Cageside Press

Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be very advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class....

Bumped up to the main card this Friday at Bellator 280 is France's own Davy Gallon. For years, MMA was banned in Gallon's home country. Now, he gets to compete in Paris for this first time, after signing with Bellator...

A short-notice change of opponent has resulted in lightweight Soren Bak's fight being moved to a catchweight at Bellator 280. But the good news is, he still has a fight. "It's always unfortunate to have an opponent drop out late...

Russia's Marina Mokhnatkina is in a position that many fighters would not envy, opening her PFL 2022 season against the dominant defending women's lightweight champion Kayla Harrison. Mokhnatkina (6-2), a six-time world champion in Sambo, sees things a little differently. "Of...

Genah Fabian had one of the better seasons in the women's lightweight division last year, going 2-1 and falling to Kayla Harrison in the PFL 2021 semifinals last August. Now, she's back and ready to kick off the 2022 season...

After a lengthy free agent period, Kayla Harrison is back in the PFL season. There were flirtations with the UFC, and a near-miss with Bellator that would have resulted in an immediate title fight against Cris Cyborg. But the PFL...

More than just fighting was on Tony Ferguson's mind during Thursday's UFC 274 pre-fight press conference. A raucous crowd in Phoenix greeted "El Cucuy," who was reminded by one reporter that during his last fight week, he'd successfully campaigned Dana...

The MMA Gods have given us a terrific upcoming lightweight match-up for June. Or, it was the UFC matchmakers. Whatever. Polish news outlet InTheCage.pl was the first to report that the  No. 11 ranked lightweight Arman Tsarukyan will fight No....

Two UFC strawweights will look to get back into the win column in August. James Lynch was first to report the news that Miranda Granger will return from a two-year layoff against Cory McKenna on August 6, at a yet-to-be-announced...

Ray Cooper has rattled off back-to-back PFL championship seasons, earning a smooth $2 million in the process. As he prepares to try to make in three in a row, the questions have obviously flocked in about whether or not...