FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (April 27, 2018) – Eternal confrontation: experience vs. youth will continue June 1st at M-1 Challenge 93 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Undefeated M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Artem Frolov (10-0-0, M-1: 7-0-0), who was mentioned by Fighters Only Magazine among the 20 top MMA prospects for 2018, will defend his title for the first time against […]
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Bellator 198 Press Conference & Weigh-in Video
Bellator 198 Main Card (9 PM ET, Paramount Network) Fedor Emelianenko vs. Frank Mir Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Sam Sicilia Rafael Lovato Jr. vs. Gerald Harris Neiman Gracie vs. Javier Torres Dillon Danis vs. Kyle Walker Preliminary Card (7 PM ET, Online) R’Mandel Cameron vs. P. J. Cajigas Dan Stittgen vs. Mark Stoddard Eric Wisely vs. Morgan […]
TWO BLOCKBUSTER CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS HEADLINE UFC® INTERNATIONAL FIGHT WEEK™
TWO BLOCKBUSTER CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS HEADLINE UFC® INTERNATIONAL FIGHT WEEK™ UFC® 226: MIOCIC vs. CORMIER FEATURED BOUTS: (C) STIPE MIOCIC vs. (C – LHW) DANIEL CORMIER (C) MAX HOLLOWAY vs. (#1) BRIAN ORTEGA TICKETS FOR UFC® 226: MIOCIC vs. CORMIER AT T-MOBILE ARENA AND THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER® FINALE AT THE PEARL AT PALMS CASINO RESORT GO ON SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 27 Las Vegas – The seventh […]
Star middleweight Alexander Shlemenko To headline M-1 Challenge 93
“Storm” Warning! Star middleweight Alexander Shlemenko To headline M-1 Challenge 93 Plus, Artem Frolov vs. Joe Riggs title fight June 1 in Chelyabinsk, Russia Alexander Shlemenko (R) is as tough as they come SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (April 24, 2018)) – One of the greatest middleweights in mix martial arts history, Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko, returns […]
COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES “MEXICO VS USA” MMA SHOWDOWN IN SACRAMENTO, CALIF. ON FRIDAY, MAY 11
COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES “MEXICO VS USA” MMA SHOWDOWN IN SACRAMENTO, CALIF. ON FRIDAY, MAY 11 MAIN EVENT: LISBETH LOPEZ SILVA (MEXICO) VS. KYRA BATARA (USA) CO-MAIN EVENT: HORACIO GUTIERREZ (MEXICO) VS. CHRIS AVILA (USA) TICKETS ON SALE AT TICKETON.COM NEW YORK – April 23, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced an epic, live Mixed Martial Arts […]
JULIA BUDD DEFENDS HER WORLD TITLE AGAINST UNDEFEATED TALITA NOGUEIRA AT BELLATOR 202
JULIA BUDD DEFENDS HER WORLD TITLE AGAINST UNDEFEATED TALITA NOGUEIRA AT BELLATOR 202 FRIDAY, JULY 13 ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK MICHAEL MCDONALD CHALLENGES FORMER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION EDUARDO DANTAS IN CO-MAIN EVENT LOS ANGELES – On Friday, July 13, Julia Budd (11-2) will defend her featherweight world title against Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Talita Nogueira (7-0), in the main event of Bellator […]
Heavyweight star Sergei Kharitonov To headline M-1 Challenge 92 in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Heavyweight star Sergei Kharitonov To headline M-1 Challenge 92 May 24 at M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia Sergei Kharitonov (R) SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (April 23, 2018)) – Russian heavyweight star Sergei Kharitonov returns to The Rage on May 24 to headline M-1 Challenge 92 at M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Kharitonov (27-6-0, M-1: 5-0-0) faces his […]
MATT “THE TERROR” SERRA NAMED TO UFC® HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018
MATT “THE TERROR” SERRA NAMED TO UFC® HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018 Las Vegas – UFC® today announced that former UFC welterweight champion and winner of season four of The Ultimate Fighter®, Matt Serra, has been named to the UFC Hall of Fame class of 2018 as a Pioneer. The 2018 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT ATLANTIC CITY RESULTS, VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS & POST FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE
