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Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class. Known as...

Las Vegas — Scottish lightweight Stevie Ray knows all too well that MMA brings the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, emotionally. Following a disheartening knockout loss at the hands of Olivier Aubin-Mercier in last year's PFL finale,...

Las Vegas — Now one of the biggest names in Canadian MMA, returning PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier kicks off his 2023 season against Shane Burgos at PFL 3 on Friday night. Drawing Burgos, who is making his promotional debut...

Las Vegas — Former UFC featherweight Shane Burgos is feeling both mentally and physically great ahead of his PFL debut on Friday night at the 2023 PFL 3 card. Burgos (15-3) is making the move to lightweight, necessitated by the...

They say you only get one chance to make a first impression and did Bruna Brasil ever make good on that. She showed up for her Contender Series bout and proceeded to kick Marnic Mann's head into next week....

The UFC returns to Kansas City, MO this Saturday for just the second time, touching down with a Fight Night event — UFC Kansas City: Holloway vs. Allen. The card features a four-pack of featherweight fisticuffs at the top of...

It has not been a good twenty-four hours or so on the injury front for the UFC. Two upcoming high-profile match-ups have been lost, as Renato Moicano is out of his April 29 main event fight with Arman Tsarukyan, while...

Las Vegas — "Jordanian Lion" Jarrah Al Silawi returns to action as part of Friday's PFL 3 2023 card, in a welterweight match-up with last year's champ, Sadibou Sy. Upon hearing the news that he was facing the champ, Al...

Deiveson Figueiredo isn't done with the flyweight division just yet. Despite previously suggesting that he may head to 135lbs, the two-time flyweight champ appears to be staying put for now. Figueiredo (21-3-1) has been lined up to face Manel Kape...

#4-ranked flyweight Brandon Royval returns to action at UFC Kansas City this Saturday, taking on Matheus Nicolau, who sits at #5 in the division. Royval (14-6) has become one of the more popular figures in the 125lb weight class, while...