Cageside Press

Former UFC darling and BKFC vet Paige VanZant has announced her next combat sports endeavor... if you consider Power Slap a sport. On Saturday, during the UFC Saudi Arabia preliminary card broadcast on ESPN, it was announced that VanZant would...

Entertaining bantamweights Kyung-Ho Kang and Muin Gafurov put it all on the line in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Kang came into UFC Saudi Arabia as the owner of a successful 8-4 (1NC) UFC record over the last eleven years....

Undefeated light heavyweight and Contender Series winner Magomed Gadzhiyasulov made his promotional debut at UFC Saudi Arabia, opposite Brazilian Brendson Ribeiro. Like Gadzhiyasulov, Ribeiro had entered the UFC via the 2023 edition of Dana White's Contender Series, only to drop...

The long overdue Road to UFC 2 bantamweight final arrived at UFC Saudi Arabia on June 22, in a fight that paired China's Xiao Long up against South Korea's Chang-Ho Lee. Road to UFC 2 had launched in May of...

Bellator MMA were back in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday for their first visit since being acquired by rival Professional Fighters League. And so it was the PFL bringing Bellator Dublin to town, with a welterweight title fight in the main...

Felipe Lima was set to defend his Oktagon bantamweight title on July 20, until a short-notice opportunity at UFC Saudi Arabia became available. Muhammad Naimov was supposed to fight Melsik Baghdasaryan, but Melsik pulled out. In comes Felipe Lima...

Yana Santos will fight Chelsea Chandler in a ranked bantamweight clash on August 10, 2024. The fight is scheduled for the main card of UFC Vegas 95 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. News of the booking was first...

Capping off the night at Friday's 2024 PFL 5 card in Salt Lake City, Utah, lightweight standout and 2023 finalist Clay Collard got to compete at home, taking on Bellator vet Mads Burnell. A first-round finish would snag a playoff...

2023 PFL light heavyweight champion Impa Kasanganay looked to book a trip back to the playoffs at the 2024 PFL 5 card on Friday, taking on PFL Europe champ Jakob Nedoh. For Kasanganay, there were any number of paths to...

A big free agent signing for the PFL (and as a result, Bellator), Ireland's Paul Hughes makes his big-stage debut at Bellator Dublin on Saturday, June 22, 2024. For featherweight Hughes, who reportedly received a low-ball offer from the UFC,...