Cageside Press

Brazilian Contender Series winner Mauricio Ruffy got to debut on a big stage at home on Saturday, in an imposing match-up with the always game Jamie Mullarkey. The lightweight showdown found Mullarkey coming in off a win, and 2-2 in...

Ernesta Kareckaite made her octagon debut on Saturday, when the Lithuanian flyweight, a Contender Series winner, faced off with Brazil's Dione Barbosa. Barbosa was also making her promotional debut, like Kareckaite having won her way into the promotion via Dana...

Lightweights Vinc Pichel and Ismael Bonfim were second up on Saturday's UFC 301 preliminary card in Brazil, with "From Hell" Pichel pretty much wading into the depths of hell in hostile enemy territory. With a boisterous Brazilian crowd in the...

On a night capped by a flyweight title fight, it was a pair of flyweights opening the UFC 301 card in Rio, Brazil where Alessandro Costa faced off with Kevin Borjas. Brazil's own Costa, coincidentally enough, was seeking to bounce...

"The Immortal" will live on, but Matt Brown will no longer be an active fighter. On Saturday, hours out from UFC 301 in Brazil, Brown, long a fan-favorite welterweight known for his elbows and violent finishes, announced his retirement. "Not doing...

The UFC returns to Brazil on Saturday, May 4, 2024 for UFC 301, with a flyweight title fight topping the card in the promotion's first PPV since the milestone UFC 300 last month. With just one event in between, the...

Oktagon MMA was in action in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday, April 4, 2024 at the Festhalle Frankfurt for Oktagon 57. A number of familiar names were in action on the card, including UFC veteran Mallory Martin, who was 1-1 in...

Paul Craig's game is admittedly a bit of a puzzle. Ask light heavyweight contender Magomed Ankalaev - who beat Craig up for nearly 15 minutes before getting caught with a submission with just a second to go. However, Craig's...

William Gomis has been pulled from Saturday's UFC 301 due to medical issues, after an obviously rough scene at Friday morning's official weigh-in. Cageside Press was on hand in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when a fully clothed Gomis hit the...

The second of back-to-back cards at the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, ONE Fight Night 22 saw the ONE women's strawweight Muay Thai championship on the line. Taking place Friday night on Amazon Prime Video (Saturday local time), the main...