Cageside Press

England's Marc Diakiese returns to the octagon this weekend at UFC Fight Island 2, part of a British invasion of Abu Dhabi. "Bonecrusher" will bring a two-fight win streak with him when he enters the octagon against Muay Thai expert...

Ariane Lipski has been training for a fight since February. "The Violence Queen" was originally scheduled to face opponent Luana Carolina in May. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, that was pushed back to June. Now, she'll step into the...

The UFC's Fight Island shows have put the spotlight on a number of international fighters, with Europe playing a large part in that. In particular, the U.K. and Wales have come out, with plenty of talent throwing down across...

Mounir Lazzez seems like a soft-spoken kind of guy. The sort of fighter who does his talking in the cage. So it was a bit of a shock to hear him call out Mike Perry following Lazzez's debut win...

Jared Gordon went to Abu Dhabi with no corners this week. He walked away from his UFC Fight Island 1 bout with Chris Fishgold with his hand raised, a unanimous decision victory improving him to 2-1 over his last...

Modestas Bukauskas made his debut at UFC Fight Island 1, picking up a Performance of the Night bonus in his finish of Andreas Michailidis. It was unquestionably an odd one, when all was said and done. At the end of...

Going 0-3 and still managing to get a pay raise from the UFC tells you something about Tim Elliott. His awkward yet entertaining style in the cage definitely gets fans talking. It's probably a factor in why Elliott found...

After a pedestrian beginning to his UFC career that saw him go 3-2 with a loss by submission and TKO each, Jack Hermansson needed to put together a run. That’s exactly what the Sweden-born, Norwegian-trained fighter did, winning each...

A light heavyweight rematch between Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis is expected to headline a newly announced Bellator event on September 11. First reported by Combate and later MMAFighting, a fight between Phil Davis and Lyoto Machida is expected to...

UFC Fight Island 1 on Wednesday was a coming out party for several new UFC talents. Among them, Khamzat Chimaev, who trains alongside the likes of Alexander Gustafsson and Ilir Latifi at All Stars MMA in Sweden. Chimaev made a...