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Bellator MMA has made many free agent acquisitions in recent years, whether it be former UFC fighters like Gegard Mousasi and Sara McMann, or community legends like Burt Watson and Big John McCarthy. Their latest move was a bit...

Capping off the main card (which aired early Friday, followed by a selection of "postliminary" bouts) at PFL 3, returning lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier welcomed Shane Burgos to the PFL. OAM was also welcoming Burgos to lightweight, as "Hurricane" Shane...

A highly anticipated lightweight fight with clear title implications has been postponed due to an injury to former champ Charles Oliveira. "Do Bronx" was supposed to fight Beneil Dariush at UFC 288 on May 6, 2023. However, an undisclosed injury...

Kansas City — The UFC returns to Kansas City, MO on Saturday for the first time since 2017, during the FOX era. UFC Kansas City is topped by a key featherweight fight, as the surging Arnold Allen rides as 12-fight...

Legacy Fighting Alliance was in action on Friday, April 14, 2023 with LFA 156 emanating from the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In the evening's main event, the vacant LFA welterweight championship was up for grabs between two...

The Professional Fighters League closed out the first half of its regular season on Friday night in Las Vegas, with its 2023 PFL 3 card going down at The Theater at Virgin Hotels. Topping the card, free-agent signing Shane Burgos,...

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...