Nevada, which saw heavyweight champ Vitaly Minakov outscore Cheick Kongo for the unanimous decision win.
With the victory, Minakov extended his record to 14-0, while Kongo’s… Read More
BAMMA 15: Final Line-up Released for April 5th Card
By FCF Staff
The British Association of Mixed-Martial-Arts has released the final line-up for the promotion’s April 5th card in London, which will be hosted by the historic city’s Copper Box Arena.
BAMMA 15 will feature a… Read More
Bellator 111: Eduardo Dantas Taps Out Anthony Leone to Defend Bantamweight Crown
By FCF Staff
After dropping the opening round to Anthony Leone tonight at Bellator 111 in Thackerville, Oklahoma, Eduardo Dantas came back to defend the bantamweight title with a highlight reel submission win.
Dantas ended a scramble in round two,… Read More
Bellator 111 Weigh-In Results: Dantas and Leone on the Mark for Headliner
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for Bellator 111, which will go down tomorrow night at the WinStar World Casino, in Thackerville, Casino.
The card will feature bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas taking on Anthony Leone in the… Read More
WSOF 9: John Gunderson-Chris Gruetzemacher Among Latest Additions
By FCF Staff
World Series of Fighting has confirmed several more bouts for the promotion’s March 29th card in Las Vegas, including a featherweight fight between John Gunderson and Chris “Gritz” Gruetzemacher.
WSOF 9 will be hosted by the Hard Rock… Read More
MFC 40: Kevin Croom to Challenge Bantamweight Champ Anthony Birchak
By FCF Staff
The Maximum Fighting Championship has announced that it has signed Kevin Croom to a multi-fight deal, and that the bantamweight will challenge the promotion’s champ Anthony Birchak, May 9th.
The bout will be one of three… Read More
Bellator 111: Anthony Leone to Challenge Eduardo Dantas After Rafael Silva Withdraws
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced that Eduardo Dantas will not defend his bantamweight title versus Rafael Silva on March 7th as scheduled, as the latter has suffered a knee injury and will be unable to compete. Replacing Silva… Read More
Bellator 111: Line-Up For March 7th Event Finalized
By FCF Staff
Bellator has announced the entire line-up for its March 7th event, which will feature bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas taking on Rafael Silva in the main event.
The card, which will be hosted by Oklahoma’s WinStar World Casino,… Read More
MFC 40: Gallicchio-Southern II Booked, Alvey And Birchak to Defend Titles
By FCF Staff
The Maximum Fighting Championship has announced that it’s May 9th event will feature three title fights, including a rematch between Kurt Southern and Tom Gallicchio. MFC 40 will also see bantamweight champion Anthony Birchak and middleweight champ… Read More
Opinion: Dana White is George Bush?
By Jesse Heitz
For my twice weekly articles I generally like to pick currently developing stories and bat them around, as many regular readers can attest. Usually, these pieces are serious in tone, often critical, but not always. However, it’s… Read More
BAMMA 14: Finalized Card Released For December 14th Event
By BAMMA (via press release)
(December 4th.13) Europe’s flagship Mixed Martial Arts promotion, BAMMA, hits Birmingham’s LG Arena for its Christmas event on 14th December to present a stunning night of fights to round off the year. BAMMA… Read More
Opinion: The UFC 20 Years Later
By Jesse Heitz
This week, the most dominant promotion in Mixed Martial Arts, as well as the founding company of modern MMA, turned twenty years old. This is certainly a momentous occasion for our sport. A sport that has… Read More