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The UFC's September 16 Fight Night show is set to celebrate Mexican Independence Day, and the card is getting a tantalizing co-main event. On Wednesday, UFC President Dana White announced that The Ultimate Fighter 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum (17-8, 1NC)...

The story of Bellator featherweight Cris Lencioni continues as he's now awake, and responsive, but has an unknown road to recovery. MMA Fighting was the first to report the news. Lencioni, 28, had a heart attack on June 8 while training...

With a women's flyweight title fight set to transpire this September with Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko running it back, top contender Erin Blanchfield has her next date set. Blanchfield (11-1) will face ex-title challenger Taila Santos (19-2) at UFC...

If the preview for the latest episode of The Ultimate Fighter 31 had hinted at some sort of drama between Brad Katona and his team, what played out was a little less tense. We're recapping each and every episode of...

TopTurtleMMA · Episode 384: Caio Machado, Ivana Petrovic, and UFC Vegas 76 Caio Machado Interview (2:25) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with Contender Series Heavyweight, Caio Machado. The Brazilian-born fighter discusses how he went from heading towards...

They're training partners, friends, family, whatever you want to call them it's clear that there is a very close bond between former UFC champions Alex Pereira and Glover Teixeira. Pereira posted a video to his YouTube channel on Monday showing...

Bellator 298 is going to be big — in terms of the number of fights, at least. In a press release on Tuesday, promotion officials announced that eight fights had been announced for the Bellator 298 card in Sioux Falls,...

"Killer" Cub Swanson has revealed the date and opponent for his next fight. Swanson (28-13), who joined the UFC Hall of Fame (Fight Wing) last year, will face Canadian featherweight Hakeem Dawodu (13-3-1) at a UFC Fight Night event on...

UFC heavyweight Braxton Smith, who made his promotional debut last month, won't be fighting anytime soon. Smith (5-2), a.k.a. "The Beautiful Monster," was finished via ground n' pound by Parker Porter at UFC 288 in New Jersey. As it turns...

August's Bellator 298 continues to grow, and on Monday the Sioux Falls, South Dakota card added a promising bantamweight bout. That fight finds UFC veteran Enrique Barzola (19-7-2) paired up with hot prospect Jaylon Bates (7-0), in a fight that...