Martial Arts News

MMA is becoming trendier in Europe. Ten years ago no one knew about the sport except a small group of individuals who were dedicated fans.

Saturday's card in Milwaukee headlined by lightweight contenders Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta marks the 31st and final UFC on Fox fight card.

The world's largest mixed martial arts promotion makes its first appearance in Wisconsin in five years on Saturday.

Saturday night was a fight promoter's dream. The combination of a headliner with local ties, a championship bout, and a boisterous crowd of 6,500 made for the ...

When Dan Ige showed up in Las Vegas from his home in Hawaii, he had $26 to his name. At the time, Ige was a young up and coming fighter who wanted ...

The bloody blows of the ring aren't just for prize fighters as numerous local gyms offer classes in various types of martial arts training programs.

Miranda Granger continued her meteoric rise, defeating Jamie Colleen by 1st-round submission.

BILLINGS — The Fusion Fight League's Season's Beatings 3 is scheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m. at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark.

TORONTO — Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk were teenagers when they first fought at the muay Thai world championships in 2006. They met ...

Arguably the worst referee stoppage in mixed martial arts history took place in the headliner of last night's LFA 56 event. Austin Hubbard (10-2 MMA) finished ...

Longtime MMA veteran Vitor Belfort says he will put his retirement on hold and plans to return to action in 2019. As far as who he will fight for, "The Phenom" ...

Ikaika Erik Kang stood in front of a Go-Pro camera alongside his Isis assistant, donned a mask, and pressed record. Then, he started grappling. The US citizen ...

QY Market Insights presents a new study report titled Global Mixed Martial Arts Equipments Market Research Report 2018-2025, a complete research analysis of ...

Mixed martial arts star Chuck Liddell, who came out of retirement to fight rival Tito Ortiz on Saturday night, lost to Ortiz in the first round, according to CBS Sports.

A Loudonville-based business that promotes amateur mixed martial arts (MMA) fights throughout Ohio hopes to use its influence to the benefit of the Richland ...

SHANGHAI — It's been a big month for mixed martial arts in China. On Nov. 20, the sport's largest promotion company, Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, ...

India's first ever UFC featherweight contender, Bharat Kandare, has been suspended for two years after he tested positive for performance-enhancing ...

A valuable commodity in the television world before transitioning to mixed martial arts, Aaron Chalmers has promised to help deliver a U.K. and Irish television ...

Conor McGregor is fired up about his return to the Octagon.

Bellator MMA President Scott Coker reacts to the cancellation of UFC 233 and posits roster issues as the culprit behind the promotion's decision to bail.

Matsudo (Japan) (AFP). Japanese kickboxer Tenshin "Ninja Boy" Nasukawa said Tuesday he wants to use the element of surprise to defeat boxing superstar ...

Adnan Sami has been learning various striking and grappling techniques, adding to my overall strength training.

MMA veteran Bobby Green is calling it quits after his unanimous decision loss to Drakkar Klose last night (Sat., Dec. 15, 2018) at UFC on FOX 31 from inside ...

Bellator's doubleheader in Hawaii was a huge hit, and MMAjunkie Radio's Dan Tom counts down the best moments of the weekend.

HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Hilo's Russell Mizuguchi is “super stoked” for his flyweight bout Saturday at Bellator 213 at Neal Blaisdell Center in ...

The first quarter of 2019 could very much set the tone for the rest of the year for ONE Championship.

A week has passed since the news broke that Bellator are returning to Dublin in February and in that time, it has become clear that something special.

One of the largest fighting promotions in the world has found a broadcasting home in the United States. Turner Sports has reached a three-year partnership with ...

As a boy, Victor Cui was introduced to the world of sports by his father, a boxing aficionado. His old man showed him how physical exertion could tame his ...

UFC on FOX 31 results: It's time to see who went home with the biggest slice of the Reebok sponsorship pie following a big night of fights in Milwaukee.

The second largest mixed martial arts (MMA) championship, Bellator, has appointed The PHA Group to promote its events in the UK and Europe in 2019. News.

Stormville's Garrett Volpe went from heart failure, being told that he could eventually require a transplant, to living his dream as an MMA fighter.