UFC FIGHT NIGHT ATLANTIC CITY RESULTS Main card Kevin Lee def. Edson Barboza via fifth-round TKO (2:18) (live blog) Frankie Edgar def. Cub Swanson via unanimous decision (30-27 x3) (live blog) Justin Willis def. Chase Sherman via unanimous decision (29-28 x3) David Branch def. Thiago Santos via first-round TKO (2:30) Aljamain Sterling def. Brett Johns […]
UFC FIGHT NIGHT ATLANTIC CITY WEIGH-IN VIDEO – KEVIN LEE MISSES WEIGHT
Main Card FS1, 10 p.m. ET EDSON BARBOZA VS. KEVIN LEE Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson Chase Sherman vs. Justin Willis David Branch vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos Brett Johns vs. Aljamain Sterling Dan Hooker vs. Jim Miller Preliminary Card FS1, 8 p.m. ET Alex Garcia vs. Ryan LaFlare Merab Dvalishvili vs. Ricky Simon Siyar Bahadurzada […]
COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES LIVE UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK TELECAST, COMPLETE BOUT CARD FOR “COMBATE ESTRELLAS II” IN MONTERREY, MEXICO ON
COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES LIVE UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK TELECAST, COMPLETE BOUT CARD FOR “COMBATE ESTRELLAS II” IN MONTERREY, MEXICO ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20 VICTOR MADRIGAL REPLACES LEVY MARROQUIN IN BANTAMWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT SHOWDOWN WITH ALEJANDRO FLORES IVANNA MARTINENGHI REPLACES FRANCIS HERNANDEZ AGAINST UNDEFEATED MELISSA MARTINEZ IN STRAWWEIGHT FEATURED CONTEST STAR-STUDDED EVENT HEADLINED BY MUCH-ANTICIPATED BANTAMWEIGHT REMATCH BETWEEN […]
UFC FOX 29 RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
UFC FOX 29 RESULTS Main card Dustin Poirier def. Justin Gaethje via fourth-round TKO (0:33) Alex Oliveira def. Carlos Condit via submission (R2, 3:17) Israel Adesanya def. Marvin Vettori via split decision Michelle Waterson def. Cortney Casey via split decision Undercard Antonio Carlos Junior def. Tim Boetsch via submission (RNC) (R1, 4:28) Muslim Salikhov def. […]
UFC FOX 29 WEIGH-IN VIDEO & ROAD TO THE OCTAGON EPISODE
Main Card FOX, 8 p.m. ET DUSTIN POIRIER VS. JUSTIN GAETHJE Carlos Condit vs. Alex Oliveira Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori Cortney Casey vs. Michelle Waterson Preliminary Card FOX, 6 p.m. ET Tim Boetsch vs. Antonio Carlos Junior Ricky Rainey vs. Muslim Salikhov John Moraga vs. Wilson Reis Krzysztof Jotko vs. Brad Tavares UFC Fight Pass, 3:30 […]
BELLATOR 197: CHANDLER vs. GIRTZ WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS
BELLATOR 197: CHANDLER vs. GIRTZ WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS EVENT AIRS ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK AT 9 P.M. ET / 8 P.M. CT WEIGH IN PHOTOS Bellator 197: Chandler vs. Girtz takes place tomorrow, Friday, April 13 at The Family Arena in St. Charles MO. The event will be broadcast live and free on […]
TWO BLOCKBUSTER CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS HEADLINE UFC® 225 IN CHICAGO
TWO BLOCKBUSTER CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS HEADLINE UFC® 225 IN CHICAGO FEATURED BOUTS: (C) ROBERT WHITTAKER vs. (#1) YOEL ROMERO (#2) RAFAEL DOS ANJOS vs. (#3) COLBY COVINGTON (#2) ALISTAIR OVEREEM vs. (#4) CURTIS BLAYDES TICKETS FOR UFC® 225: WHITTAKER vs. ROMERO 2 AT UNITED CENTER GO ON SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 13 Las Vegas – UFC® will bring its first Pay-Per-View event […]
BELLATOR HOSTS FIRST EVENT IN ROME ON JULY 14
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME BELLATOR HOSTS FIRST EVENT IN THE ANCIENT CITY ON JULY 14 PATRICIO ‘PITBULL’ DEFENDS FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST DANIEL WEICHEL, WHILE ITALY’S ALESSIO SAKARA RETURNS TO ACTION IL CENTRALE LIVE ROMA – FORO ITALICO ALSO HOSTS BELLATOR KICKBOXING 10, WHERE TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE ON THE LINE LOS ANGELES – […]
