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By FCF Staff

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s parent company ZUFFA has reportedly scored a significant win in its lawsuit with the State of New York to lift its ban on MMA. Although it remains to be seen what materializes next, … Read More

By Glory Sports International (via press release)

SINGAPORE (Feb 5, 2013) – – Glory Sports International, the parent company of the world’s new premiere kickboxing league, GLORY World Series, today announced the appointment of former WWE Executive VP Andrew Whitaker … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Even before Strikeforce permanently shut its doors, following its final event on January 12th, there was a steady stream of announcements confirming UFC bouts for many of the promotion’s more established competitors. Although some observers may have … Read More

Says GLORY is in discussion with Showtime about a future TV deal in The U.S.

“These are the biggest, baddest guys in the world in stand-up fighting.”

By Joshua Molina

Monday’s big New Year’s Eve show from Saitama Super Arena … Read More

By Jesse Heitz

The year 2012 was an interesting one for MMA to be sure.  There were undoubtedly many highs and lows, peaks and valleys.  We’ve seen a resurgence in steroid use this year.  Retirements of longtime fan-favorite fighters.  We … Read More

By Joshua Molina

If you love fighting, suspense and drama, there’s only one place to be on New Year’s Eve.

Watching DREAM 18 and Glory 4 live on Internet Pay Per View, or, for the first time ever, on the … Read More

By Glory Sports International (via Press Release)

TOKYO, Japan (Dec. 26, 2011) – Women’s superstar Marloes Coenen (20-5) of the Netherlands has been added to the stacked DREAM 18 MMA card at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan on New … Read More

By Glory Sports International (via press release)

Singapore (Dec. 20, 2012) –  GLORY announced today that it has signed seven new athletes from six different countries to its ever-growing powerhouse roster of elite stand-up fighters.

Four-time Muay Thai champion and … Read More

Hayato Sakurai vs. Phil Baroni and Satoru Kitaoka vs. Will Brooks also added to DREAM 18 New Year’s Eve card

By FCF Staff

A DREAM 18 New Year’s Eve matchup between DREAM Featherweight (145 pounds) Champion Hiroyuki Takaya (17-9) and … Read More

By FCF Staff

With two bouts left on UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva’s current contract, the promotion has apparently begun discussing a new deal with the renowned fighter. While in the past Silva has relayed that he did not intend … Read More

By Greg Boasberg

Last week, it was announced that AXS TV will bring full-rules Muay Thai to its network with “Lion Fight 8” on January 25 at “The Joint” inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. … Read More

By FCF Staff

Just a day after DREAM announced the first two fights for it’s New Year’s Eve event at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, the promotion has announced today that it has added a lightweight contest between Shinya Aoki … Read More

By Greg Boasberg

Giorgio Petrosyan, recently crowned the GLORY 3 Rome ‘Final 8’ tournament champion and widely regarded as the best pound for pound stand-up fighter on the planet, is scheduled to fight veteran Muay Thai champ Ole “Thundercat” Laursen … Read More

By Tom Taylor

Despite a rocky few years as a UFC middleweight, Italian striker Alessio Sakara (15-10) has announced that he has signed a new five-fight deal with the world’s premier MMA organization. Sakara made this announcement in Italian on … Read More

By FCF Staff

The fallout has begun from the news that Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold has been forced to withdraw from another title defense in January due to injury, and the man who’s had another title shot cancelled, apparently … Read More

By Greg Boasberg

What is it like when you have to fight your friend? Opening round match-ups were announced earlier this week for the GLORY 4 New Years Eve Heavyweight Grand Slam 16-man tournament taking place in Tokyo, Japan.

Tournament … Read More

Courtesy of GLORY

The opening round matches for the highly-anticipated GLORY 4 TOKYO – Heavyweight Grand Slam, one-night, 16-man kickboxing tournament at Saitama Super Arena on New Year’s Eve, were determined via a random draw in the Japanese capital today.… Read More

By Greg Boasberg

Muay Thai in America is back December 1st, 2012 at Raliegh Studios in Playa Del Rey, CA. The event entitled “In Honor of the King of Thailand’s 85th Birthday” will feature 18 of some of the best … Read More

By Glory Sports International / Via Press Release

TOKYO, Japan (Nov 14, 2011) – On the heels of last week’s press conference announcing a historic night of world-class DREAM MMA and GLORY kickboxing action at Saitama Super Arena on New … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Although for several years the name Kultar “Black Mamba” Gill may have been tied to a sentence that also included “what ever happened to”, the K-1 Hero’s and DREAM veteran is back and making an impact with … Read More