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By Joshua Molina

Mixed martial arts needs a new star, and Nike deal or not, Jon Jones is not it, thanks to Dana White.

It doesn’t matter if the sport has great fighters, smart promoters or, hundreds of … Read More

By FCF Staff

Six new matchups, including a heavyweight collision between Gokhan Saki (76-15, 53 KO’s), who is of Turkish origin fighting for the Netherlands, and Mourad Bouzidi (65-18-2, 33 KO’s) of Tunisia have been confirmed for the GLORY 2 … Read More

By FCF Staff

The bizarre week is continuing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as just one day after Dana White announced that Jon Jones would fight Lyoto Machida on September 22^nd, instead of Dan Henderson next weekend, that … Read More

By Michael Hatamoto

In a rather confusing decision, winner of the Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua and Brandon Vera fight will be propelled to a UFC light heavyweight title shot in early 2013.

UFC President Dana White confirmed the news again during … Read More

By Tom Taylor

At UFC 150, which goes down in Denver, Colorado on August 11, former UFC lightweight Nik Lentz will make his featherweight debut against Japanese veteran Eiji Mitsuoka. While he was not without success at lightweight, Lentz hopes … Read More

By FCF Staff

According to multiple reports today, veteran fighter Sherman “The Tank” Pendergarst has died after an extended battle with cancer.  News of the former heavyweight and light-heavyweight’s death was passed along by former teammate Rory Markham and trainer … Read More

By Michael Hatamoto

The relationship between Showtime and Zuffa remains rather fickle, with some of Zuffa-owned Strikeforce fighters desperately seeking the opportunity to join the UFC.

However, according to Dave Meltzer in a post on the Wrestling Observer Forums, … Read More

Veteran Hoping to Make Most of “Biggest Opportunity” in Career

By Kelsey Mowatt

After going eight months without getting an opportunity to extend his five fight winning streak, not only did Emanuel Newton get offered a high profile bout recently, … Read More

Undefeated Contender Says “I Need to Crack The Top Ten”

By Kelsey Mowatt

If a fighter has won all eight of their bouts with a promotion and has defeated several of its more established fighters along the way, one shouldn’t … Read More

From Invicta FC:

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (June 21, 2012) –Battle-tested veteran Nicdali Calanoc-Rivera (7-6) of Tulsa, Okla. will replace Kikuyo Ishikawa in an atomweight (105 pounds) preliminary card matchup against Angelica Chavez (4-1) at the Invicta Fighting Championships 2: Baszler … Read More

By Michael Hatamoto

Former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez is one of the biggest superstars in the surging US MMA promotion, though rumors run rampant that he hopes to jump to the UFC in the near future.

Some MMA fans … Read More

By FCF Staff

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation has officially begun its work to regulate and promote the sport around the globe. Registered as a non-profit organization in Sweden, the IMMAF hopes to enable “international competition through the organization … Read More

By FCF Staff

Super Fight League has begun unveiling the line-up for the promotion’s upcoming May 6^th event in New Delhi, India, and in keeping with its last card, several experienced vets will be competing.

Headlining the event will … Read More

By FCF Staff

UFC 145 could feature an all Canadian match-up, as according to a tweet from lightweight Mark Bocek, Matt Wiman has had to withdraw from the card due to a knee injury and has been replaced by John … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

As MMA continues to grow and many young prospects are capturing headlines as they make their way into the UFC, it may be easy at times to overlook another kind of competitor about to make their Octagon … Read More

By FCF Staff

Just days before it will hold its latest event on March 23^rd in Moscow, Glory World Series has announced that the European promotion has undergone a new ownership structure. In addition, Glory has confirmed that it … Read More

By Joshua Molina

Brett “Da Grim” Rogers began his career like a smoking,’ unstoppable freight train.  He knocked out former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski in just 22 seconds, a victory that launched him into the center of the MMA … Read More

Dan Lauzon vs. Don Carlo-Clauss in co-main event

By FCF Staff

Former UFC star Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis (20-9) will return to action against Bellator veteran Matt Sung Lee (14-10-1) in the main event of an MMA card … Read More

By Joshua Carey

Veteran welterweight Jay Hieron will not be returning for Bellator’s upcoming welterweight tournament.

A source close to the situation today confirmed the news with Full Contact Fighter.

Bellator’s welterweight  tournament is currently scheduled to kick off in … Read More

By Neelang Parghi

In the last five years, the sport of MMA has witnessed failed drug tests from an array of fighters, ranging from pioneer Royce Gracie, to former UFC welterweight contender Thiago Alves, to The Ultimate Fighter alumus Chris … Read More