Cageside Press

A pair of former Invicta FC champions will collide inside the octagon this May. MMA Fighting was the first to report the news that No. 11 ranked strawweight Virna Jandiroba will be fighting No. 12 ranked Angela Hill. Both fighters...

Houston, TX — Israel Adesanya has always been confident, but there is a whole new level of confidence this fight week from the middleweight champ. To be fair to Robert Whittaker, a former champion and the man who Adesanya dethroned...

UFC 271 hits Houston, Texas this Saturday for what is unquestionably a big event. In the main event is a rematch between middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and former champ Robert Whittaker. Houston's own Derrick Lewis fights fan-favorite Tai Tuivasa...

March's UFC 272 card has added an exciting bantamweight bout, as Brian Kelleher and Umar Nurmagomedov are expected to face off at the event. ESPN was first to report the news, with Kelleher later confirming the bout on social media....

Russian heavyweight Anatoly Malykhin captured gold at Bad Blood in Singapore on Friday, and was on top of the world after doubling up on bonuses following the fight. Malykhin (11-0) maintained his unblemished record with a knockout of Kirill Grishenko,...

Houston, TX — UFC 271 arrives Saturday, with a middleweight title fight rematch between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker topping the marquee. While that fight will get the lion's share of the attention, a very fun heavyweight fight featuring Houston's...

The seemingly cursed flyweight fight between Alex Perez and Matt Schnell, expected as part of the UFC 271 preliminary card, is off. UFC officials made the announcement during Friday's official weigh-in, after both fighters had already hit the scales. Perez...

The largest weight miss in UFC history has necessitated a fight moving up an entire weight class for UFC 271 this Saturday. Friday morning, light heavyweight William Knight hit the scales at 118 pounds for his fight with Maxim Grishin....

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....

Arguably the most cliche claim surrounding any world title fight in combat sports is the old "there's a lot riding on the line" comment. Let's be honest: there's a lot riding on the line in any title fight. But...