Two world title fights headline UFC’s return to Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. In the night’s main event, the undisputed UFC bantamweight champion will be crowned when reigning champion Dominick Cruz (19-1, fighting out of San Diego, Calif.) returns to action after two years away from competition due to injury to meet red-hot interim champion Renan Barao (33-1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Read More »
The fight is the most eagerly-anticipated UFC welterweight title fight in years, with Las Vegas oddsmakers giving the Ada, Oklahoma-born Hendricks the best shot to take the title away from “GSP” in years. The No.1 ranked challenger is currently listed as +205 (or a little over 2-1) to snatch the title away, the narrowest odds offered on any GSP opponent since BJ Penn challenged the Canadian half a decade ago at UFC 94. Read More »
Ben Askren is now an unrestricted free agent after Bellator released the undefeated welterweight. The Bellator Welterweight World Title will be vacant until Douglas Lima faces the winner of the Season 9 Welterweight Tournament later this winter when the new Bellator Welterweight Champion will be crowned. Read More »
On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, Kenny Florian and guest host Daniel Cormier preview the upcoming UFC 167. Plus, Georges St-Pierre, Johny Hendricks and Chael Sonnen join the show for interviews and talk about their upcoming fights at UFC 167. Read More »
The World Series of Fighting is pleased to announce the top-ranked female fighter at 115 pounds, Jessica Aguilar (16-4), has signed a multi-year deal with the Las Vegas-based fight promotion and will make her debut appearance in the decagon in early 2014. Read More »
World Series of Fighting's first-ever Canadian fight continues to fill out, as three new preliminary contests have been booked for World Series of Fighting 7, including a light heavyweight matchup of Dwayne "D-Bomb" Lewis (13-8) vs. Kalib Starnes (15-8-1), a featherweight contest of Shawn Albrecht (9-5) vs. Josh Machan (11-4) and welterweights Michael "The Messenger" Hill (5-2) vs. Jordan Knippelberg (8-2). Read More »
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® debuts in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 with UFC® FIGHT NIGHT SINGAPORE: ELLENBERGER vs. SAFFIEDINE. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. Read More »
Today, AskMen, the leading men’s lifestyle website with 17 million monthly readers, announced the results of their 8thannual Top 49 Most Influential Men, as determined by over 100,000 voters. Read More »
World Series of Fighting will soon crown the second champion in company history as Rick "The Gladiator" Glenn (14-2-1) meets Georgi "Insane" Karakhanyan (22-3-1) for the promotion's inaugural featherweight title. Read More »
UFC GYM® is pleased to announce the opening of a second 24-hour gym in Corona, Calif. continuing to impact the way people approach fitness and TRAIN DIFFERENT®. UFC GYM South Corona will be located at 265 E. Ontario Ave., at the corner of Main St. and Ontario Ave., and is scheduled to open in January 2014. Read More »
The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from California’s Long Beach Arena in preparation from Bellator MMA’s November 2nd event, which will be headlined with the Lightweight World Championship II between current Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez. Read More »
01 November 2013 – Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, presented by Tune Talk, has added three fights to the blockbuster Malaysia card set to take place on 15 November at ... Read More »
Fresh off the success of Night of Champions III in Nashville, Xtreme Fighting Championships has now set its sights on a new territory. December 13, 2013 will mark the traveling promotions first trip to the Northern U.S., when XFC 27: Frozen Fury invades Muskegon, Michigan. The weather outside will be frigid, but the action inside the LC Walker Arena will be red hot when XFC President John Prisco and crew treats the crowd to 12 action packed fights. Read More »
LOS ANGELES, CA – In just two decades, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC) has become one of the most successful and fastest-growing sports leagues in the world. A new two-hour documentary, FIGHTING FOR A GENERATION: 20 YEARS OF THE UFC, premiering Tuesday, November ... Read More »
The World Series of Fighting continues to expand its global footprint with the launch of World Series of Fighting Japan (WSOF Japan). World Series of Fighting launches its new Japanese division in a partnership with the long-running and highly respected Pancrase organization, a Tokyo-based group that has promoted mixed martial arts events since 1993 and is widely considered one of the most historically important organizations in the sport. Read More »
As Bellator’s highly anticipated November 2nd event moves closer, the fight week schedule has been finalized as the Long Beach Arena will play host to Bellator Open Workouts, Weigh-In’s, and of course Saturday night’s event, “Chandler vs. Alvarez II”. Read More »
The following quotes are from tonight’s UFC POSTFIGHT SHOW ON FOX SPORTS 2for UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MACHIDA VS. MUNOZ. The show was hosted by Jay Glazer, with UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz and light heavyweight Daniel Cormier offering analysis. Gareth A Davies conducted interviews on-site. Read More »
World Series of Fighting 6 main event fighters Josh Burkman and Steve Carl both weighed in at exactly 169.6 pounds at the official Weigh-In for the inaugural WSOF Welterweight World Championship title, which will take place on Saturday night at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Fla. Read More »
On Saturday night, World Series of Fighting crowns its first-ever champion, and today the promotion revealed the prize for which they'll be competing. Custom-designed by A.J. LaFons, the World Series of Fighting championship belt features more than 43 carats of genuine ruby, diamond, emerald, sapphire and red garnet and weighs in at a total of 10 pounds, 7 ounces. Read More »
The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from The Stage Nightclub inside the Santa Ana Star Casino in preparation for the Bellator MMA’s October 25th event, which will feature the Bellator Lightweight Tournament Semifinals and a full card of local talent. Read More »
LOS ANGELES – Oct. 23, 2013 – This Friday, AXS TV’S INSIDE MMA tackles the controversial subject of weight cutting with an exclusive feature following veteran mixed martial artist Tim Boestch as he put himself through the grueling process of cutting 30 ... Read More »
LOS ANGELES, CA – On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, host Kenny Florian is joined by Daniel Cormier to preview the upcoming UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MACHIDA VS. MUNOZ fight. Plus, Cormier interviews heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez after his title defense at UFC 166. Read More »
