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AFC 25 Headliner Billy Quarantillo Explains How TUF 22 Made Him a Better Fighter
By Kelsey Mowatt
Billy Quarantillo says his life hasn’t changed that much since he competed on the 22nd season of “The Ultimate Fighter”, but the featherweight does credit the show for making him a better fighter.
Quarantillo made… Read More
Demetrious Johnson Outlines Why he Has no Plans to Jump to 135 For Now
By FCF Staff
Since Demetrious Johnson has defeated many of the UFC’s top flyweights, and has gone undefeated in 10 straight bouts, there’s been talk about whether the champion might return to 135 pounds. While “Mighty Mouse” hasn’t completely ruled… Read More
GLORY 29: Zack Mwekassa Added to Copenhagen Card
By Press Release
New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced a new headline bout for GLORY 29 SuperFight Series, finalizing the card scheduled for April 16 from Forum Copenhagen in Denmark.… Read More
Demian Maia Doesn’t Believe He’s The Best Welterweight, But Confident he Can Win Title
By FCF Staff
Demian Maia admits he doesn’t think he’s the best 170 pound fighter in the world, but the vaunted grappler is very confident he can win the UFC’s welterweight title.
Maia is booked to fight fellow contender Matt… Read More
Frank Mir Says Mark Hunt’s Fight Ending Blow Was “By Far The Hardest Punch I’ve Ever Received”
By FCF Staff
Frank Mir has competed against many of the best heavyweights during his storied career, but the former champ says Mark Hunt landed the hardest blow he’s ever received at UFC Fight Night 85.
Hunt and Mir battled… Read More
Frankie Edgar’s Manger, Ali Abdelaziz, Accuses Conor McGregor of Ducking Former LW Champ
By FCF Staff
It looks as though Conor McGregor is going to rematch Nate Diaz next, rather than face Frankie Edgar, and the latter’s manager is clearly angry about it.
Following McGregor’s submission loss to Diaz at UFC 196, the… Read More
Renan Barao Says he Was “Not Able to Recover 100%” After Cutting to 135
By FCF Staff
In advance of his May 29th bout with featherweight contender Jeremy Stephens, former bantamweight champ Renan Barao has acknowledged the cut to 135 pounds had become too much.
Barao has elected to move up to 145 pounds,… Read More
Gunnar Nelson Outlines Why Conor McGregor Will Pick Nate Diaz “Apart” in Rematch
By FCF Staff
Conor McGregor was unable to finish Nate Diaz at UFC 196, and was in turn submitted, but Gunnar Nelson says things will be different in the rematch.
Although the UFC has yet to announce the rematch, it’s… Read More
Nate Diaz Says Conor McGregor is “Making More of a Scene Than Anyone Else”
By FCF Staff
Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor have verbally sparred over the preceding weeks, and will likely continue to do so, but the Stockton star doesn’t seem to have anything against the latter personally.
Before Diaz was booked to… Read More
RIZIN FF Signs Daron Cruickshank And Chris Barnett, Announces Five More Fights
By Press Release
TOKYO – March 24, 2016– RIZIN FF, the combat sports promotion led by former PRIDE FC head Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced during a press conference today, that it has inked five new, star-studded Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)… Read More
Nate Diaz Willing to “Run it Back” With Conor McGregor, Wants Rematch at 155
By FCF Staff
Nate Diaz rocked the MMA world by submitting Conor McGregor at UFC 196, and the outspoken fighter says he’s up for a rematch, if that’s what the fans want.
Since the bout took place on… Read More
Chris Weidman Says Sanctioning of MMA in New York is a “Dream Come True”
By FCF Staff
Chris Weidman has repeatedly talked about his desire to fight in his home state of New York, and thanks to a bill that was passed on Tuesday, it looks like that could happen soon.
On Tuesday, the… Read More
Lion Fight Signs WKC Champ Antonina Shevchenko
By Press Release
Lion Fight Promotions has bolstered its stable of exciting world-class fighters with the signing of 2016 K1 Enfusion Tournament winner and WKC world champion Antonina Shevchenko.
Shevchenko, whose sister Valentina recently signed with the UFC, agreed to… Read More
WSOF CEO Carlos Silva Comments on Legalization of MMA in New York
By FCF Staff
On Tuesday, the New York State Assembly passed legislation to lift the ban of pro mixed-martial-arts in the jurisdiction, and WSOF CEO Carlos Silva has released a statement regarding the historic news.
“This is an exciting and… Read More
Michael Mersch Joins World Series of Fighting
By Press Release
LAS VEGAS (March 22, 2016) –World Series of Fighting has appointed distinguished Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) industry veteran and sports attorney Michael Mersch, its new Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, effective immediately.
Mersch brings to the… Read More
GSP’s Coach Says Nate Diaz Missed Opportunity by Not Calling Out Former Champ
By FCF Staff
Georges St-Pierre’s coach, Firas Zahabi, has repeatedly said he believes the former welterweight champ wants to compete once again, and he also believes Nate Diaz missed an opportunity to make that happen.
Since GSP announced he was… Read More
Lion Fight 29: Jo Nattawut to Defend Super WW Title Versus Yodpayak Sitsongpeenong
By Press Release
“Smokin” Jo Nattawut will once again put his illustrious Lion Fight super welterweight title on the line when he battles Lumpinee Stadium champion Yodpayak “Tua” Sitsongpeenong at Lion Fight 29 as North America’s premier Muay Thai promotion… Read More
Michael Bisping Says he Has a “Compelling Case” For a Title Shot
By FCF Staff
Michael Bisping immediately called for a title shot, after he decisioned Anderson Silva last month, and the perennial, middleweight contender isn’t letting up.
Leading up to his bout with Silva at UFC Fight Night 84, Bisping argued… Read More
Renan Barao Heading to 145, Will Fight Jeremy Stephens Next
By FCF Staff
After months of speculation as to what would come next for Renan Barao, it looks as though the former bantamweight champ is indeed headed to 145, and will fight Jeremy Stephens.
Barao (33-3) has decided to make… Read More
Simon Marcus Believes GLORY’s Headed For “Huge Year”, But Could Use More “Characters”
By Kelsey Mowatt
It’s been somewhat of a bumpy ride for GLORY in recent months, but middleweight champ Simon Marcus believes the best is yet to come for the kickboxing promotion.
Back in 2014, GLORY appeared… Read More