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The UFC’s second trip to China in 9 months, but first to Shanghai since 2017 was headlined by a rising Chinese star in a matchup that guaranteed fireworks. Though the fight itself delivered on the fireworks, rising no more...

UFC Shanghai went down on Saturday in what was an incredibly early card for the western hemisphere. In the main event, Chinese light heavyweight Zhang Mingyang received his first loss in the UFC when he was finished by Johnny...

Hollywood, FL — After losing back-to-back fights, first in the 2024 PFL light heavyweight final and then in his first fight of the PFL World Tournament at middleweight earlier this year, Impa Kasanganay returned to the win column at...

Hollywood, FL — Following in the footsteps of Kayla Harrison, Larissa Pacheco, and Ray Cooper III, Antonio Carlos Junior is now a two-time PFL tournament champion. He just did it a bit differently. ACJ won his first title with the PFL...

Hollywood, FL — Jonathan Coachman (you might know him from his days on WWE television as just "Coach") has been with the PFL for years now, taking over the post-fight media duties from Ray Sefo and other execs during...

Hollywood, FL — Russian heavyweight Oleg Popov claimed victory in the PFL World Tournament on Friday, defeating UFC vet Alexander Romanov to do so. Now, he has his sights set on another former UFC star: Francis Ngannou. Ngannou has fought just...

Episode 3 of DWCS 2025 arrives this Tuesday, with the latest crop of Contender Series fighters and UFC hopefuls including some familiar names. Among them, Bellator vet Manoel Sousa and Cage Warriors alum Damon Wilson. Dana White was a little...

Raja Jackson, son of MMA legend Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, could be in a whole lot of hot water moving forward. During an independent pro wrestling show lived streamed on KICK on Saturday, the younger Jackson, an MMA fighter himself, entered...

If you weren't up early, or local enough to Shanghai, China that it didn't matter, you missed some entertaining finishes at UFC Shanghai on Saturday. The Fight Night card, marking the promotion's return to mainland China, produced some explosive action,...

China's Zhang Mingyang entered his first UFC main event at UFC Shanghai on Saturday, taking on Brazilian Johnny Walker in a solid test at 205lbs. Mingyang was coming off a win over Anthony "Lionheart" Smith in Smith's retirement fight. Right off...