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ONE Championship: Miesha Tate Appointed as Vice President
By Press Release
08 November 2018 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that it has appointed former women’s mixed martial arts world champion Miesha Tate as Vice President of… Read More
Report: UFC 225 PPV Numbers Under 150,000
By FCF Staff
UFC 225 was widely viewed as one of the most stacked cards of the year, but according to one report, the June 9th event struggled in the pay-per-view market.
Last weekend’s event, which took place in Chicago,… Read More
UFC 225: Robert Whittaker Survives Late Scare to Win Controversial, Decision Over Yoel Romero
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from UFC 225, which saw Robert Whittaker earn a controversial, split decision win over Yoel Romero.
The middleweight champ bested Romero in the opening two rounds, but in the remaining frames, the contender… Read More
UFC 225 Weigh-In Results: Yoel Romero Misses Weight on Second Attempt
By FCF Staff
Weight cutting has once again impacted a UFC card, as Yoel Romero missed weight today in Chicago, Illinois, for a scheduled title fight with middleweight champ, Robert Whittaker.
The decorated wrestler came in at 186 pounds on… Read More
Emotional Ronda Rousey Opens up About Amanda Nunes Loss
By FCF Staff
Ronda Rousey hasn’t publicly talked much about her quick, 2016 loss to Amanda Nunes. But in a recent video for WWE, the former UFC champ opened up about her devastating defeat.
The loss to Nunes was Rousey’s… Read More
UFC 220 PPV Buy Estimates Are In
By FCF Staff
Last month’s UFC 220 card in Boston featured two title fights, and it looks like the January 20th event pulled decent, but somewhat underwhelming, pay-per-view numbers.
The event saw heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic worked his way to… Read More
Ronda Rousey Says UFC Return Could Still Happen, Following News of WWE Deal
By FCF Staff
Although Ronda Rousey hasn’t fought since 2016, and the former UFC champ has signed a new deal with pro-wrestling’s WWE, the star isn’t ruling out a return to the Octagon.
Rousey appeared a WWE event on Saturday,… Read More
Cris “Cyborg” Wants to Fight Amanda Nunes During International Fight Week
By FCF Staff
After initially arguing that Amanda Nunes would need to defeat a top, featherweight contender before receiving a title shot, Cris “Cyborg” has announced she wants to fight the bantamweight champ in July.
Nunes began campaigning for a… Read More
Report: UFC 219 Likely Third Biggest PPV Card of 2017 For Promotion
By FCF Staff
UFC 219 featured one of the biggest female fights in recent memory, as featherweight champ Cris “Cyborg” took on former bantamweight champ, Holly Holm, and it looks like the card performed quite well in the pay-per-view market.… Read More
Cris “Cyborg” Says Amanda Nunes Needs to Beat Top Featherweight Before Receiving Title Shot
By FCF Staff
Although Dana White has said he wants to book a bout between bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes and featherweight champ, Cris “Cyborg”, the latter is putting the brakes on talk about the super fight.
During a recent interview… Read More
Khabib Nurmagomedov Moves Into UFC’s P4P Rankings
By FCF Staff
Following Khabib Nurmagomedov’s one sided win over Edson Barboza at UFC 219 this past weekend, the lightweight has been moved into the promotion’s top 15, pound-for-pound ranks.
Nurmagomedov worked his way to a unanimous decision win over… Read More
UFC 219 Salaries: Cris “Cyborg” Leads The Way in Fighter Payouts
By FCF Staff
Cris “Cyborg” defended the featherweight title at UFC 219, by defeating Holly Holm, and the renowned fighter led the way in salaries for the card.
“Cyborg” earned a decision win over Holm at the event, which took… Read More
Megan Anderson Says Bout With Cris “Cyborg” is “The Fight to Make”, Following UFC 219
By FCF Staff
Now that Cris “Cyborg” Justino has defeated Holly Holm, people are asking who should be next for the UFC featherweight champ, and Megan Anderson says it should be her.
“Cyborg” took on Holm in the headliner of… Read More
UFC 219 Weigh-In Results
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for UFC 219, which will take place tomorrow in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the main event, featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino will take on former bantamweight champ, Holly Holm (results via… Read More
UFC 219: Cris “Cyborg” Reports She Used to Walk Around “180 or 185”
By FCF Staff
As Cris “Cyborg” Justino prepares for her first title defense as the UFC’s women’s, featherweight champ, she’s revealed she used to walk around as much as 40 more pounds than the division’s weight.
Before the UFC opened… Read More
Valentina Shevchenko Moves to 125, Fighting Priscila Cachoeira Next
By FCF Staff
Following her second loss to bantamweight champ, Amanda Nunes, the UFC has announced that Valentina Shevchenko will battle undefeated flyweight Priscila Cachoeira next.
The bout will be part of the UFC’s February 3rd card in Belem, Brazil.
Shevchenko… Read More
Cris “Cyborg” Signs New UFC Deal
By FCF Staff
In the same week that the UFC announced that Cris “Cyborg” Justino will fight Holly Holm on December 30th, the featherweight champ has signed a contract extension with the promotion.
The expectation had been that Justino would… Read More
UFC 215: Amanda Nunes Isn’t Looking For Ronda Rousey Like Fame
By FCF Staff
Amanda Nunes has repeatedly noted that Ronda Rousey received much more, promotional push when they were set to battle, but the champ admits she isn’t hoping to reach the same level of fame as “Rowdy”.
Nunes and… Read More
UFC 213: Betting Preview And Form Guide
From a strictly Nevadan perspective, Las Vegas is unrivalled in its ability to whip up a frenzy on fight night. Paradise, an adjacent city, has generally been overlooked when it comes to hosting UFC history in the making. That was… Read More
Mike Winkeljohn Weighs-In on Conor McGregor’s Chances Against Floyd Mayweather
By FCF Staff
It doesn’t sound like Mike Winkeljohn will be putting money down on Conor McGregor, but the renowned striking coach believes the UFC champ has a shot at defeating Floyd Mayweather.
Last week it was announced that the… Read More