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Daniel James Bellator MMAvideo

Bellator 297: Daniel James Discusses MMA’s Power to Change Lives, Friendship with ‘Big MMA...

Fourth-ranked Bellator heavyweight contender Daniel James opens the main card of Bellator 297 this Friday night in his home city of Chicago against Gokhan Saricam. Ahead of the fight, he sat down with Cageside Press to discuss this high-profile...
Amber Leibrock PFL 5video

PFL 5: Amber Leibrock Credits Recent Success to Change in Mentality

Atlanta, GA — Following a stunning head kick knockout at PFL 2 that went viral and hit ESPN's highlight reel, Amber Leibrock appears to have the proverbial target on her back. "I mean, sure. I would, right?" Leibrock (7-4) noted...
Sergio Pettis, Bellator MMAvideo

Bellator 297: Sergio Pettis Discusses Self-Improvement, Taking Out “Big Fish”

Sergio Pettis was in a tough spot in 2018. He had lost three of his last four fights to ranked opposition and the UFC was trying to get rid of the flyweight division for good. He would end up...
Julia Budd, PFL 5video

PFL 5: Julia Budd Addresses State of Women’s Featherweight Division Post-Nunes

Atlanta, GA — With UFC women's featherweight (and bantamweight) champion Amanda Nunes retiring over the weekend, much has been made of the state of the weight class. Especially given the 145lb division is now on the chopping block for...
Marina Mokhnatkina PFLvideo

PFL 5: Marina Mokhnatkina Focused Only On Winning

Atlanta, GA — PFL women's featherweight Marina Mokhnatkina (9-3) is facing Evelyn Martins at PFL 5 this Friday, sitting in second spot in the division at the moment with five points. The event takes place at the Overtime Elite Arena...
Pampos Grigoriou, DWCSvideo

Pampos Grigoriou On Importance Of Fight On Contender Series For Country Of Cyprus

On August 15th, week two of Dana White's Contender Series will kick off with a new batch of contenders looking to stamp their ticket into the UFC. One fighter who will be competing is doing it for his entire country...
Norbert Novenyi Jr Bellator MMAvideo

Bellator 297: Norbert Novenyi Jr. Wants to Take Three Scalps This Year

Undefeated Hungarian middleweight Norbert Novenyi Jr. ended a lengthy layoff earlier this year, returning to action with a knockout win against Andy Manzolo back in February. Novenyi (6-0) will enter the cage once again at Bellator 297 this Friday in...
Olena Kolesnyk, 2023 PFL 2video

PFL 5: For Olena Kolesnyk, Cage is Her Colosseum, Judges Her Caesar

PFL featherweight Olena Kolesnyk is her own worst critic — but that has actually helped the Ukrainian fighter throughout her combat sports career. "I'll be honest with you, I have some, I wouldn't call it a problem, because it helped...

TTP Ep. 382 with Miles Johns, Modestas Bukauskas, and UFC Vegas 75

TopTurtleMMA · Episode 382: Miles Johns, Modestas Bukauskas, and UFC Vegas 75 Miles Johns Interview (2:16) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with UFC bantamweight, Miles Johns. Johns discusses the decision to leave Fortis MMA to move back...
Aiemann Zahabi, UFC 289video

UFC 289: Aiemann Zahabi Ready to Be Matador Against “Bull in a China Shop”...

It's been eleven months since last we saw Canada's Aiemann Zahabi in action. The question is, why? "I've been having a hard time getting match-ups. I don't know how the whole system works exactly, so we were looking for a...