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Matt Cantwell is a 21-year-old from Chicago, Illinois training out of One Touch Fight Team. He started his MMA journey in April of 2019 and between five fights has fought at both lightweight and welterweight. In his five amateur fights,...

A handful of events have some bright MMA prospects this week; CFFC is already in the books, but Bellator, Titan FC, and RIZIN are yet to come. Here's the latest Weekly MMA Prospect Report. CFFC 100 | US | Thursday Lightweight,...

This week's Writer vs. Fighter features Cageside Press' own and UFC ranking panel member, Rodney James Edgar, and Bellator's Christian Edwards making their picks for UFC Vegas 37. It's time for another battle for pick supremacy. We pit those who...

Anthony Smith just refuses to go away. When it comes to the UFC's light heavyweight division, "Lionheart" has had something of a been there, done that career. He fought Jon Jones. He's fought current title challenger Glover Teixeira. Shogun?...

UFC Vegas 37 is a massive 15-fight 14-fight card that's headlined by Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann at light heavyweight. Flyweight Mandy Bohm has been trying to make her UFC debut since early August. After three missed scheduled fights,...

One of the most electrifying fighters to enter the UFC octagon has retired from MMA. Just a day after multi-time flyweight title challenger Joseph Benavidez announced his retirement, Carlos Condit has done the same. MMA Fighting was first to report...

A fight that was itself booked to salvage Nikolas Motta's spot on the UFC Vegas 37 card is now off. On Thursday, UFC officials announced that Nikolas Motta vs. Cameron VanCamp had been dropped from Saturday's Fight Night event. The...

Cage Fury FC hit a milestone on Thursday night, with CFFC 100. The plucky regional promotion has become known for having CM Punk on its broadcasts alongside MMA Junkie's John Morgan. Along the way, it's helped propel a number of...

The pre-fight antics of Moldova's Ion Cutelaba are well documented by now. For years he painted himself green for weigh-ins, a nod to his nickname 'Hulk'. However, his resemblance to an overly aggressive Marvel character actually became closer after...

Third Time's A Charm? Christian Edwards hopes it is, because it's been a long five months with one man on his mind. Edwards (5-0) returns to the Bellator cage for the sixth time on Saturday. He faces Ben Parrish (4-1),...