MANILA, Philippines—Mountain biking only started out as a hobby for Geje Eustaquio but it slowly turned into a craft. ADVERTISEMENT ...

Bollywood's heartthrob Tiger Shroff has recently started a Mixed Martial Arts accredited centre with his sister Krishna Shroff and taken his love MMA to a whole ...

The Seattle Seahawks sit in a trust after the death of longtime owner Paul Allen. A potential sale is expected to shatter the record for a North American sports ...

Mixed martial arts fighter Arnold Berdon, 27, was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault in the Sunday morning beating that sent his wife, mixed ...

Unlike UFC, its brash American cousin, the leading Asian mixed martial arts franchise is based on traditional values. Now, with its popularity exploding, One ...

UFC featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega healed from his UFC 231 injuries rather quickly, as he shows off his healing progress in a recent photo.

Martial arts fighting has gained popularity in mainstream sports over the last decade. Whether you are curious about how mixed martial arts can transform your.

It's Bellator's big weekend in Hawaii; the final UFC on FOX is tonight; and Invicta is putting on its latest show, too. So of course the big news item of note the other ...

First a champion inside the ring, then one of Boxing's most prominent promoters outside of it — in July of 2018, Oscar De La Hoya announced that he was ...

Sage Northcutt isn't worried about taking on too many things upon his ONE Championship arrival. Northcutt is expected to make his ONE Championship debut ...

Ever since the term Mixed Martial Arts was first used in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993, the sport has grown dramatically.

The long-term trend of the EPS is a vital number as it helps understand the future potential of Alliance MMA. The EPS growth rate, as it is typically calle.

Singapore: - The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that it has added Korean-Japanese ...

De La Hoya has dipped his toes into the MMA waters, and it has clearly ruffled some feathers.

Felix Biederman and Jon Bois, in partnership with SBNation are tackling MMA, its history, its current evolution, and its place in American society in this 5-part ...

California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) executive officer Andy Foster no longer wants USADA, the UFC's anti-doping partner, to adjudicate cases that ...

Bollywood's heartthrob Tiger Shroff has recently started a MMA accredited centre with his sister Krishna Shroff taken his love for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) to a ...

A photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows Arnold Berdon III. Honolulu police arrested Berdon, a mixed martial arts fighter, on charges of ...

ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon Vera believes that becoming a mixed martial artist is a good career choice.

The fall from grace for former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir continued on Saturday during the Bellator 212 fight night.In the co-main event, Mir looked ...

Charles Dion McDowell, who has become known online as the “neck guy,” was recently offered a chance to compete at an upcoming Island Fights boxing or ...

�Catriona is truly an inspiration for us women. She is a living proof that anything is possible through hard work,� - Rome Trinidad (Catriona Gray photo from ...

“You need position on the ground. Jon Jones told me the secret to MMA is ground-and-pound. There were some times where I had positions on Cowboy that I ...

Christian Duncan is unsure if he is going to take the contract though.

Alliance MMA, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMMA) Alliance MMA, Inc. is a mixed martial arts organization offering the premier developmental league for mixed martial arts.

Throughout its history, mixed martial arts have served as a refuge for people disillusioned and confounded by the world at large. The sport was invented by ...

A local entrepreneur has combined a 15-year career in martial arts with his skills as a senior physiotherapist to launch a new Darlington-based business ...

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather has often teased the idea of competing in MMA with posts on social media. Although it would likely yield him a massive ...

It's been a life changing year for Sean “The Real OC” O'Connell. This time last year, O'Connell was unsure of his future in MMA. He had been cut by the UFC ...

Some children are being introduced to combat sports at a young age, but are they risking serious brain injuries?

Alliance MMA (NASDAQ:AMMA) and Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two ...

Manuel Marin, ex-owner with the Presidente supermarket chain, is being sued by the family of a man found killed in West Miami-Dade, FL, in 2011. Marin is ...

Chuck Liddell plans to beat Tito Ortiz (again) under the Golden Boy MMA banner, then call for a rematch against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in Bellator MMA.

Japanese-Korean martial arts star Yoshihiro Akiyama is one of the latest athletes to join ONE Championship.

