12+ hour, 51+ min ago   (577+ words) Ten fights got made this week and the Apex did most of the heavy lifting. Seven of them land on two Las Vegas cards, one goes to Salt Lake City in three weeks and one drops into Madison Square Garden…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1169+ words) Roberto Soldic is a Croatian Welterweight born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, raised on the regional circuit and built in a German gym. He is 21-4 with one no contest, and 18 of those wins came by knockout. Five belts across five promotions…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1154+ words) Amsterdam born, Tunisian on his father’s side, Dutch on his mother’s. Thirty-four years old and fighting out of Connecticut. Baby Face Assassin, and the face still does most of the work in selling it. Twenty-seven professional kickboxing wins. Three swings…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1183+ words) Most fighters spend a decade grinding through regional shows before anyone in Las Vegas learns their name. Tommy Gantt did it in a little over a year, and he did it while working a full-time job coaching college wrestlers on…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (287+ words) Here is every new UFC fight booked this week, biggest first. Officially added to UFC 332 and slotted on the main card. Green fights every round like the scorecards are a rumour, and Esteban Ribovics has made a habit of turning…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (931+ words) Chovancek grew up in Lambton County, close enough to the Michigan border that Detroit radio came in clearer than Toronto. The fishing came first, and it came out of childcare logistics rather than any grand plan. “My mom worked two…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (658+ words) Andrusca did not come to combat sports late. He started in sambo as a kid, moved into freestyle wrestling, and stayed there for years while quietly building toward something else. He has said the switch to mixed martial arts was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (979+ words) Jonny Parsons spent years in the corner before he ever got his own walkout. He was the Muay Thai coach at one of the busiest gyms in Las Vegas, holding pads for fighters who were living the career he wanted,…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (640+ words) The nickname is Thai Panther, and there is nothing clever behind it. She hits like a Thai fighter because she is one. It worked faster than anyone expected. She had a local fight at fourteen. By sixteen she had made…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (709+ words) The nickname is Silent Killer, and it earns itself. Smiling, soft-spoken, polite to everyone in the building. Then the door shuts. Szabová was born on 23 December 1997 in Bratislava, into a family where combat sport was already sitting at the dinner…...