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Emily Martins, CFFC 132video

Emily Martins Says She Was “Born Ready” Ahead of CFFC 132 Title Bout

Brazil's Emily Martins gets a shot at the vacant CFFC women's bantamweight title on Friday night, as she faces Auttumn Norton in the co-main event of CFFC 132. The American Top Team fighter, an undefeated 2-0 in MMA while also...
Chelsea Hackett PFL 4video

Chelsea Hackett Looking to be “As Brutal and Fast” As She Can At PFL...

Uncasville, CT — PFL 4 finds Australian Chelsea Hackett in the co-main event on Thursday, paired up with the league's latest promotional darling, Dakota Ditcheva. Speaking to Cageside Press ahead of the fight, the Contender Series vet told us that...
Linton Vassell Bellator 254video

Linton Vassell on PFL 4 Moldavsky Rematch: “Ready to Smack Him Up Once Again”

Uncasville, CT — Heavyweight Linton Vassell heads into PFL 4 on Thursday looking to bounce back from a loss to Denis Goltsov in his first fight of the season, but off a win over the man he's set to...
Dakota Ditcheva PFLvideo

PFL 4’s Dakota Ditcheva Not Focused on Would-Be Opponents: I Don’t Get to Choose...

Uncasville, CT — Ahead of Thursday's PFL 4 card in Uncasville, CT, there's been more talk about who Dakota Ditcheva isn't fighting than who she is. Ditcheva is paired up with Chelsea Hackett for her second fight of the season,...

TTP Ep. 433 with Carli Juidce, Jose Johnson, and UFC Vegas 93

Carli Judice Interview (2:13) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with UFC flyweight, Carli Judice. Judice discusses the long layoff she faced after earning her contract on Contender Series. While it's been difficult for her to be...
Thiago Santos, 2023 PFL 1video

Thiago Santos on Heavyweight Debut, Says He’s “Ready to Be Here” Ahead of PFL...

Uncasville, CT — Thiago Santos, former UFC light heavyweight title challenger, and even before that a middleweight, is something of a surprise entrant in the PFL's heavyweight tournament. Santos (22-12, 1NC), who lost to Yoel Romero at the PFL vs....
Sumiko Inabavideo

PFL 4’s Sumiko Inaba Wants to “Gain As Much As I Can” in 2024

Uncasville, CT — Former Bellator MMA flyweight Sumiko Inaba finally makes her PFL debut this Thursday, after a cancelled date with Kaytlin Neil resulted in the Hawaiian missing out on the first half of the regular season. The PFL's league...
Liz Carmouche, Bellator 294 following win over DeAnna Bennett

PFL 4: Kana Watanabe Is First Fighter Liz Carmouche Has Wanted to Rematch

Bellator women's flyweight champ and PFL contender Liz Carmouche is no stranger to rematches. Alexis Davis. Juliana Velasquez. DeAnna Bennett. Velasquez again. And let's not forget her pair of fights with UFC star and former champ Valentina Shevchenko. Yet despite...

UFC Louisville’s Miguel Baeza on Tough Road Back, Uncertainty

When Miguel Baeza steps into the cage at UFC Louisville, it'll have been just short of 26 months since we last saw him. While the welterweight has been booked for a couple of fights, injuries have kept him from...
Ion Surdu, Oktagon MMAvideo

Ion Surdu Hoping for 15 Minute War with David Kozma at Oktagon 58

Moldava's Ion Surdu finds himself in a co-main event fight at Oktagon 58 this Saturday, paired up with Oktagon mainstay and former champ David Kozma. Coming off a loss, Surdu (14-6) recently spoke with Cageside Press about his bounce-back fight,...