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Business is starting to pick up in Bellator MMA's heavyweight division, and this weekend at Bellator 271, there's a high-stakes match-up between two top contenders, Tyrell Fortune and Linton Vassell. With Fortune ranked fifth and Vassell right behind him,...

Airing Friday via tape delay was ONE Championship's NextGen II, filmed last month in Singapore, and featuring two featherweight kickboxing world grand prix alternate bouts. Prior to those alternate bouts, however, a muay thai showdown opened the card. That saw...

Heavyweight Linton Vassell returns to action at Bellator 271, holding down the co-main event slot against top-flight wrestler Tyrell Fortune. It's a fight that, under other circumstances, might be a title eliminator. There's a chance it still could be. Especially...

Aaron Pico believes his friend and former teammate AJ McKee could very well conquer Bellator's lightweight division next. Pico (8-3) returns at Bellator 271 this Friday, paired opposite another featherweight standout, the undefeated Justin Gonzales. For years, McKee and Pico...

UFC strawweight Silvana Juarez will be stepping in for Ashley Yoder to face Vanessa Demopoulos at the first UFC event of the year on January 15. Vanessa Demopoulos will have a new opponent for her second UFC outing, as ESPN...

Sinead Kavanagh will look to record a historic upset as she takes her turn against the legendary Cris Cyborg for the featherweight championship at Bellator 271. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1458585264637448196?s=20 Cris "Cyborg" Justino has been dominant for so long that the day her reign...

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....

While he's banned from Jackson-Wink MMA and has vowed never to return, Jon Jones has joined another Greg Jackson-affiliated gym. On Thursday, the former UFC light heavyweight champion announced that he was moving to Jackson's MMA Acoma. Like Jackson-Wink MMA,...

Kyle Daukaus unfortunately won’t fight this weekend, or rematch Kevin Holland, but he will fight in February. MMA Junkie was first to report the news that Daukaus, who was supposed to fight this weekend at UFC Vegas 42 against Roman...

A pair of bantamweight prospects will throw down at the UFC's February PPV event. MMA Fighting was the first to report that Ronnie Lawrence will fight Mana Martinez at UFC 271 on February 12. A source close to the situation...