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Previewing MMA’s Takeover of New Year’s Eve 2018

This year, MMA fans will be treated to a trove of action with the UFC, PFL, and RIZIN all celebrating the start of 2019 with blockbuster events. First, the action will get started 48 hours earlier with the UFC's annual...
Jon Jones & Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232

UFC 232 – Jones vs. Gustafsson 2: Main Card Staff Picks

UFC 232 changed locations this week, but Cageside Press has their picks in no matter where the fight takes place. The UFC 232 main event is a rematch between the man of the hour, Jon Jones, and Alexander Gustafsson. The...
Philipe Lins vs. Josh Copeland, PFL 11

PFL Championship 2018 Face-Off Gallery

The Professional Fighters League's final fight week of 2018 kicked off with a PFL Championship press conference Friday, with all fighters on the PFL 11 card facing off! The PFL Championship for 2018 (or simply PFL 11 if you're keeping...
Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes UFC 232

UFC 232: Champions Collide as Nunes Looks to Topple Legendary Cyborg

UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will attempt to stop pound-for-pound great Cris Cyborg in the co-main event of UFC 232. Quite bluntly, Cris "Cyborg" Justino is unstoppable.  Throughout her career, her blend of size and skills has been too much...
Megan Anderson UFC

UFC 232: Golden Roads for Both Anderson and Zingano

Amidst a cloud of uncertainty, Megan Anderson could earn a title shot on Saturday while Cat Zingano looks to continue her comeback at UFC 232. If you had asked people about "Alpha" Cat Zingano at the beginning of the year,...
Jon Jones Alexander Gustafsson

UFC 232: Jones vs Gustafsson Takes On New Meaning

The UFC has moved Saturday's event on six days notice and inconvenienced over 20 fighters just to accommodate Jon Jones, putting a whole world of pressure on him to deliver against Alexander Gustafsson. USADA, Nevada, California, and the UFC have...
PFL 2018 Championship Main Event

PFL 2018 Championship Press Conference Recap

Cageside Press was on-site at Madison Square Garden for the PFL 2018 Championship's pre-fight press conference. All 12 PFL finalists plus Kayla Harrison and her opponent Moriel Charneski were available for questions earlier today inside Madison Square Garden in New...
Korean Zombie and Yair Rodriguez, UFC Denver

MMA 2018 Year in Review: Knockout of the Year

Perhaps the single most insane finish in MMA history topped the list of contenders for Knockout of the Year 2018. If there was anything surprising about the Knockout of the Year 2018 candidates, it was the lack of heavyweight contenders....
Paul Craig UFC

MMA 2018 Year in Review: Submission of the Year

A crafty veteran and a hail Mary, last second finish topped the list of 2018's best submissions in MMA. The submission of the year race in 2018 was neck and neck, no pun intended. Two names stood out. Aleksei Olenik,...
Daniel Cormier UFC

UFC: Daniel Cormier Vacates Light Heavyweight Belt, Releases Statement

Daniel Cormier has decided to walk away from the UFC light heavyweight title, rather than be stripped of the championship ahead of tomorrow's UFC 232. The UFC's light heavyweight championship is vacant. Until tomorrow, anyway. Ahead of UFC 232, which...