Cageside Press

For years considered a future title hopeful in the UFC, Khamzat Chimaev gets his shot at gold at UFC 319 this Saturday, where he takes on middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. Chimaev's rise to the top was slowed by illness,...

Cage Fury FC veteran Eric Nolan is making a very short-notice debut this Saturday at UFC 319. At the event set for Chicago's United Center, Nolan will take on Baysangur Susurkaev, who won a UFC contract on Dana White's...

Lightweights Gadzhi Rabadanov and Alfie Davis closed out Friday's PFL Charlotte, with the PFL World Tournament lightweight championship (and $500,000 in prize money) on the line. Davis, like Rabadanov, was a former Bellator MMA star, but it was Gadzhi who...

There was little surprise at seeing Liz Carmouche in the PFL World Tournament final on Friday. The former UFC title challenger and Bellator champion had been considered a lock to win the grand prix style tournament, though BJJ star...

Marcirley Alves versus Justin Wetzell for the bantamweight World Tournament championship was up first on Friday among PFL Charlotte's tournament finals, featuring two fighters who had very much been flying under the radar to start the season. An active first...

Chicago — Carlos Prates vs. Geoff Neal was supposed to happen earlier this year, but in a case of better late than never, it arrives at UFC 319 this Saturday. With Neal forced out due to injury, Prates instead faced...

Chicago — Flyweight, TUF champ, and former UFC title challenger Tim Elliott knows there's a reason he's on the UFC 319 main card, and that's opponent Kai Asakura. "I'm super happy about the match-up. I was in the UFC before...

Bryan Battle has missed weight for the second straight fight, and this time, it's led to his UFC 319 match-up with Nursulton Ruziboev being cancelled. Battle (12-2, 1NC) came in heavy at Friday's UFC 319 official weigh-in in Chicago, with...

Chicago — For most, The Ultimate Fighter is a pathway into the UFC. For TUF 33 finalist Joseph Morales, it's a way back to the promotion. Morales (12-2) had three fights with the UFC in the late 2010s, posting a 1-2 record...

Former LFA middleweight champion Lucas Fernando faced off against Contender Series alum Phillip Latu in the main event of Friday's LFA 214, where the promotion's vacant light heavyweight title was on the line. A second title fight served as co-headliner,...