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Las Vegas, NV — UFC Vegas 31 featherweight Billy Quantantillo enters Saturday's showdown against Gabriel Benitez coming off the first loss of his UFC tenure. "It was a tough loss, but I was on a nine-fight winning streak including a...

Uncasville, CT — The first bout of Juliana Velasquez's title reign arrives Friday night in Connecticut, at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The undefeated champion is stepping in the cage for her first fight of 2021 at Bellator 262. It's also...

Poland's KSW returns to action this weekend, with KSW 62 headlined by Olympic gold medalist Szymon Kolecki. Weigh-ins for the event took place Friday morning in Warsaw, with all fighters successfully making weight for Saturday's card. Kolecki (9-1), who won...

Las Vegas, NV — After winning big off a slam on the Contender Series, Dustin Stoltzfus' UFC debut fizzled. Against Kyle Daukaus, Stoltzfus (13-2) fought to an uninspired unanimous decision loss at UFC 256. It's a hard loss to take anything...

Las Vegas, NV — Through his first seven fights, multi-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Rodolfo Vieira admits that he never felt comfortable in the cage. He most certainly did not feel comfortable in fight number eight, which represented his first...

Trailing in the wake of Poirier vs. McGregor 3, which proved to be another massively successful Conor McGregor card for the UFC (1.8 million buys, reportedly), UFC Vegas 31 felt like an afterthought. But look a little closer, and...

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....

Uncasville, CT — In her last fight, Bellator featherweight Dayana Silva battled to a split decision with former champ Julia Budd. Unfortunately for her, only one judge sided with Brazil's Silva that night. "The lesson that I took from that...

Uncasville, CT — Matheus Mattos (12-2-1) enters Bellator 262 this Friday looking for his first win inside the Bellator cage. "I'm really excited right now. I'm really, really looking forward to this fight. He's a really good opponent." Interestingly enough,...

Uncasville, CT — "Really good. It's been a long nine months. Been itching to get back in there," Australia's Arlene Blencowe told Cageside Press in an exclusive interview during the Bellator 262 media day. That's how she's feeling, finally...