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Matt Frevola and Luis Pena, UFC

UFC 257’s Matt Frevola: Out of the Comfort Zone

You can take the fighter out of Long Island, but you can’t ever take the Long Island out of the fighter. It’s precisely that reason that has led UFC lightweight Matt Frevola to continue living a split life. In...
Kevin Croom, UFCvideo

UFC Vegas 20’s Kevin Croom: MMA is My Religion and James Krause is My...

Only a day after the legendary Max Holloway's standout performance at UFC Fight Island 7, which saw "Blessed" defeating Calvin Kattar, Kevin Croom stated that he may watch that fight every morning before going to train for his own...
Mason Jones

UFC Fight Island 8’s Mason Jones: A Product a Decade in Development

More so than ever, the fight game is about more than just the skills that a given fighter possesses. While there has always been a need to be a draw in MMA to get a big fight, it seems...
Sam Hughes and Tecia Torres, UFC 256

UFC Strawweight Sam Hughes: From the Track to the Cage

UFC strawweight Sam Hughes has always had a competitive side to her. Hughes (5-2) found her way into mixed martial arts in a roundabout way. "It was kind of coincidental," Hughes told Caegside Press recently. At Wofford College for her...
UFC 215 Sarah Moras

UFC Fight Island 7’s Sarah Moras: Homesick and Ready to Hurt Someone

Fighting in the COVID-era has been a tricky situation for nearly every fighter. Gyms, coaches and training partners all with variable accessibility depending on your location makes it such that a lot of fighters find themselves doing things differently. While...
Jacob Rosales

Jacob Rosales Gives Thoughts on Weight Cut, Martinez Fight Ahead of LFA 97

Legacy Fighting Alliance's first event of 2021 kicks off on January 15. Fresh off a bloody war against LFA LW champion Bryce Logan, Jacob Rosales is looking to get back in the driver's seat. In his way, he will...
Roxanne Modafferi UFC

UFC Fight Island 8: Roxanne Modafferi Confident Against “Well-Rounded and Strong” Araujo

One thing is clear after speaking with Roxanne Modafferi ahead of UFC Fight Island 8 on January 20: "The Happy Warrior" has a lot of fight left in her. This is an interesting time for Modafferi. The 38-year old flyweight...
Jacob Kilburn UFC

UFC Fight Island 7’s Jacob Kilburn: Long Layoff was for the Best

It was seemingly a whole different world, and certainly a different MMA landscape, when Jacob Kilburn made his UFC debut. Back in December of 2019, Kilburn got the call to fill in against Billy Quarantillo when Chris Fishgold had...
Carlos Felipe UFC Fight Island 4

UFC Fight Island 7’s Carlos Felipe Predicts Bout with Arlovski in Future

After an unsuccessful debut in July of this past year, Carlos Felipe got his sophomore assignment for October against powerful puncher Yorgan De Castro. After out-working the Cape Verdean native on the feet for the better part of fifteen...
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TTP Ep. 255 with Jacob Kilburn, Carlos Felipe and Top 5 Title-Aspiring, Unranked Fighters

Top Turtle Podcast is now officially on Cageside Press. Gumby and Shockwave Dave bring you their first episode from their new home, and it brings all the heat. Interviews, news discussion, a countdown - they have all variety that...