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By FCF Staff

Nearly seven years later, and with 16 more wins now under his belt, Jake Hieron will finally return to the UFC on September 1^st. Hieron will face a stiff test in his Octagon return, however, … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

Women’s Mixed Martial Arts has certainly come a long way in the past several years.  This is not entirely undue to the ever increasing level of talent that is flooding into the women’s division, particularly that of … Read More

By FCF Staff

The Maximum Fighting Championship has announced that rising Canadian featherweight Graham Spencer will take on Hawaiian, UFC vet Shane Nelson at the promotion’s upcoming October 26th event in Edmonton.

The bout will kick off the MFC’s newly … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Tarec Saffiedine headed to San Diego this past weekend hoping to entrench a title fight with Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nate Marquardt, and after his win Saturday night, it remains to be seen if he’ll receive it. Saffiedine … Read More

By FCF Staff

Spike TV and kickboxing promotion K-1 have agreed to a strategic partnership that will begin this fall with live fights streamed on Spike.com beginning Saturday, September 8 at the U.S. World Grand Prix Championship in Los Angeles, … Read More

Matyushenko Facing Hamill at UFC 152, Bocek vs. dos Anjos Added to UFC 154

By FCF Staff

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has added an intriguing lightweight bout to the line-up for its December 29^th event in Las Vegas, as … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Who’s Next?

“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey destroyed Sarah Kaufman last night in spectacular fashion. Can anyone stop this destructive diva?

After the fight Rousey told Showtime’s Mauro Ranallo that she wants to fight Cris “Cyborg” Santos, but only … Read More

By Joshua Molina

In the court of public opinion, Frankie Edgar won Saturday’s fight against Ben Henderson at UFC 150. Although public opinion won’t change the outcome of Henderson’s split decision victory, Edgar looks like the unofficial winner. If you … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Dana White would like Forrest Griffin to retire. Increasingly, more fighters want Dana White to shut up.

The latest among them is UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson, who blasted White this week.

Nelson and White have clashed during … Read More

By FCF Staff

Strikeforce’s upcoming September 29^th card in Sacramento apparently has a new and intriguing addition, as Quinn Mulhern is reporting that he’s fighting UFC vet Jorge Santiago at the event.

Mulhern made the announcement via his official … Read More

By Tom Taylor

This Saturday, the UFC will return to “The Mile High City,” Denver, Colorado, for UFC 150. Despite being a milestone card, UFC 150 will not boast the same wealth of star-power that other milestone shows, such as … Read More

By FCF Staff

After a seven year hiatus, Strikeforce and Bellator veteran Jay Hieron is reportedly headed back to the UFC, and will fight Jake Ellenberger on September 1^st.

The news comes shortly after the promotion announced that … Read More

Jerome LeBanner, Errol Zimmerman and 7 other kickboxing stars amongst the first 13 fighters confirmed for December GLORY World Series-promoted event

By FCF Staff

Glory Sports International, the parent company of world championship kickboxing league GLORY World Series, has today … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Many people believe UFC boss Dana White is a marketing genius, and that may be true, but his booking decisions this year have many people puzzled.

UFC on Fox 4 on Saturday night went head-to-head with the … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

This Saturday, Melvin Guillard will take on his friend and former teammate Donald Cerrone, in what he recently described to Full Contact Fighter as a “life changing fight.” Despite their friendship, the lightweights have elected to face … Read More

By Joshua Molina

It looks like Lyoto Machida is in line for the next title shot against Jon “Bones” Jones, unless of course UFC boss Dana White changes his mind again.

White originally said the winner of the Shogun … Read More

By FCF Staff

It didn’t take long at last night’s UFC on FOX 4 post-fight presser for the promotion’s president Dana White to start explaining why he has decided to grant Lyoto Machida a title shot instead of “Shogun” Rua.… Read More

By Michael Hatamoto

UFC lightweights Donald Cerrone and Melvin Guillard will meet in the co-main event of UFC 150 next weekend, with fans hoping for an exciting standup battle.

There are no hard feelings between the two friends and former … Read More

By Joshua Molina

What do you know? Ronda Rousey actually showed a female mixed martial artist and an Olympian some respect.  She wrote, “Huge congrats to @judo_kayla winning gold in women’s judo today!!!!.”

Kayla Harrison, 22, won the Olympic gold … Read More

By Joshua Molina

We are two days away from UFC on FOX, an event with a lot on the line for four fighters and the UFC.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua battles Brandon Vera and Lyoto Machida takes on Ryan Bader.

The … Read More