Ilima Lei-Macfarlane will headline Bellator 213 in Honolulu.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - An Mixed Martial Arts fighter accused of attacking his wife is expected to appear in court Monday. Arnold Berdon was charged ...

UFC and MMA Veteran Bobby Voelker returns this weekend when he takes on Darrius Flowers in the main event at Shamrock FC 313.

Xtreme Fighting Nation hosted XFN 22, a night of mixed martial arts action, on Saturday, December 15, from the War Memorial Auditorium in Ft. Lauderdale.

MMA is full of hard hitters, but these five individuals have the kind of power that is enough to end any fight in the blink of an eye - Kun Lun style!

Since his election to a city council outside Moscow, American mixed martial artist turned Russian politician Jeff Monson is fighting to prove he's no Kremlin tool.

MMA fighter Arnold Berdon pleads not guilty to second-degree assault after being charged in the alleged attack on his wife, UFC flyweight Rachael Ostovich.

Last weekend, UFC Hall of Famers Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz met for a third time. They did so in the main event of the first MMA card promoted by long-time ...

Police wish to speak to a former kickboxer from Liverpool in relation to a shooting which left a man fighting for life and a mass brawl at a mixed martial arts event.

A 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter accused of allegedly assaulting his wife in Makaha made his initial court appearance at Honolulu District Court today.

Getting to Marques “Mark” Sangiao's house is a workout in itself. The La Trinidad jeepney ride to Benguet State University (BSU) is just the start. To visit the ...

Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSG) and Alliance MMA (NASDAQ:AMMA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business?

Two years ago, on the morning of my first visit to the Straight Blast Gym (SBG) on the Naas Road, I scribbled a last-minute warning in my notes.

Hampton's Adam Townsend will be traveling halfway around the world for his next Mixed Martial Arts fight, while Johnson City's Dustin Long will be headed to an ...

Derrick Lewis isn't like many other mixed martial artists. In fact, Lewis, who faces UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier on Nov. 3 in the main event of UFC ...

A combination of professional boxing and mixed martial arts will be on display in downtown Joplin during Rumble in the Heartland at Memorial Hall on Saturday, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor pleaded guilty on Thursday in a Brooklyn courthouse as part of a deal with prosecutors to ...

Leslie Smith, a mixed martial arts fighter who says her career was derailed after she tried to form a union, plans to appeal a decision that rejected her allegations ...

Ryan Sanders (18-9) won when the cageside doctor stopped the bout after Sanders landed an elbow that opened a cut on Jacob Bohn's head.. Maine news ...

Devin Miller didn't want to fight. But he felt he had no choice.Kids were making fun of his brother Dylan, who has autism.Dylan didn't talk until...

Lifetime Chinese MMA fighter, Xu Xiaodong faces new challenges as he fights the Grandmasters of wushu, usually known as kung fu.

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On 1 November 2013, Sharice Davids stepped into the cage for her first professional mixed martial arts fight. Dressed in grey leggings with a pink band around ...

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Khabib Nurmagomedov stormed out of the final media conference ahead of his lightweight title fight against Conor McGregor on ...

Did martial arts legend Bruce Lee have Jewish blood? Although he died 45 years ago at the young age of 32, Lee remains among the world's most famous ...

With the sport's popularity souring, we are seeing an increasing need to defend ourselves on the street against mixed martial arts techniques. These techniques ...

BANGOR, Maine — At 54, Patrick Kelly offered first-hand evidence of his belief that age is just a number as he stepped into the mixed martial arts cage at the ...

Amanda Serrano belongs in the same conversation with Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya. They are the only three boxers in the century-plus history of ...

U.S. boxing star Floyd Mayweather denies agreeing to New Year's Eve bout against Japanese mixed martial arts fighter Tenshin Nasukawa.

Veteran boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather will fight 20-year-old Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in a Rizin Fighting Federation bout on New Year's ...

Bare knuckle fighting in Madagascar is the subject of Finbarr O'Reilly's photo-essay for The New York Times.

Is there anything scarier and more horrifying than mixed martial arts?

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A man suspected of burglarizing a City Heights home was taken down by a resident who also happened to be an experienced mixed ...

The Maine-based New England Fights mixed martial arts promotion has announced plans to return to Bangor for the third straight year, with “NEF 35: Wicked ...