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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...

Fighting in 2020 has rarely gone as planned, which puts combat sports in sync with the rest of the world. That proved true once again Thursday at Bellator 247 in Milan, Italy, with a main event of Denise Kielholtz...

When Irene Aldana returns to action at UFC Fight Island 4 this weekend, she'll be coming off a different kind of victory. Originally scheduled to face Holly Holm at the start of August, Aldana(12-5) found herself battling COVID-19, which...

Bellator MMA debuted on CBS Sports, its new broadcast home, Thursday afternoon with Bellator 247. Kicking off the month of October as well as a new partnership, the event was to feature a welterweight main event between Paul Daley...

Bellator 247 kicked off the promotion's CBS Sports run on Thursday, October 1. Leaving its home of Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) for the first time in years outside of the DAZN deal, Bellator had planned to bring a...

This past Sunday, RIZIN Fighting Federation returned, with a couple of its rising standout stars atop the card. Both Tenshin Nasukawa and Kai Asakura were in action at RIZIN 24, which went down Sunday in Saitama. Both fighters picked up...