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Dana White Credits Chael Sonnen For Being “Very Calculated” And “Smart” During Career
By FCF Staff
Recently Chael Sonnen announced he’s ended his memorable, fighting career, and his former promoter Dana White has credited the rugged wrestler for how he became one of the sport’s biggest names.
Sonnen announced he’s retiring at Bellator … Read More
Chael Sonnen Discusses Decision to Retire, Says Announcement Wasn’t Planned
By FCF Staff
Following Chael Sonnen’s loss to Lyoto Machida “The American Gangster” announced his memorable career has to come to an end. But, Sonnen says he didn’t have plans to retire if he was defeated.
Sonnen was stopped by … Read More
PFL “Battle of The Giants” Results: Francis Ngannou Records Another Stoppage in MMA Return
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from the PFL’s “Battle of the Giants” card, which took place today in Saudi Arabia.
In the headliner, Francis Ngannou won the promotion’s Superfight heavyweight title, … Read More
PFL 8 Results: Impa Kasanganay & Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov Among Semifinalist Winners
By FCF Staff
The PFL’s latest event for its 2024 season took place on Friday in Hollywood, Florida, and it saw several fighters advance to tournament finals.
Impa Kasanganay and Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov will fight in the light-heavyweight finals, on account … Read More
LFA 114: New Main Event Announced
By press release
LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that LFA 114 will feature a new featherweight world title fight when the promotion returns to the Show Me State this month. This will be the fourth event the promotion has … Read More
Dan Hooker Confirms He’s Not Retiring
By FCF Staff
Following Dan Hooker’s loss to Michael Chandler at UFC 257, he prompted speculation that he might be retiring, after taking off his gloves in the cage. But, the lightweight contender’ confirmed he’s not wrapping up his career.… Read More
RIZIN 26 Weigh-in Results: Kai Asakura & Kyoji Horiguchi Set For Rematch
By FCF Staff
The weigh-in results are over for RIZIN 26, and the card’s championship bout between Kai Asakura and Kyoji Horiguchi is proceeding.
Horiguchi will be fighting for the first time since August, 2019, when he was stopped by … Read More
M-1 Challenge 65 Moved From March 4 to April 8 in St. Petersburg
By Press Release
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (February 15, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced that M-1 Challenge 65 has been rescheduled from March 4 to April 8 at Ice Palace Sports Center in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Ice Hockey World … Read More
Report: Joe Rogan Questions Whether Kimbo Slice-Ken Shamrock Bout Was a Work
By FCF Staff
Joe Rogan knows that Kimbo Slice stopped Ken Shamrock on Friday night with some booming punches, but the UFC commentator isn’t convinced the rest of the Bellator 138 bout was legit.
Shamrock was able to take Slice … Read More
MFC 40: Kevin Croom Fighting Jesse Brock in Title Shot Eliminator, Due to Anthony Birchack Injury
By FCF Staff
The Maximum Fighting Championship has had to make some late changes to its May 9th card in Edmonton, Alberta, as bantamweight champion Anthony Birchak has been forced to withdraw.
Due to a “lower-body injury” the champ has … Read More
ONE FC CEO Victor Cui: “We Are Distinctively Asian, And This Gives Us A Competitive Edge (Over The UFC) In This Region.”
By Tom Taylor
On February 26, the UFC brought its brand of MMA action to Saitama, Japan, marking the promotion’s first trip in over a decade into the Asian MMA market, a market that many believed could no longer support … Read More
Report: Raphael Davis Pleads Not Guilty to Insurance Fraud
By FCF Staff
Bellator and M-1 veteran Raphael Davis has pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of insurance fraud in Los Angeles, after the firefighter was charged last month, for allegedly filing fraudulent worker’s compensation claims while he competed … Read More
Jamie Varner to Make UFC Return Versus Edson Barboza, Gabriel Gonzaga Off UFC 146 Card
By FCF Staff
Just a few weeks removed from UFC 146, the May 26th card has undergone some late shuffling, as the promotion has announced that Gabriel Gonzaga and Evan Dunham will no longer compete due to injuries.
As … Read More
On The Rise
On The Rise: Caros Fodor
By Kelsey Mowatt, photo Esther Lin / Strikeforce
Since arriving in Strikeforce last year, Caros “The Future” Fodor has done everything to live up to his nickname, as the AMC Pankration fighter has won three … Read More