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UFC 236: Dustin Poirier Plans to “Shock The World”
By FCF Staff
Dustin Poirier is aware that he’s the underdog heading into his bout tonight with Max Holloway, and “The Diamond” intends to “shock the world” at UFC 236.
Poirier will face the featherweight champ in the headliner of… Read More
MSG to Host Bellator 222, Lyoto Machida vs. Chael Sonnen to Headline
By Press Release
Bellator is returning to the “Big Apple” on Friday, June 14, 2019 for its second event at Madison Square Garden with a stacked card to be streamed exclusively on DAZN.
MSG, “The World’s Most Famous Arena”… Read More
Garden Staters Green, Ashnault At Beat the Streets ‘Grapple At The Garden,’ May 6
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NEW YORK– New Jersey natives James Green (Willingboro) and Anthony Ashnault (South Plainfield) will square off in the first announced Team USA vs. NCAA Champions match during the 2019 “Grapple at the Garden” Beat the Streets… Read More
Retirement Will be The Next Step For “Jacare” Souza, if His Next Win Doesn’t Earn Him a UFC Title
The sports world demands nothing but the best from athletes. The athletes who wish to get to the top have to bleed and make a lot of sacrifices to get there. Take the Ultimate Fighting Championship, (UFC), for example. Many… Read More
State Champions Aragona, Busiello To Compete in BTS HS Match
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NEW YORK– The first youth matchup for the 2019 “Grapple at the Apple” Beat the Streets (BTS) benefit is set, and it’s a battle of State Champions, as Jo Jo Aragona (Pope John XXIII HS/New Jersey)… Read More
M-1 Challenge 101 Fact Sheet
By Press Release
WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 2019
WHERE: Almaty, Kazakhstan
PROMOTER: M-1 Global
LIVE STREAM: www.m1global.tv (10.00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT in USA). Also available on FITE.TV (preliminary card is free, $7.99 for the main card)… Read More
LFA Announces Busy May Schedule
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will have a busy month of May with four action-packed MMA events in Colorado, Utah, Missouri and Minnesota.
Full Fight… Read More
Report: GLORY Champ Alex Pereira’s New Contract Allows For MMA Fights
By FCF Staff
GLORY middleweight champ Alex Pereira recently announced he planned to return to MMA. But now it’s being reported the Brazilian has signed a new deal, which will allow him to compete in both sports.
Late last year,… Read More
Darren Till Weighs-in on Tyron Woodley’s Loss to Kamaru Usman
By FCF Staff
Darren Till is praising Kamaru Usman’s championship performance at UFC 235, but the welterweight doesn’t believe now former champ, Tyron Woodley, looked like himself in the match-up.
Woodley faced Usman earlier this month, and lost a one-sided,… Read More
UFC 235 Pay-Per-View Sales Strong According to Early Estimates
By FCF Staff
UFC 235 was widely considered to be one of the deepest cards in recent memory, and it looks like the March 2nd event did very well in pay-per-view-sales.
The recent event featured light-heavyweight champ Jon Jones defending… Read More
ROAD FC 052 Preview
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ROAD FC Fighting Championship 052 takes place this Saturday, February 23, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. The main event will final match for the ROAD FC $1 Million Tournament between Shamil Zavurov and Mansour Barnaoui, and… Read More
Bellator Signs The “Pitbull” Brothers to Long Term Contract Extensions
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Bellator is proud to announce that both Patricio and Patricky Freire, better known to fans as the infamous “Pitbull Brothers,” will continue to compete inside the Bellator cage after signing exclusive multi-year, multi-fight extensions to remain with… Read More
LFA 63: Derrick “D-Rock” Krantz to Face Justin “The Tactician” Patterson in Headliner
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will head deep in the heart of Texas in March with a long-awaited welterweight showdown at the top of LFA 63.
The main… Read More
LFA 62 to Feature Bantamweight Title Fight
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will be bringing a bantamweight title fight to Texas when the promotion returns to Dallas in March.
The main event of LFA 62… Read More
Kelvin Gastelum Argues Israel Adesanya Hasn’t Earned Title Shot
By FCF Staff
Last weekend’s fight between Anderson Silva and Israel Adesanya was billed as a title shot eliminator. But despite the fact the latter won the contest, Kelvin Gastelum doesn’t believe “The Last Style Bender’s” earned a championship bout.… Read More
UFC 234: Anderson Silva Hopes to Deliver a “Rocky Story”
By FCF Staff
Anderson Silva could secure another shot at the UFC’s middleweight championship this Saturday, and after that, the legend’s hoping to deliver fans a “Rocky story”.
The former champ will take on rising star Israel Adesanya in the… Read More
Freddie Roach Discusses Possibilities For GSP’s Next Bout, Names “Irish Boy” With a “Big Mouth”
By FCF Staff
It remains to be seen whether Georges St-Pierre fights again, but recently famed boxing Freddie Roach, hinted at Conor McGregor as a possible opponent.
For months now, St-Pierre has expressed an interest in fighting for the UFC’s lightweight… Read More
WKG & M-1 Challenge 100: Roman Bogatov Defends Lightweight Title
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HARBIN, China (January 26, 2019) – Rising mixed-martial-arts star Roman Bogatov remained undefeated, defeating Michel “Sassarito” Silva today, in the WKG & M-1 Challenge main event, held in Harbin, China.
Bogatov (8-0-0) used his master submission… Read More
Dana White Says Conor McGregor is “Fired up” to Make Another Title Run
By FCF Staff
It’s still not known when or who Conor McGregor will fight next, but Dana White says the star is eager to return to the cage and to make another championship run.
McGregor is still waiting to see… Read More
WKG & M-1 Challenge 100: Michel Silva is Out to Take LW Title From Roman Bogatov
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SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (January XX, 2019) – Challenger Michel “Sassarito” Silva Is on a mission to take the M-1 Challenge lightweight title belt from undefeated defending champion Roman Bogatov on January 26, in the main event of… Read More