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The stakes were high in the main event of Bellator 273. Having lost his light heavyweight title to Vadim Nemkov, former double champ Ryan Bader was set to defend his heavyweight championship against Nemkov's teammate, Valentin Moldavsky. During Bader's recent absence...

It's been nearly 10 years since Pannie Kianzad and Lina Lansberg first faced off on the regional scene. Now, under the UFC banner, the bantamweight pair will meet for the second time. Kianzad (15-6) and Lansberg (10-5) are set to...

ONE Championship's Only the Brave arrived Friday, airing live from Singapore and set to determine the finalists in the promotion's ongoing featherweight kickboxing world grand prix. The top two bouts were the tournament semifinals, with Sitthichai facing Davit Kira on...

Former UFC title challenger and Bellator MMA fighter Chael Sonnen has had misdemeanour battery charges against him dismissed. ESPN was first to report the news. Las Vegas police confirmed to Cageside Press earlier this month that Sonnen had been issued...

Phoenix, AZ — The Bellator 273 open workouts took place Thursday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, with the card's biggest stars showing off their moves. In some cases, it wasn't even just fight moves. Darth Bader Heavyweight champ Ryan Bader (28-7,...

The entertainment era of the sport has been good to the fans. It's produced some of the most riveting rivalries and build ups in the history of the MMA, and has been the era in which some of the...

Phoenix, AZ — His first Bellator fight at home in Arizona "didn't go as planned," Ryan Bader admitted this week. It most certainly did not. Corey Anderson finished the former light heavyweight (and current heavyweight) champion, knocking him out of...

The fourth PFL Challenger Series event has been announced, and it's men's featherweights up this time around. On Thursday, PFL officials announced per a press release that week four of the PFL Challenger Series will feature featherweights. The PFL Challenger...

It was a lengthy, entertaining run for Jeremy Stephens in the UFC — but it appears to have come to a close. UFC Roster Watch, an automated, script-based service that monitors changes to the UFC's roster of fighters, reported Thursday...

After a brief fumble on who exactly he would be fighting next care of Dana White, Paddy Pimblett's second UFC assignment is official. Pimblett will face Rodrigo Vargas at UFC London on March 19, promotion officials announced Thursday. MMA Fight...