A highly-anticipated and exciting title fight featuring two of the world’s elite mixed martial artists will take place when STRIKEFORCE® returns to Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, March 3, when newly-crowned women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate makes her first title defense against undefeated sensation Ronda Rousey. Read More »

Mixed Martial Arts is coming to the City of Angels. On Saturday January 28th California Fight Syndicate presents, Rivalry. CFS, California’s premier fight organization, comes to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in the historic city of Santa Monica. Read More »

Jared “The Jackhammer” Papazian wanted to be in the UFC badly. Yet, though the call hadn’t come yet, he was confident that it would come…and soon. Papazian was so confident that he’d get the nod, in fact, that he recently turned down a bout in another organization in order to prepare for a fight in the vaunted Octagon. Read More »

Roots of Fight, a new lifestyle apparel brand focused on connecting the history and evolution of boxing and martial arts, pays tribute to Muhammad Ali on his 70th birthday, today, January 17, 2012. Read More »

BAMMA, Europe’s leading Mixed Martial Arts promotion, is excited to announce the electrifying undercard for BAMMA 9 which takes place on Saturday 24th March at Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena. Tickets to go on sale this Friday 20th January. Watch out for the prelims and main card, with first bouts to be released on Thursday at 3pm. Read More »

Tonight’s show will include an exclusive interview with Georges St-Pierre, a UFC 101 segment featuring Jay Glazer and Dan Henderson, and a piece with Gina Carano on her upcoming movie “Haywire.” Read More »

Continuing a commitment to the health and safety of its athletes, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that all potential UFC® and STRIKEFORCE® signees will be subject to a mandatory pre-contract screening for performance-enhancing drugs. Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, all incoming athletes will be tested prior to finalizing a contract with the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization. Read More »

With several injuries to contend with, the Maximum Fighting Championship has made some swift and impressive changes to the lineup for MFC 32: Bitter Rivals taking place on Friday, January 27. Read More »

New England Fights! And Nick DiSalvo Promotions are proud to announce the full card for February 11th’s Fight Night I mixed martial arts (MMA) event at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. Read More »

Matrix Fights (www.MatrixFights.com) officially announced Monday that it will be returning for its fifth-ever event, Matrix Fights V, on Friday, March 16. The event will emanate from South Philadelphia at the Sheet Metal Worker’s Union Hall and will be headlined by Strikeforce and Bellator Fighting Championships veteran Sam Oropeza, 5-2 vs. “The Burmese Python” Aung La NSang, 8-6, in welterweight action. Read More »

New England Fights! And Nick DiSalvo Promotions are proud to announce the addition of a bantamweight bout between Portland, Maine’s Paul Gorman (8-7) and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC)/Bellator veteran Anthony Leone (9-4) to their February 11th Fight Night mixed martial arts (MMA) event at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. Read More »

Aggression MMA, one of the top MMA promotions in Canada, today announced that the promotion has signed rising welterweight star Sheldon Westcott to compete on its upcoming February 11th event. The name of Westcott’s opponent will be released shortly. Read More »

Saturday January 14th, King of the Cage Inc. and Magnaflow Exhaust products together with Buffalo Thunder Casino present “Night Stalker” President Terry Trebilcock Jr. states” I’m proud to start the 2012 calendar year of events at one of the premier casino resort destinations in the country." Read More »

Mixed Martial Arts is back in a big way at California's largest fitness event, The Los Angeles Fitness Expo Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa Street, South Halls G & H. Read More »

Athletes competing on this weekend’s UFC RIO™: ALDO vs. MENDES card landed today in Brazil and the city is already buzzing about the action-packed event. Headlined by a UFC featherweight title fight between champion Jose Aldo of Rio and top contender Chad Mendes, the event also features an outstanding middleweight co-main event pitting former UFC champion Vitor Belfort against rising middleweight prospect Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Read More »

Former UFC fighter and TUF cast member KYLE WATSON (13-7-1) will be headlining the upcoming CWFC Fight Night 3 event in Beirut, Lebanon on February 11th against the rising Finnish fighter Juha-Pekka Vainikainen (18-5-1). Read More »

This Saturday at UFC 142 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, New Jersey-based middleweight Mike Massenzio (13-5) will face what many think is the stiffest competition of his young career when he enters the Octagon against Rousimar Palhares (13-3). Read More »

Kentucky’s leading cage fighting event is back as Spartan Fighting Championship 11 presents Destruction on Friday, January 13 at the National Guard Armory in Ashland, Kentucky Live iPPV at www.GFL.tv. SFC always puts on action-packed cards and this event is no exception. The 17-bout pro/am card has a total of 3 titles up for grabs along with a main event that features two rising prospects on a collision course. Read More »

2011 was a banner year for the Roufusport. Nominated for “Gym of the Year” by the World MMA Awards…opened up the Roufusport Fighter House…won “Top MMA Gym” from Versus.com…brought in Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren…brought in 2008 BJJ World Champion Joao Zeferino as its new Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Head Coach… Read More »

In Australia MMA is still in its infancy, but emerging as the style of choice for fight fans. On Saturday, January 21st Perth locals and visitors will have the opportunity to witness the first of many showdowns between the Americans and Aussies when the “Bragging Rights” series is launched. Read More »

As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares for its highly anticipated sixth season, the promotion has once again added a premier talent from across the globe, this time signing undefeated Russian welterweight phenom Andrey "Spartan" Koreshkov. Last year, Bellator signed highly-touted Douglas Lima, who went on to win the Season 5 Welterweight Tournament and will face Ben Askren for the title. Read More »

For the first time since 2007, the future stars of mixed martial arts return to Las Vegas’ South Point Arena, and the nation’s premiere amateur promotion is bringing a one-of-a-kind celebration of “Beauties, Beasts and Beers.” Read More »