A huge weekend is on tap in our world and tonight we look to break down just a portion of it. The fun kicks off Friday night with XFC 24 from Tampa, Florida as Scott Holtzman looks to take the XFC lightweight championship but standing in his way is a former champ and grizzled veteran of the sport in John Mahlow. A huge card is on tap from the USF Sundome. Saturday night we travel to Florence, KY for a stacked card at Turf Wars 12. Eugene Perrin puts his undefeated pro record on the line against fellow unbeaten Robert White. Read More »

Former XFC lightweight champion Nick Newell announced that he has signed with the World Series of Fighting promotion according to this Twitter account. He's expected to make his WSOF debut later this year. Read More »

After Nick Newell announced his departure from the XFC and would not be defending his lightweight title against Scott Holtzman at XFC 24 next month, the organization scrambled to find a "worthy" replacement to bring in for an immediate title fight. Read More »

It was announced by Florida-based MMA promotion Xtreme Fighting Championships on Friday they had stripped their lightweight champion Nick Newell (9-0) of his title for refusing to fight Scott Holtzman (4-0) in the XFC 24 main event on June 14, a fight the organization had been promoting and selling tickets to for some time. Read More »

The main event of XFC 24 was set to pit fast rising lightweight Scott Holtzman (4-0) against the champion Nick Newell (9-0). Newell made his way through the ranks after the XFC signed him following their open fighter tryouts. Holtzman won his way into the promotion as an amateur and has since finished three of his four opponents to capture the number one contender spot for Newell's belt. We learned today that Newell has refused to sign a contract to fight Holtzman. Read More »

Luis "Sapo" Santos (54-9-1) has quite the resume going into his XFC 23 "Louisville Slugfest" match up with Shamar Bailey. Santos has recorded 54 wins in his mixed martial arts career that dates back to 2000. He brings that experience into a fight with a solid wrestler and UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator veteran in Shamar Bailey(15-8-0). Read More »

Xtreme Fighting Championships will return to Tampa Bay on June 14 for XFC 24 at the USF Sundome. The event will be headlined by the XFC lightweight title fight between champion Nick Newell (9-0) and challenger Scott Holtzman (4-0). Read More »

It all goes down Friday night inside the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina for "XFC 22: Crossing the Line". Tonight though 21 of the 22 fighters made weight with one lone fighter coming up just short. It appears D'Juan Owens (6-4) was 1.2lbs over the limit, weighing in at 147.2 in his featherweight bout against Nate "The Train" Landwehr (2-0). The fight is still a go though. Read More »

It is fight week for our Florida based friends at Xtreme Fighting Championships and the regional powerhouse returns to Charlotte North Carolina for XFC 22 “Crossing the Line“. Looking to follow up on a sold out XFC 19 last fall, ... Read More »

The ProMMAnow.com Radio Network is expanding and tonight hosts Gina Begley and Emily Bartee bring us episode 1 of Pro WMMA NOW!. Focused on women's mixed martial arts and the people who support it, Gina and Emily will welcome guests each week that play a role in the promotion of the sport and the women involved. Read More »

The XFC promotion has signed a new women's strawweight (115lbs) fighter Angela Magana to their roster. The 29 year old fighter hails from New Mexico and holds notable wins over Tia Castillo, Jessica Aguilar, Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc. Read More »

Kelvin Hunt highlights some of the best posts and top articles from the Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) staff this week. We know people are busy, so here are a few things you may have overlooked. Read More »

Pro MMA Now Radio is back on the air tonight with XFC President John Prisco, Eric Reynolds and MMA expert and battle rap sensation 100 Bulletz tonight at 10 p.m. ET. Read More »

With the recent victory of 2012 open tryout winner Joby Sanchez and a large amount of interest from fighters across the country, the XFC has decided to open a flyweight division. Read More »

Kelvin Hunt highlights some of the best posts and top articles from the Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) staff this week. We know people are busy, so here are a few things you may have overlooked. Read More »

XFC President John Prisco spoke with ProMMAnow.com's Gary Thomas following "XFC 20: High Octane" this past Friday night at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Read More »

Watch the fireworks before and after the fight between Chris Wright and Nate "The Train" Landwehr from XFC 20 "High Octane" Read More »

XFC President John Prisco talks with ProMMAnow.com about how the MMA industry is changing and why he feels the most talented fighters are still undiscovered. Read More »

"XFC 20: High Octane" sees a change in the main event. Danny Salinas is out and stepping up to fight Eric Reynolds is Lorenzo "The Borg" Borgomeo. Read More »

Two top tier lightweights will square off in Knoxville,Tenn. on September 28th at "XFC 20: High Octane"as Eric Reynolds (15-5) and Danny Salinas (11-4) clash in the main event live on AXS TV. The bout was made official on Wednesday and will cap off a fight card that highlights some of the top pro MMA talent in Tennessee and surrounding areas. Read More »

The XFC promotion just got a lot stronger with the addition of three fighters from the Charlotte area of North Carolina. Lightweight Kevin Forant, featherweight Keith Richardson, and middleweight Ricky Rainey have signed multi-fight contracts with the XFC. Read More »

Fight week is always stressful for a promotion with so much to do going into a big event. It is a rare occasion that things go perfectly. The XFC's day started out a bit rocky yesterday when it was announced early that Mike Bronzoulis was no longer fighting in the main event against Corey Hill. Read More »