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GLORY 33: Rico Verhoeven – Anderson Silva, Simon Marcus – Jason Wilnis Booked
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New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, will make its way to the Garden State for the first time as Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, NJ hosts GLORY 33 New Jersey and… Read More
Legacy FC 59: Ike Villanueva – Trevin Giles to Headline
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Houston, TX – July 20, 2016– September 16th, 2016 Legacy Fighting Championships returns to the Arena Theater in Houston,TX with LFC 59! With seven action-packed fights on the televised card, LFC 59 will surely be night… Read More
BAMMA 26 Receives Brian Moore vs. Daniel Crawford
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[London 20.07.16] BAMMA today announces Daniel Crawford as the replacement opponent for Brian ‘The Pikeman’ Moore at BAMMA 26: Craig Vs. Fields. A further amateur bout is also added to the fight card at the… Read More
RIZIN FF: Mirko Cro Cop Returns For 16-Man, Open Weight Tourney
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TOKYO – July 16, 2016 – RIZIN FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced at a press conference today that all-time great Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Kickboxing:… Read More
Eddie Alvarez is Already Looking Forward, UFC Title Win is “in The Past”
By FCF Staff
It’s been less than two weeks since Eddie Alvarez became the UFC’s lightweight champ, but the decorated fighter isn’t dwelling on his biggest win to date.
Alvarez took Rafael dos Anjos out in the opening round at… Read More
RFA 43: Brian Camozzi to Face Nick Barnes
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares announced today that the RFA is headed back to Colorado in September. The main event of RFA 43 will feature a battle for the… Read More
World Series of Fighting Signs Welterweight Star Paul Bradley
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LAS VEGAS (July 14, 2016) –World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) announced today that it has signed another heralded star – welterweight (170 pounds) powerhouse Paul “The Gentleman” Bradley (23-6, 2 NC) – to an exclusive, multi-fight agreement.… Read More
WSOF 32: Preliminary Card Finalized With Nine Bouts
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LAS VEGAS (July 12, 2016) –World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) announced today the completion of a nine-fight preliminary card for the highly-anticipated WSOF32: Moraes vs. Hill II, world championship doubleheader that airs live on NBCSN… Read More
UFC 200: Amanda Nunes Credits “Patience” For Impressive, Title Cinching Win
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Amanda Nunes needed less than four minutes to take out Miesha Tate at UFC 200, but the new bantamweight champ is crediting patience for her jaw dropping win.
Nunes cracked Tate with several, hard punches not long… Read More
UFC 200: Daniel Cormier Defends Strategy he Used to Defeat Anderson Silva
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Some fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas didn’t approve of the wrestling strategy Daniel Cormier used to defeat Anderson Silva, and the light-heavyweight champ was quick to comment on the boos.
Cormier took Silva to… Read More
UFC 200: Amanda Nunes Storms Through Miesha Tate, Brock Lesnar Scores Win in Return
By FCF Staff
Miesha Tate’s reign as the UFC’s bantamweight champ ended up being a short one, as the rugged vet was quickly taken out by Amanda Nunes at UFC 200.
Nunes cracked Tate with several hard punches not long… Read More
Frank Mir Requests Release From UFC to Pursue Other Opportunities
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After a 15 year run with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, former heavyweight champ Frank Mir has requested to be released by the ZUFFA owned promotion.
After failing his post-fight drug test, following a loss to Mark Hunt… Read More
UFC 200: Julianna Pena on Why Bout With Cat Zingano is Like a “Title Fight”
By FCF Staff
Julianna Pena’s upcoming bout with Cat Zingano won’t deliver her any championship gold if she wins it, but for the former TUF winner, it’s a title fight nonetheless.
The bantamweight contenders are scheduled to fight at UFC… Read More
TUF 23 Finale: Will Brooks Says He’ll be in UFC Title Contention “Very Soon”
By FCF Staff
It remains to be seen how Will Brooks does against Ross Pearson next week, but the former Bellator champ believes he’ll be in the UFC’s lightweight, title shot mix soon.
Just a couple of weeks ago, the UFC… Read More
M-1 Challenge 69: Denis Smoldarev vs. Kenny Garner to Headline
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (June 29, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced heavyweights Denis Smoldarev and American MMA veteran Kenny “Deuce” Garner will square off in the M-1 Challenge 69 main event, Saturday night, July 16, in… Read More
Murder Charges Laid Following Death of UFC Vet Ryan Jimmo
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Two suspects have been arrested and one has been charged with murder, following the death of former UFC competitor Ryan Jimmo last weekend.
The 34 year-old fighter was killed early Sunday morning, after he was reportedly struck… Read More
Bellator 159: Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Daniel Weichel Added
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (June 29, 2016) – A gem of a featherweight contest pitting divisional standouts Emmanuel Sanchez (13-2) and Daniel “The Weasel” Weichel (36-9) has been added to the main card of “Bellator 159: Caldwell vs.… Read More
WSOF 32: Phil Hawes Returns To Face Louis Taylor on July 30
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LAS VEGAS (June 29, 2016) –World Series of Fighting (WSOF.com) announced today that undefeated, top prospect Phil Hawes (4-0) will make a quick turnaround and step back in the decagon cage just six weeks after his… Read More
Bellator Dynamite 2: “Rampage” Jackson Gets by Satoshi Ishii, Michael Chandler Takes LW Belt With Vicious KO
By FCF Staff
“Rampage” Jackson’s Bellator return was a successful one tonight, as the former UFC champ worked his way to a win over Satoshi Ishii at Dynamite 2.
Ishii was able to hit several nice trips early on, but… Read More
Bellator 156: Eduardo Dantas Cruises to Victory, Reclaims BW Title
By FCF Staff
Eduardo Dantas wasn’t able to finish Marcos Galvao like he did in their first encounter, but he did dominate the action at Bellator 156 to reclaim the bantamweight title.
Dantas punished Galvao with punches and legkicks throughout… Read More