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By Kelsey Mowatt

On Friday night, David Rickels will begin his latest journey in what he hopes will lead to his second, Bellator lightweight tournament win, when he takes on Patricky “Pitbull” Freire. While Rickels is understandably… Read More

By FCF Staff

Following Myles Jury’s decision win over Diego Sanchez at UFC 171, the rising lightweight said he had won the fight “easily”, and the rugged vet says a pre-fight meal was one of the reasons.

Sanchez (24-7) took… Read More

By FCF Staff

Although the consensus opinion is that Jimi Manuwa will not spoil Alexander Gustafsson’s hopes of rematching Jon Jones later this year at UFC Fight Night 37, the pre-fight narrative says he certainly has the ability.… Read More

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Although longtime training partner Gilbert Melendez recently resigned with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Nate Diaz took to Twitter Wednesday to request his release from the world’s biggest MMA promotion.

The 28 year-old fighter, who is coming off… Read More

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The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features segments with Bellator featherweight and upcoming tourney competitor Scott Cleve, and veteran MMA commentator Brendan Leier.

Cleve, who is coming off a stoppage win over Isaac DeJesus, is… Read More

By FCF Staff

It was reported after UFC 169 Saturday that Anthony Pettis called Dana White to relay he’s down for a bout with Jose Aldo, and in a follow up report, the lightweight champ has repeated that desire.

Following… Read More

By FCF Staff

While it remains to be seen who Khabib Nurmagomedov will battle next, Nate Diaz is denying that he has turned down a fight with the rising lightweight, as Dana White recently claimed.

The UFC President was recently… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Although it may seem like ages ago now, it wasn’t that long ago when many throughout the MMA world were busy discussing how Strikeforce’s best fighters and champions would perform in the UFC. Well, as… Read More

By FCF Staff

Not long after reports surfaced that Diego Sanchez has signed a new eight fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the promotion has announced the vet will battle undefeated lightweight Myles Jury on March 15th. The bout… Read More

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It looks like PRIDE and DREAM vet Tatsuya Kawajiri wants to jump right into the deep end of the UFC’s talent pool for his Octagon debut, as the highly regarded featherweight says he wants to fight contender… Read More

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It looks as though the UFC has signed another of Japan’s top fighters, as according to multiple reports, DREAM and PRIDE veteran Tatsuya Kawajiri has reached a deal with the promotion. The 35 year-old featherweight is reportedly… Read More

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship held the official weigh-ins this afternoon in Houston, Texas, in advance of the promotion’s latest event Saturday, which will feature the third fight between heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos.

Velasquez… Read More

By Bryan Levick

MFC President Mark Pavelich has done a tremendous job of promoting his organization & has watched it grow into a legitimate MMA promotion. They’ve done this by signing a long term deal with AXS TV, utilizing social… Read More

By Michael Hatamoto

Rising lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov beat MMA veteran Pat Healy and has become an important piece to the current lightweight puzzle.

Nurmagomedov won a unanimous decision after rightfully being awarded all three rounds, though… Read More

By Joshua Molina

Back in the old Strikeforce days people wondered how well the Strikeforce guys would do in the UFC.

There were dream match-ups like, George St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz, Alistair Overeem vs. Cain Velasquez and Gilbert Melendez vs.… Read More

By FCF Staff

The concussion that cost TJ Grant an August 31st bout with Benson Henderson, has also forced the rising fighter to pass on a title fight with Anthony Pettis at UFC on FOX 9. Grant was offered to… Read More

By Joshua Molina

A look at some of the strange match ups we’ll see inside the cage over the next few months:

Mark Hunt will fight Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva on Dec. 7 in Australia. I don’t like main event fights… Read More

By FCF Staff

It looks like TJ Grant will get a shot at the lightweight title next after all, as the UFC has announced that the former welterweight will be the first to challenge newly crowned champion Anthony Pettis.

UFC… Read More

By FCF Staff

UFC 164 was the biggest night in the career of Anthony Pettis to date, as the former WEC champ ended the seven fight winning streak of Benson Henderson to become UFC Lightweight Champion. As a result of… Read More

By FCF Staff

The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to round out it’s October 19th card in Houston, Texas, as the promotion has announced that bantamweight George Roop will battle Francisco Rivera at the event. UFC 166 will be hosted by… Read More