Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith (5-3-1) has signed a new, multi-fight agreement with the Invicta FC all women's MMA promotion and will drop from bantamweight (135 pounds) to flyweight (125 pounds) and challenge Jennifer Maia (7-2) at Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City on Saturday, July 13. Read More »
The all-women's professional mixed martial arts promotion Invicta Fighting Championships returns with Invicta FC 6 on Saturday, July 13, at Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Mo. The card is headlined with a rematch between Marloes Coenen (21-5) and Cris Cyborg (11-1) for the inaugural Invicta FC featherweight title. Read More »
Invicta FC officials have confirmed that Cris Cyborg and Marloes Coenen will fight for the second time at the Invicta FC 6 event slated for sometime this summer. The two fighters first fought under the Strikeforce banner in 2010 with Cyborg defeating Coenen via third round TKO. Read More »
Former Strikeforce women's featherweight champ Cris Cyborg (10-1, 1 NC) has signed a multi-fight contract with Invicta Fighting Championships and will face fellow Brazilian Ediane "India" Gomes (10-2) at Invicta FC 5 on April 5 in Kansas City. Read More »
From Shinya Aoki's stoppage of Antonio McKee, Marloes Coenen's armbar of Fiona Muxlow, Tatsuya Kawajiri's decision over Michihiro Omigawa and all the rest, we've got the DREAM 18 fight videos. Read More »
GLORY Sports International put together a DREAM 18 and GLORY 4 special 2012 New Year's Eve MMA/kickboxing event Monday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Read More »
The DREAM 18 weigh-in's took place today at the Sunroute Plaza Hotel in Tokyo, Japan for the DREAM 18 portion of the New Year’s Eve historic double-header mega-fight card at Saitama Super Arena, live on GloryWorldSeries.com (tape delayed broadcast on CBS Sports Network in The U.S.). Read More »
Olympic medalist and current Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey (5-0) will put her title on the line when she takes on former champion Sarah Kaufman (15-1) on Aug. 18 in San Diego. Rousey has had five pro fights and has ended them all in the first round via armbar. Her opponents know what is coming, yet still are unable to stop the assault of the 25-year-old judoka. Rousey won the Strikeforce women's 135 pound title in March by snapping the arm of Miesha Tate. Read More »
Invicta Fighting Championships kicks off their inaugural event, Invicta FC 1, this evening at Memorial Hall in Kansas City. Marloes Coenen faces Romy Ruyssen in the main event. Read More »
Weigh-ins for Invicta Fighting Championships' inaugural event took place Friday in Kansas City. Several of the ladies came in heavy, including headliner Romy Ruyssen who weighed in at 149.8 pounds. Read More »
A spinal injury sustained during training has forced Shana Nelson to withdraw from her scheduled bantamweight (135 pounds) matchup with Sarah D’Alelio (4-2) of San Jose, Calif. Read More »
Invicta Fighting Championships will stream its inaugural all-women’s professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event live in its entirety, free of charge on April 28th, at InvictaFC.com. Read More »
Undefeated rising star Cat “Alpha” Zingano (6-0) of Denver, Colo. will square off with fellow hard-hitting prospect and professional boxer Anita “El Tigre” Rodriguez (5-2) of Dallas, Texas. Read More »
Invicta Fighting Championships, an all-women’s world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight series led by longtime MMA industry executive Shannon Knapp, will launch with a stacked, 11-bout fight card headlined by a long-awaited featherweight (145 pounds) rematch between superstar Marloes Coenen (19-5) of The Netherlands and Romy Ruyssen (5-1) of France. Read More »
Dan Henderson stuns Fedor Emelianenko at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson" with a come-from-behind TKO in the first round. Read More »
Legend vs. legend. A women's title fight. A dangerous striker vs. an undefeated wrestler and a heavy-handed veteran vs. a rising middleweight star. The ProMMAnow.com staff weighs in with their predictions on tonight's fights. Read More »
Kelvin Hunt takes a look at three questions heading into the Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson event taking place Chicago, Illinois, this weekend. Read More »
Kelvin Hunt previews the Strikeforce women's welterweight title fight between Miesha Tate and Marloes Coenen. Read More »
In leading up to her title fight this weekend, Shoot Media put together this in-depth interview and mini-documentary on Strikeforce women's 135-pound number one contender Miesha Tate. Read More »
ProMMAnow.com talks with former Strikeforce women's 135-pound champion Sarah Kaufman about her win over Liz Carmouche and facing the winner of Marloes Coenen vs. Miesha Tate. Read More »
Richard Anderson Mann and veteran journalist John Buhl take a quick look at Strikeforce "Fedor vs. Henderson" and then chat with MMA veterans Pete Spratt and Chris Jones. Read More »
Strikeforce held a media conference call Thursday to help promote their upcoming Showtime-televised event "Fedor vs. Henderson" scheduled for July 29, at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Read More »