BRUCE CONNAL NAMED TO 2018 UFC® HALL OF FAME CLASS
BRUCE CONNAL NAMED TO 2018 UFC® HALL OF FAME CLASS Las Vegas – UFC® today announced that pioneering television producer Bruce Connal has been named to the UFC Hall of Fame class for 2018 as a Contributor. With his selection, Connal becomes the fifth inductee of the UFC Hall of Fame’s ‘Contributor Wing’ and third welcomed posthumously. […]
UFC 223 RESULTS, VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS & POST PRESS CONFERENCE
UFC 223 RESULTS Main card Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta via UD (50-44, 50-43 x2) (live blog) Rose Namajunas def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk via UD (49-46 x3) (live blog) Renato Moicano def. Calvin Kattar via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27 x2) (live blog) Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Kyle Bochniak via UD (29-28, 30-27 x2) (live blog) Chris […]
UFC 25TH ANNIVERSARY PRESS CONFERENCE – MANY FIGHTS ANNOUNCED
UFC 25TH ANNIVERSARY PRESS CONFERENCE Brooklyn, NY (April 7th, 2018)– The 25th Anniversary press conference included UFC 226 headliners; UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier before they square off on July 7. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington, who are scheduled to meet at UFC 224, co-main eventers for that […]
UFC 223 WEIGH-IN VIDEO & PRESS CONFERENCE – NOW AL IAQUINTA WILL FACE KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV
AL IAQUINTA WILL FACE KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV Brooklyn, NY (April 7th, 2018)– UFC 223 is finally set. After a wild Friday morning saw three different potential fighters step up to face off with lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov for the main event in Brooklyn, New York, UFC announced that will be his opponent. But because Iaquinta weighed […]
CONOR MCGREGOR’S UPDATED ARREST DETAILS – VIDEOS
CONOR MCGREGOR’S UPDATED ARREST DETAILS Brooklyn, NY (April 6th, 2018)– Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor turned himself into police Thursday and was arrested and charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief after his role in a fracas that left UFC fighter Michael Chiesa in the hospital with a facial laceration. […]
CONOR MCGREGOR AND HIS MOB ATTACK UFC FIGHTER’S BUS – FIGHTERS INJURED & NY CITY ARREST WARRANT ISSUED
CONOR MCGREGOR AND HIS MOB ATTACK UFC FIGHTER’S BUS – WARRANT ISSUED By MMA Weekly Brooklyn, NY (April 5th, 2018)– UFC president Dana White says an arrest warrant has been issued for lightweight champion Conor McGregor after an altercation at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday. “There is a warrant out for Conor McGregor’s […]
UFC® DEBUTS IN UTICA, N.Y. WITH BANTAMWEIGHT THRILLER BETWEEN (#4) JIMMIE RIVERA AND (#5) MARLON MORAES
UFC® DEBUTS IN UTICA, N.Y. WITH BANTAMWEIGHT THRILLER BETWEEN (#4) JIMMIE RIVERA AND (#5) MARLON MORAES FEATURED BOUTS: GREGOR GILLESPIE vs. VINC PICHEL GIAN VILLANTE vs. SAM ALVEY TICKETS FOR UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: RIVERA vs. MORAES AT ADIRONDACK BANK CENTER GO ON SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Las Vegas – UFC® will debut in Utica, N.Y. with an action-packed card, […]
COMPLETED CARDS FOR BELLATOR 196 AND BELLATOR KICKBOXING 9
COMPLETED CARDS FOR BELLATOR 196 AND BELLATOR KICKBOXING 9 BACK-TO-BACK EVENTS SET TO AIR THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 6 BEGINNING AT 9 P.M. PT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK LOS ANGELES – Bellator has announced completed cards for both Bellator 196 and Bellator Kickboxing 9, which take place this Friday, April 6 at BOK Hall in Budapest, Hungary and air on Paramount […]
MAX HOLLOWAY REPLACES TONY FERGUSON TO FACE KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV FOR UFC 223
