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Impa Kasanganay 2023 PFL 4video

Impa Kasanganay Expecting Battle at 2023 PFL 7, Likens Bellator Purchase Possibility to Strikeforce

Impa Kasanganay's PFL season has most certainly been going to plan. Three wins, dating back to his Challenger Series fight, and this Friday, he faces Marthin Hamlet in one of the light heavyweight semifinals. A former middleweight and even welterweight,...

TTP Ep. 389 with Cameron Smotherman, Aleksa Camur and UFC Nashville

TopTurtleMMA · Episode 389: Cameron Smotherman, Aleksa Camur, and UFC Nashville Cameron Smotherman Interview (2:24) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with Contender Series bantamweight, Cameron Smotherman. Fresh off of winning the Fury FC bantamweight belt, Smotherman talks...
Gabriel Braga, 2023 PFL 4video

2023 PFL 7: Gabriel Braga Knew Success Would Come, Plans to Keep Seizing Opportunities

Gabriel Braga has gone from a Challenger Series fighter to PFL semifinalist, with the chance to move one step closer to a million dollars at PFL 7 this Friday in San Antonio, Texas. Braga (11-0) is not at all surprised...
Lorenz Larkin Bellator MMAvideo

Lorenz Larkin Questioned Koreshkov Rematch, but Fighting in Japan Sold Him On It

Former UFC, Strikeforce, and current Bellator MMA star Lorenz Larkin believes his home will be at 170lbs moving forward. Larkin (25-7, 2NC) returned to the welterweight division a couple of fights ago, after a successful stint at middleweight. Despite that...
Miranda Maverick UFCvideo

UFC 291’s Miranda Maverick Questions Cachoeira’s Skill: “Her Striking Is Good in Terms of...

It wasn't just the fact that Miranda Maverick lost her fight against Jasmine Jasudavicius at UFC 289 in June, but how she lost that troubled her. As is well-known by now, "Fear the" Maverick (11-5) suffered vision issues in the...
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Bellator x RIZIN 2: Andrey Koreshkov Predicts Exciting Stand-Up Fight in Japan

Andrey Koreshkov’s first fight back with Bellator in a year and a half is a big one as he takes on Lorenz Larkin to open Bellator x Rizin 2 on Saturday, July 29. The two are both ranked in the...
A.J. McKee Bellator MMAvideo

A.J. McKee Says There’s “Mutual Respect” with Patricky Pitbull, Despite Rivalry with Brother

Bellator star A.J. McKee is headed back to Japan for his second straight fight in the country this weekend, as he kicks off his run in the promotion's lightweight grand prix. Fighting in Japan again was an easy sell for...
Mohamed Ado

Get to Know Canada’s Best Kept Secret, Mohamed Ado

Unified MMA welterweight Mohamed Ado is undefeated through his first two pro fights, and may just be Canada's best kept secret when it comes to up-and-coming professional fighters. We got to know Ado a little better with a recent Q&A. Prior...

TTP Ep. 388 with Dustin Jacoby, Eli Aronov and UFC 291

TopTurtleMMA · Episode 388: Dustin Jacoby, Eli Aronov, and UFC 291 Dustin Jacoby Interview (2:21) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with UFC light heavyweight, Dustin Jacoby. Jacoby gets candid about the back-to-back losses that he's had and...
Veta Arteaga, Bellator 295video

Veta Arteaga Plans to Be Aggressive at Bellator x RIZIN, Believes Win Over Watanabe...

Flyweight Vega Arteaga heads to Japan for this weekend's Bellator x RIZIN card at the Saitama Super Arena — a location she'd always hoped to fight in some day, though she wasn't sure the opportunity would ever come. "Yes and...