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Promotional newcomer Akhmed Magomedov put away Kevin Boehm inside of a round at Bellator 283, submitting his opponent and making a statement in his debut. "I took this fight very, very seriously and I prepared well," Magomedov (8-0, 1NC) said...

It was another successful night at the office for Jaylon Bates at Bellator 283, but it came awfully close to falling apart. Bates (6-0) admits that opponent Mark Coates got in his head during the fight, which ended in a...

London, UK - UFC featherweight Arnold Allen was not scheduled to fight at UFC London on Saturday night, but that didn't stop him from showing up to The O2 Arena to meet with fans, fighters and media. "I feel like...

London, UK - UFC Vice-President David Shaw was on hand at UFC London on Saturday night and spoke on many issues including the possibility of multiple events in the UK. "The O2 as a destination, but more importantly London as...

Retired UFC light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa has been accused of landing a cheap shot on Aleksandar Rakic at UFC London. Problem is, neither man was scheduled to fight that night. As a matter of fact, Manuwa has been retired for...

For an 8-0 fighter coming off a first-round finish, welterweight Roman Faraldo was incredibly self-critical in the aftermath of Bellator 283 on Friday. The American Top Team fighter knocked out Luis Iniguez with just over a minute left in the...

Cedric Doumbe, a Cameroonian-born French kickboxer and two-time GLORY welterweight champion, will make his promotional debut at UFC Paris this September. Doumbe (2-0), who just recently made the jump to mixed martial arts, will fight Darian Weeks (5-2) at the...

It's that time of year again. For fight fans, especially fans of up-and-coming prospects trying to crack the UFC roster, it's basically Christmas. That's thanks to Dana White's Contender Series returning this Tuesday. The first episode of Contender Series season...

Lightweight standout and former RIZIN tournament champ Tofiq Musayev says his promotional debut at Bellator 283 went according to plan. "If you watch my interview, that's exactly how I planned it to be," Musayev (20-4) said, speaking to media outlets...

The welterweight return of Lorenz Larkin did not play out according to plan, after an illegal elbow landed on Mukhamed Berkhamov, leading to a no contest. The incident occurred midway through the opening round, and brought a halt to a...