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TopTurtleMMA · Episode 359: An Ho, Felipe Bunes and Unranked Contenders An Ho Interview (2:06) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with LFA flyweight An Ho. Ho talks about how he started in martial arts as a way...

There were a whole lot of slick submissions pulled off in 2022, making our Submission of the Year award a tough one to call. Given that our staff votes for the awards from a pool of every possible fight...

There is nothing quite as exciting as a knockout finish in all of professional sports, and this year certainly had its fair share of them. When it comes to Knockout of the Year, however, there were two finishes in...

Las Vegas, NV - UFC bantamweights Raphael Assuncao and Kyler Phillips are set to face-off at UFC Vegas 71 from The Theatre at Virgin Hotels on March 11th. Iridium Sports Agency was the first to break the news. Assuncao (28-9) looks...

Our Comeback of the Year category recognizes the fighter who dug deep when the chips were down, rallied, and came back to win a fight they were otherwise set to lose. There were a few solid comebacks in MMA...

For the first time ever, we've introduced a Newcomer of the Year category to our year-end awards. And there were a whole lot of fighters freshly drafted to the big leagues who made an impact in 2022. From teenage...

UFC lightweight Damir Ismagulov announced his retirement from MMA due to health circumstances on Sunday via social media. Ismagulov, 31, posted the announcement on his Instagram.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Дамир “Qazaq” Исмагулов (@ismagulov_damir) "Unfortunately, due to circumstances...

Having fought the entirety of his career inside the confines of the Bellator MMA cage, there was arguably no better representative of the promotion to top the show at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on New Year's Eve than A.J....

The champion versus champion aspect of Patricio Pitbull vs. Kleber Koike at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN made it arguably the most intriguing fight of the entire card. While other bouts on the cross-promotional New Year's Eve battle featured current and...

In a bit of quirky matchmaking, Japan's Kyoji Horiguchi, RIZIN's reigning bantamweight champion, represented Bellator during Saturday's Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN cross-promotion. Make that former bantamweight champ — ahead of the fight, Horiguchi vacated his title, opting to focus...