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Don't expect ONE Championship atomweight queen and promotional darling Angela Lee to be defending her title any time soon. That's after the popular fighter, one of the biggest homegrown names in the Asian promotion, announced late Thursday that she's...

Last week's UFC 253 had plenty of bright spots, including Israel Adesanya retaining his title, and Jan Blachowicz taking light heavyweight gold home to Poland. A week later it's back to Fight Island where we see a big fight...

The UFC returned to Fight Island in Abu Dhabi with a splash one week ago. UFC 253 saw Israel Adesanya retain his middleweight title, while Poland's Jan Blachowicz claimed light heavyweight gold. A week later, however, it was the...

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov went through what can only be described as a utterly devastating tragedy over the summer, losing father Abdulmanap to complications stemming from COVID-19. Losing a parent is never easy. But the loss of the highly...

Bellator 247 marked the promotion's debut on CBS Sports Network — and it was Scotland's Chris Duncan taking on Iamik Furtado in the very first fight on the platform. The bout was held at a 160lb catchweight, and "The...

After landing in hospital following a weight cut gone wrong, longtime MMA veteran and current Bellator MMA fighter Paul Daley has announced he'll be retiring — after one more bout. Daley broke the news Thursday on social media, the...

In a successful trip back to Fight Island last week for UFC 253, we saw a lot of bright spots. Israel Adesanya retaining his title, Jan Blachowicz winning the vacant light heavyweight title, plus a lot of fighters putting...

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....

The question Justin Gaethje hopes to answer on October 24, in the UFC 254 main event, is that same question that over two dozen fighters before him have failed at: how to overcome the puzzle that is Khabib Nurmagomedov. Whatever...

There's a stark contrast between Yorgan De Castro's last trip to the octagon, and his upcoming fight with Carlos Felipe at UFC Fight Island 4. And it's all about the man opposite him. His last fight came against problematic ex-NFL...