Interviews

The road to the Contender Series is different for everyone. There have been people who showed up on the show making their professional debut, and those on the show who are already wily veterans. While we see far less...

It's a common theme for fighters to see a fighter on TV that inspires them. Some may have started training when they saw Rampage slam Ricardo Arona, or Anderson Silva knockout Forest Griffin. Others kicked their training into high...

Week two of Dana White's Contender Series Season 7 arrives on Tuesday night, and in action will be LAW MMA's Charalampos Grigoriou. Representing Cyprus, "Pampos" Grigoriou (7-3) sits on a three-fight win streak, and is the current Combat FC bantamweight...

Dalton Rosta is undefeated in eight professional fights, all with Bellator, going into his title eliminator against Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 298. The fourth-ranked contender in Bellator’s middleweight division takes on sixth-ranked Aaron Jeffery on Friday in Sioux Falls,...

Collegiate wrestling standout Jordan Oliver makes his MMA debut this Friday at Bellator 298. Oliver has been training at Kill Cliff MMA ahead of his debut, under coaches like Henri Hooft and alongside teammates like Robbie Lawler. He's a two-time...

Peru's Enrique Barzola returns to action, and to the bantamweight division, this Friday at Bellator 298 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While his last fight, a win over Erik Perez, took Barzola up to featherweight (he has fought there before,...

After winning a contract on Dana White's Looking for a Fight through FAC, Isaac Dulgarian was all squared away for his debut. "The Midwest Choppa" was given Dan Argueta on the first card of 2023 in the Apex. Having...

Bellator MMA and LFA vet Ty Gwerder returns to action this weekend as part of UFL 3 — in a rematch with Shane Sobnosky that also serves as a grand prix semifinal. Ahead of the fight in Mesa, AZ, middleweight...

TopTurtleMMA · Episode 390: Chandler Cole, Isaac Dulgarian, and UFC Vegas 78 Chandler Cole Interview (2:23) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with Contender Series heavyweight, Chandler Cole. Cole discusses the harsh reality of leaving the Ultimate Fighter...

Everything is clicking for undefeated Bellator 298 bantamweight Jaylon Bates ahead of his return to action this Friday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. "This fight camp has been one of my easiest fight camps that I've had in a while,...