Cageside Press

It's time for another round of Writer vs Fighter. The only segment where we put professional fighters up against our staff of writers in a (virtual) showdown. Each UFC fight card, we bust out the picks and see who...

Top prospect Erin Blanchfield will not make her octagon debut this weekend at UFC Vegas 23. After stepping up on short notice to face former featherweight Norma Dumont, Blanchfield is now without a fight, after Dumont failed to make the...

One notable loss from this weekend's UFC Vegas 23 fight card: Darren Till and Mike Perry will not be in close proximity to one another. "I was looking forward to maybe slapping him in the face and making headlines...

It's deja vu all over again this week for Marvin Vettori. Another fight, another opponent dropping out ahead of UFC Vegas 23. "This is more normal than actually having a fight with the same opponent showing up, and fighting...

Heading to the scorecards at ONE on TNT 1 on Wednesday night, Raimond Magomedaliev might have been just a little nervous. Throughout his fight with former title challenger Tyler McGuire, the Russian had questioned his own performance. "During the fight,...

Oumar Kane made things look easy at ONE on TNT 1 this past Wednesday. Opening up the card in Kallang, Singapore, the heavyweight known "Reug Reug" steamrolled short-notice opponent Patrick Schmid, who replaced Mehdi Barghi and was making his...

In a battle of bantamweight prospects, Cass Bell came up short in his last fight. Battling Raufeon Stots back in July, Bell succumbed to a rear-naked choke, losing his perfect record in the process. And so, for the first time...

It's rare that an 0-0 fighter gets scooped up by a major mixed martial arts promotion, but that was the case with Jaylon Bates and Bellator MMA. The talented amateur signed with the company last year, and made his debut...

This Saturday's UFC Vegas 23 is headlined by Marvin Vettori and Kevin Holland, and marks the second UFC event on the ABC platform. Vettori was originally supposed to fight Darren Till, but a collarbone injury forced the British fighter...

It's not the fight Marvin Vettori was looking for, but he still has his main event spot this Saturday at UFC Vegas 23. Vettori seems to have had a heck of a time getting fights locked in over the past...