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Fort Lauderdale, FL — Entering the PFL 2021 World Championship, Croatia's Ante Delija is preparing to face a familiar foe. Delija (19-4) lost his first fight of the regular season against Bruno Cappelozza, then picked up wins in his next...

The penultimate episode of Dana White's Contender Series, Season 5 is upon us. Through eight weeks, 28 UFC contracts have been awarded. With two episodes to go, hitting the record 37 deals handed out last season might be a...

Two years away from fighting was not easy to overcome for Anatoly Tokov, but he got the job done at Bellator 269. Tokov (30-3) went all three rounds in his fight, picking up a split decision win over Sharaf Davlatmurodov. Afterward,...

RIZIN Fighting Federation traveled to Yokohama, on the island of Honshu, Japan for their latest event, RIZIN 31. Taking place at the Pia Arena in Yokohama (a bit south of Japan), the event saw the promotion's featherweight title change hands,...

Fighting at home in Russia as part of Bellator 269 in Moscow, Usman Nurmagomedov improved his perfect record to 14-0 on Saturday. Nurmagomedov didn't take long to submit the little-known Patrik Pietila, in a fight that played out pretty much...

Known as "Baby Fedor," Kirill Sidelnikov returned to action for the first time in two years alongside mentor Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 269. The heavyweight, a Team Fedor fighter, is 33, and certainly no longer a "baby," but he reminded...

Fresh off the heels of his destruction of Tim Johnson, Fedor Emelianenko has hinted he wants one more fight, and there's a clear one to make. Fedor Emelianenko's Bellator retirement tour has had highs and lows, but nothing has been...

Qileng Aori plans to knock out his next opponent in November. Fighters tend to be their own harshest critics. In Qileng Aori's UFC debut at UFC 261, he went to war with Jeff Molina, winning 50k for Fight of the...

Said Sowma got the biggest win of his career at Bellator 269 in Moscow on Saturday. It just didn't come quite the way he wanted it. Sowma (8-2), who entered the fight off a win over UFC alum Ronny Markes, earned...

KSW 65 has a couple of massive title fights on deck. During Saturday's KSW 64 broadcast, a pair of hotly anticipated championship bouts were announced for the December event, which will take place in Gliwice, Poland. In the card's main...