12+ hour, 12+ 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…...

19+ hour, 57+ min ago   (818+ words) He ducked the jab, closed into a body lock, trapped an arm and hoisted Jessie Rosas clean off the canvas before driving him head first into the mat. Rosas was unconscious on impact. The three punches that followed were mostly…...

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, 11+ 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   (958+ words) Brazilian Welterweight out of Rio de Janeiro. Twenty-eight years old, 5 ft 9 in, orthodox, and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who came up under the Nova União banner before shifting his base to Canada. His professional record sits at 8-2, with seven…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (908+ words) The sport is called mixed martial arts because that is literally what the first competitors were doing, taking a boxer and putting him in against a jiu-jitsu man, or a wrestler in against a kickboxer, to see which style held…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (744+ words) Iranian born, Canadian based, and heavier now than he ever was in a judogi. Javad Mahjoub is 35, stands 6ft 1in and carries his frame at the top of the Heavyweight limit. Five professional MMA fights, five wins, three of them stopped by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (913+ words) He is not a late bloomer and he is not an overnight arrival. He is a man who has been in the same gym for a decade. Darby was 14 when his brother joined the local kickboxing club in Clongriffin and…...