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Lauren Murphy UFC 254

UFC 266’s Lauren Murphy: It’s Never Been About the Belt

Flashback to the summer of 2018. Lauren Murphy was coming off an unanimous decision loss to Sijara Eubanks. That, combined with a stint of the Ultimate Fighter that resulted in an 0-1 record on the show, left her at...
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Jalin Turner Says UFC 266 Performance Will Be “Major Eye Opener for the Lightweights”

Jalin Turner will return to the octagon for the first time in a year at this weekend's UFC 266. Turner (10-5) has been busy even while on the sidelines. Of late, he's been filming a role in a short film,...
Juan Adams UFC Ottawavideo

Juan Adams Talks Fury FC 49 Title Win, Sees UFC Run As Failure And...

Former UFC heavyweight Juan Adams wants to make his way back to the promotion to right some wrongs — and he views his first run in the company as a failure. "The Kraken" picked up a heavyweight title win at...
SD Dumasvideo

Meet The Reaper: AKA’s SD Dumas

"I used to sit at the graveyard and just look at the moon. I would sit back and hear stuff because I lost a lot of my homies. So I was the graveyard, and I would go to this...
James Yang ONE Championshipvideo

ONE: Revolution’s James Yang on Shaolin Temple Training, Mighty Mouse Connection

James Yang is set to make his pro debut at ONE Championship's Revolution later this month, after a life spent dedicated to martial arts. Despite his pro debut quickly approaching, Yang (6-0 AMMA) told Cageside Press in an exclusive interview...
Ramiz Brahimaj UFCvideo

Ramiz Brahimaj Recaps His First UFC Win And The Insane Road He Took To...

Ramiz Brahimaj picked up his first UFC win in August, but it was a wild ride to get it. If you think Brahimaj almost getting his ear torn off the side of his head in his UFC debut was crazy,...
Tai Emergyvideo

Tai Emery: From Lingerie Football to BKFC

Tai Emery has had quite the journey in her fighting career thus far. From the LFL (Legends Football League, an all-female lingerie league), to Lingerie FC, to training in Thailand, and now signing with Bare Knuckle FC, her career...
Devin Clark, UFC 250

UFC Vegas 37’s Devin Clark Looks Forward to Bullying ‘Bully’ Ion Cutelaba

The pre-fight antics of Moldova's Ion Cutelaba are well documented by now. For years he painted himself green for weigh-ins, a nod to his nickname 'Hulk'. However, his resemblance to an overly aggressive Marvel character actually became closer after...
Christian Edwards Bellator mma

Bellator 266’s Christian Edwards Is Glad His Ben Parrish Saga Is Almost Over: “I’ve...

Third Time's A Charm? Christian Edwards hopes it is, because it's been a long five months with one man on his mind. Edwards (5-0) returns to the Bellator cage for the sixth time on Saturday. He faces Ben Parrish (4-1),...
Neiman Gracie Bellator MMA

Bellator 266’s Neiman Gracie Knows It’s Not Just Winning, But How He Wins That...

The Gracie name being synonymous with submissions, it was no surprise to see Bellator MMA post a "favorite Neiman Gracie Submission" poll ahead of the upcoming Bellator 266. But what about Gracie's own favorite submission? That's a question Cageside Press...