MAX HOLLOWAY REPLACES TONY FERGUSON TO FACE KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV FOR UFC 223 By UFC.com Brooklyn, NY (April 2, 2018)– UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will attempt to make history in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on April 7, as he has stepped in to replace the injured Tony Ferguson and face Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight […]
M-1 CHALLENGE 90 RESULTS
M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko remains perfect Stops Alexander Butenko to go 18-0-0 M-1 CHALLENGE 90 RESULTS And still champion…….Alexey Kuchenko (R) SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (March 31, 2018) – M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko improved his professional MMA record to a perfect 18-0-0, stopping Russian challenger Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko in the third round of last […]
New Stitch Duran RCM MMA Interview: Professional Fighters League to Offer Millions in Prize Money
New Stitch Duran MMA Interview: Professional Fighters League to Offer Millions in Prize Money By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media MMA Correspondent In a new Real Combat Media interview exclusive, famed cutman Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran was interviewed ringside at The Fillmore into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening, March 30, 2018, after flying in Philadelphia, […]
UNIVISION DEPORTES AND COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCE MULTI-YEAR, LIVE PROGRAMMING AGREEMENT FOR HISPANIC MMA SPORTS SERIES
UNIVISION DEPORTES AND COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCE MULTI-YEAR, LIVE PROGRAMMING AGREEMENT FOR WORLD’S PREMIER HISPANIC MMA SPORTS SERIES 2018 Lineup includes 16 Television Airings Across Univision Networks Historic Partnership Begins with Live Univision Broadcast of “Combate Estrellas I” from Los Angeles on Friday, April 13 NEW YORK – March 29, 2018 – Univision Deportes and Combate Americas, […]
M-1 CHALLENGE 90 FACT SHEET
M-1 CHALLENGE 90 FACT SHEET MAIN CARD MAIN EVENT — M-1 CHALLENGE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- 5 X 5 Alexey Kunchenko (17-0-0, M-1: 9-0-0), Champion, Russia vs. Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (45-12-3, M-1: 11-2-1), Challenger, Russia CO-FEATURE – MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5 Joe “Diesel” Riggs (47-17-0, 1 NV, M-1: 2-0-0), USA vs. Boris Polejay (18-6-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Ukraine FLYWEIGHTS — 3 […]
COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES SEVEN NEW BOUTS FOR “COMBATE ESTRELLAS II” IN MONTERREY, MEXICO ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20
COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES SEVEN NEW BOUTS FOR “COMBATE ESTRELLAS II” IN MONTERREY, MEXICO ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20 STAR-STUDDED EVENT HEADLINED BY MUCH-ANTICIPATED BANTAMWEIGHT REMATCH BETWEEN ERIK “GOYITO” PEREZ AND DAVID “D.J.” FUENTES TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY AT SUPERBOLETOS.COM NEW YORK – March 22, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced seven new matchups, including a featherweight (145 […]
Double main-event world title bouts headline CES MMA 49 fight card next month at Twin River
Photo courtesy of Will Paul REIGNING CES MMA Welterweight World Champion makes his second title defense on Friday, April 6th, 2018 at “CES MMA 49” at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., when he faces Jason Norwood in one of two world title bouts on the televised main card on AXS TV Fights. The Ohio […]
UFC Fight Night 127 Results & Video Highlights
UFC Fight Night 127 Results & Video Highlights MAIN CARD Alexander Volkov def. Fabricio Werdum via KO (strikes) at 1:38 of R4 Jan Blachowicz def. Jimi Manuwa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) Tom Duquesnoy def. Terrion Ware via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) Leon Edwards def. Peter Sobotta via TKO (strikes) at 4:59 of […]

































