On April 12, 2019, Joshua Pacio became a two-time ONE Championship world champion after knocking out Yosuke Saruta with a head kick in the fourth round of their strawweight title bout at ONE Championship: Roots of Honor at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. More...
By the age of 40, most combat sport athletes have already slid past their prime and are considered done. In MMA, where the demands to the body and psyche are far more steep, the peak performance window of a fighter often closes earlier. However, for...
Here’s what you need to know ahead of Stephen Loman’s fight against Elias Boudegzdame at Brave 22 At the close of 2018, Team Lakay had five world champions. But unlike Folayang, Belingon, Eustaquio, and Pacio, BRAVE bantamweight champion Mark Stephen Loman has never had the bright lights...
Excellent matchups, no circus of any form, just fights — the return of Tiger BRAWL Bacolod is in the books. Seriously, the only real intermission that night was when the crowd sang “Happy birthday” to Rio Saoy. On a night filled with thrilling performances, here...
It was a two-day event that featured gi and no gi action courtesy of Encore’s resident stranglers along with other grapplers from NorCal Grappling Crew, KMA, New Era Wrestling comprising of Sprawl, Atos, and Origins BJJ members, as well as independent competitors. On day 1, brothers...
The main event features a lightweight showdown between Rio de Janeiro’s Afonso Cego and local bet, 6100 Martial Arts and Fitness’ Miguel Mosquera. Cego, a Brazilian Luta Livre black belt, started his career in Brazil and now represents Catalan Fighting System. He is coming off...
<img alt="UFC 199 Open Workouts" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wGOfqBV18Jdwhmly6zRmw2Gr-ps=/0x0:2000x1333/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65737018/048_Luke_Rockhold.0.0.jpg"><small>Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p><a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/98/luke-rockhold">Luke Rockhold</a> isn’t making any declarations about retiring from mixed martial arts, but it’s likely he’s fought his last fight. </p> <p>The former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion last competed in July where he suffered...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Jo5CEkxvJ85EzENaAePT3fLUE-s=/19x0:1804x1190/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65757466/Screen_Shot_2019_11_22_at_22.30.31.0.png"><small>MMA Fighting</small> <p>LONDON — Paddy Pimblett detailed the scene when he realized that <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4501/joe-giannetti">Joe Giannetti</a> would miss weight and why he decided he wouldn’t fight when he saw Giannetti attempting to make the weight. The Cage Warriors front-runner also discussed how...
<img alt="Gerald Harris will fight against Jorge Santiago on the WSOF 4 undercard Saturday night." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Xe8muCJ8NU2zlkIUqJ7SnXtf-ks=/0x0:1100x733/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65771915/014_dave_branch_vs_gerald_harris.0.0.0.jpg"><small>Gerald Harris following his win over David Branch at UFC 116 in Las Vegas on July 3, 2010. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting</small> <p>This time, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/87/gerald-harris">Gerald Harris</a> swears...
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-NN2qDJBE6uA4eZWpU_is3eAr1k=/194x0:1727x1022/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65793399/bazookabow.0.jpg"><small>Dennis Buzukia knocks William Calhoun III out with an elbow at Ring of Combat 70 in Atlantic City, N.J., on Nov. 23 | @volkstyles, Twitter</small> <p><em>Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across...