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To no one’s surprise the fight between kickboxing standout Tenshin Nasukawa and Floyd Mayweather Jr will have special rules. Take a guess what they are. Yep. No kicking meaning Floyd still hasn’t backed up his claims he would fight in any kind of mixed rules bout. It’s another boxing match with someone primarily not a … Read more
Cris Cyborg is in Phuket, Thailand right now having just served as a ring card girl during a Muay Thai event last night. That’s right, the UFC women’s featherweight champ took time off from slaughtering girls in the cage to support her man, Ray Elbe, as he made his return to professional kickboxing at the … Read more
Glory 37 kickboxing took place from The Novo by Microsoft in Los Angeles Friday night. The main event saw Dutch striker Jason Wilnes defeat Israel Adesanya of New Zealand via unanimous decision for the middleweight title. In the welterweight tournament final we saw Yoann Kongolo stop Karim Benmansour via TKO in round 3. In the Superfight Series … Read more
One of Europe’s most exciting kickboxers, Giga Chikadze, is back in action for GLORY Kickboxing on Friday night against France’s Victor Pinto, live on UFC Fight Pass. “I’m very excited for this one,” the Georgia-born Kings MMA product says with a smile before his fight. “I’ve been preparing very hard for this fight, and I … Read more
Before Knoxville’s Damir Ferhatbegovic tries to improve his undefeated record to 3-0 versus Nashville’s Charlie Alexander at Valor Fights 38 on November 5 in Nashville, LIVE on FloCombat, he sat down with Pro MMA Now. How did you find MMA to begin with? When I moved here when I was 7, my dad signed me … Read more
UFC middleweight champ Luke Rockhold has a date with former champ Chris Weidman at UFC 199 next month. Rockhold stopped Weidman via TKO in the 4th round this past December at UFC 194 and will be looking for another win to put a stamp on his place atop the UFC’s 185-pound division. Take a look … Read more
New England MMA promotion Cage Fighting Xtreme (CFX) has opened a new kickboxing division, Kickboxing Xtreme (KBX), and has partnered with Lion Fight Promotions to be a feeder league for the major league Muay Thai organization. KBX has brought on board respected local Muay Thai kickboxing coaches Eric Grossman and Marc Meltzer to help matchmake and … Read more
AXS TV Fights presents LION FIGHT 26 professional Muay Thai kickboxing tonight from the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Welterweight Turan Hassanov (15-7-1) and up-and-comer Nick Chasteen (4-1) headline the fight card and John Nofer (6-1) takes on undefeated Victor Saravia (4-0) in the super bantamweight co-main event. Also on the televised main card, Ben Peak (10-3) faces fellow middleweight Josh Shepard (4-1), … Read more
A shoulder injury has taken Mirko Cro Cop (31-11-2, 1 NC) out of a scheduled bout against Anthony Hamilton at UFC Fight Night 79 in Seoul, Korea. And the 41-year-old Croatian legend subsequently announced his retirement. A statement posted on www.mirkofilipovic.com reads: Dear friends, unfortunately I had to cancel the fight in Seoul. In the beginning of … Read more
Joe Rogan, professional funny man, UFC color commentator and podcast host, was recently interviewed by Rolling Stone and revealed he actually worked for free when he first started with the UFC back in 2002. Rolling Stone had Rogan carry a camera around for a few days to document his daily routine and in this just released … Read more