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A pair of featherweights will collide at a UFC event in May. MMA Fighting was the first to report the news that Josh Culibao will welcome Yilan Sha to the promotion on May 22 at a Fight Night event headlined...

A very exciting UFC flyweight prospect has decided to retire from MMA. In a somewhat shocking occurrence on Saturday, flyweight prospect Jimmy Flick announced his retirement from MMA at the regional MMA event Freestyle Cage Fighting event in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The...

When Liz Carmouche arrived in Bellator last year, cut unceremoniously after a title fight loss in the UFC, the thought process was that she would quickly land a title fight. The fact that friend and training partner Ilima-Lei Macfarlane...

Jaylon Bates earned his first finish as a pro at Bellator 256. And rest assured, he had not been expecting a submission. Let alone a one-arm guillotine. He did foresee finishing early on Friday, however. "I was planning more for...

Hawaii's Nainoa Dung is back in the win column following Bellator 256. Dung was on a two-fight skid heading into the event, and at only 22 years of age, many had forgotten the promise the Hawaiian had shown early...

"A-1" Jornel Lugo took a while to be signed by Bellator. But now under a multi-fight deal, and ranked #10 in the division (probably even higher now after beating #8 Cass Bell), Lugo is riding on cloud 9. Following...

New England's John Douma was victorious in split decision fashion against Will Smith in the opening bout of Bellator 256. It was Douma's first fight since 2019, in which the 24-year old collected his fifth professional victory. Despite that,...

Cody Law remained undefeated at Bellator 256, with his first ever decision victory. Despite going the distance, something he previously said he never wanted to do, Law made it look fairly easy. An American Top Team prodigy, Law handed...

At Bellator 256 on Friday, #3 ranked featherweight Adam Borics defeated fellow top 10 145lb'er Jeremy Kennedy (#8 in the division) to gain his 17th professional victory. Borics was already a top candidate for a potential title fight, and...

If UFC Vegas 23 was Sam Alvey's last hurrah in the UFC, he'll at least leave the party with some extra spending cash. The popular middleweight (returning to the division after a stint at 205lbs) was paired up with Julian...