Cageside Press

There will be an eight-man heavyweight grand prix crowning a new champion in Bellator MMA next year. It'll be a fun watch, but it has us wondering what such a tournament would look like in the UFC. No offense to...

Among the welterweight greats sit names like Hughes and St. Pierre — so where does Ben Askren's name fall? In his retirement bout Friday at ONE Championship: Immortal Pursuit, welterweight champion Ben Askren was nothing short of dominant. You could...

Four fighters, including two of China's own, are $50,000 richer after UFC Fight Night 122. With so many great performance to choose from, the UFC decided to forgo a Fight of the Night Award Saturday. Instead, it dished out for...

Kelvin Gastelum took advantage of the opportunity, knocking Michael Bisping out quickly in the UFC Shanghai main event. Kelvin Gastelum won his season of The Ultimate Fighter despite being the last man picked on the show. Since then, he's had a great...

Li Jingliang utilized his powerful striking to put away Zak Ottow early in front of his people at UFC Shanghai. Li Jingliang is the flag-bearer for the UFC in China, being far and away the most successful fighter from the...

Although he couldn't get the knockout he wanted at UFC Shanghai, Wang Guan put together an impressive performance against Alex Caceres. Wang Guan might be making his UFC debut at 31 years old, but you can't ignore his record. Racking...

Muslim Salikhov may have been the favorite heading into UFC Shanghai, but Alex Garcia was happy to prove the oddsmakers wrong. Muslim Salikhov had garnered a great amount of hype leading into his promotional debut at UFC Shanghai. The Dagestani...

With the UFC touching down in Shanghai on Saturday, history was made. The world's top MMA promotion was making the trip to mainland China for the first time — but would it be worth the wait? UFC Shanghai marked the...

The pursuit of glory fueled Ben Askren to the end, as he made short work of Shinya Aoki at ONE Championship: Immortal Pursuit on Friday. In the end, Ben Askren walked away from the sport of MMA an undefeated two-promotion...

UFC Shanghai had its main event switched on short notice, but Cageside Press still has their picks set for the Saturday morning card. UFC Shanghai went from a lousy card with an intriguing main event, to a lousy card with...