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Women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg returned atop Bellator 259, looking to defend her 145lb title in a rare rematch. In a callback to their UFC days, Cyborg was paired up with Leslie Smith. Smith entered the fight off a win...

This week, we feature two up-and-coming fighters both inside and outside of the UFC. One is an unranked fighter competing on this week’s UFC card, Damir Ismagulov. The focus here is on a fighter who has never been ranked,...

Bellator women's flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez will make her first title defense at Bellator 262 in July. Promotion officials announced via press release on Friday that Velasquez will take on Bellator kickboxing champ Denise Kielholtz at the event, which takes...

Friday morning's UFC Vegas 27 weigh-in hadn't even kicked off yet, and already, the Fight Night card had lost a fighter, if not a fight. Raulian Paiva, who had been set for a main card flyweight showdown with David Dvorak,...

The No. 5 ranked middleweight in Bellator, Fabian Edwards returns to action at Bellator 259 in a pivotal match-up that could have title implications in the future. Edwards (9-1) suffered his first professional loss at Bellator Euro Series 8 last...

UFC Vegas 27's most relevant fight may actually be the card's co-main event. While the Fight Night event is topped by Rob Font taking on former champ Cody Garbrandt in a bantamweight affair, the penultimate bout of the evening saw...

A pair of top 10 bantamweights are set to collide at UFC 265 in what should be nothing less fireworks. Combate was the first to report the news that former featherweight champion and No. 5 ranked bantamweight Jose Aldo will...

Former Bellator bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell returns to the bantamweight division after three fights at featherweight between 2019 and 2020. After an unsuccessful run at trying to become a double champ by competing in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix,...

A pair of top 15 UFC middleweights will collide in August. ESPN was the first to report the news that No. 8 middleweight Uriah Hall will fight Sean Strickland at UFC 265 on August 7. Strickland would confirm the booking...

ONE Championship's highly publicized all-female fight card, Empower, has been postponed. Originally scheduled for May 28, the event, which was to feature the launch of the promotion's women's atomweight grand prix, has been delayed due to COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic...