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SANTA MONICA, CALIF (July 25, 2016) – Two high-profile featherweight attractions have been added to the main card of the recently announced “Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” event on August 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. … Read More

By FCF Staff

Plenty of fans and observers were pretty surprised when Eddie Alvarez secured the UFC’s lightweight championship earlier this month, but fellow Bellator vet, Daniel Weichel, wasn’t one of them.

Alvarez took out Rafael dos Anjos in the … Read More

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QUEZON CITY, MANILA, PHILIPPINES  July 24, 2016  World Series of Fighting – Global Championship (WSOF-GC) has officially arrived in Philippines and is bringing 10 exciting fights featuring fighters from 11 countries from 5 continents. The event will … Read More

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New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, will make its way to the Garden State for the first time as Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, NJ hosts GLORY 33 New Jersey and GLORY … Read More

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In advance of Full Contact Fighter’s upcoming 20th Anniversary we’ve decided to publish a series of interviews with founder Joel Gold, who was one of the more influential people behind the growth of mixed-martial arts. In the … Read More

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Mark Hunt was outraged by the news that Brock Lesnar has been flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation, and now the feared slugger is calling on his fellow fighters to form an association.

After it … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

After winning three straight fights to push his Bellator record to 5-1, Emmanuel Sanchez has some considerable buzz going. And how does the 25 year-old featherweight feel about it?

Well, recently “El Matador” appeared on Full Contact … Read More

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New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced a new post-fight bonus structure for its athletes, beginning with GLORY 32 Virginia and GLORY 32 SuperFight Series on July 22.

All fighters competing at … Read More

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18 July 2016 – Macau, China: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced its first event in Macau, China. ONE: HEROES OF THE WORLD is set to take place … Read More

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It’s been less than two weeks since Eddie Alvarez became the UFC’s lightweight champ, but the decorated fighter isn’t dwelling on his biggest win to date.

Alvarez took Rafael dos Anjos out in the opening round at … Read More

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Following the news that Brock Lesnar has been flagged for a potential, anti-doping violation, Mark Hunt has reportedly submitted a considerable demand to the UFC.

On Friday, the UFC announced that Lesnar failed an out of competition … Read More

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London 15.07.16]BAMMA confirms that three new bouts are joining the BAMMA 26: Craig Vs. Fields fight card at the 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland on September 10th 2016. The new bouts added are:

• Sinead Kavanagh Vs. Katarzyna Sadura (Women’s

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NEW YORK – July 14, 2016 – Combate Americas, the first-ever U.S. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, today announced its return to UFC FIGHT PASS® with a stacked, 10-bout fight card that will air live … Read More

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John Lineker needed less than three minutes to prove he’s a legitimate, bantamweight contender tonight at UFC FN 91, as he quickly took out Michael McDonald.

The feared slugged cracked McDonald with a big overhand right not … Read More

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13 July 2016 – Singapore: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with a consortium-led by Heliconia Capital Management (“Heliconia”) for an investment into … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

The UFC is returning to Vancouver, British Columbia for an August 27th card, and it sounds like Tanner Boser will be keeping his phone handy, as the event approaches.

Boser is Unified MMA’s heavyweight champ, and is … Read More

By FCF Staff

Amanda Nunes needed less than four minutes to take out Miesha Tate at UFC 200, but the new bantamweight champ is crediting patience for her jaw dropping win.

Nunes cracked Tate with several, hard punches not long … Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Ky Hollenbeck will battle Mark Holst at Lion Fight 30 tonight, and since the latter hasn’t fought in over two years, the decorated kickboxer understands he could be facing a new-and-improved opponent.

While Hollenbeck is coming off … Read More

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Will Brooks will make his Octagon debut on Friday night against Ross Pearson, and the former Bellator champ’s telling UFC fans they’ll see a fighter similar to Georges St-Pierre.

Brooks will take on lightweight vet Ross Pearson … Read More

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LONDON — (July 1, 2016) – Fresh off his emphatic knockout victory over Carl Seumanutafaat “Bellator: Dynamite 2,” former NFL player Matt Mitrione (10-5) has cleared medical testing and will now face “Britain’s Strongest Man” winner Oli … Read More