UFC Baku is live this weekend (Sat., June 21, 2025), featuring Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. in the main event.

No active UFC champion has more title defenses than Alexandre Pantoja now that Islam Makhachev has vacated the lightweight ...

He covered the inaugural press conference held October 8 introducing the newest Japanese MMA promotion, Rizin Fighting Federation. We spoke with Tadashi Tanaka by Skype Monday. The head of Rizin is ...

Mix is talking a big game ahead of his UFC debut at UFC 316, recently criticizing Bautista as a ‘journeyman fighter’. Mix also claimed he’ll submit Mario Bautista and his entire team. Bautista isn’t ...

The full PFL Cape Town card has been announced, and RIZIN lightweight Takeshi Izumi will be among those taking part. Izumi (6-3) will take on Artur Zaynukov (16-4) at the event, set for the GrandWest ...

De Souza (19-3, 12-2 Rizin) chose to stand with Ki (18-10, 0-1 Rizin) and that decision paid off when he landed a lunging right hook that dropped the South Korean early in the fight. De Souza ...

At UFC 319, Asakura (21-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will make his second promotional appearance vs. Tim Elliott (20-13-1 MMA, 9-11 UFC) ...

Kyoji Horiguchi has joined Bellator, the US-based promotion announced on Thursday, but will keep his Rizin bantamweight title and return to Japan when he can. The 30-year-old Horiguchi (29-3 ...

UFC 319 has received a high-caliber flyweight matchup, featuring a former RIZIN champion taking on a grizzled UFC veteran. UFC 319 features the third middleweight title defense for champion Dricus ...

Duke Roufus is excited for the striking battle between Sergio Pettis and Kyoji Horiguchi. Pettis (21-5 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) puts his bantamweight title on the line against former Bellator and RIZIN champion ...

Pantoja wasted no time in taking the former RIZIN champion to the ground and submitted Asakura with a rear-naked choke in the second round to defend his title. MORE BLOODY ELBOW NEWS Asakura ...

Films like Rocky 4, Never Back Down, and Warrior inspired his love for MMA, and witnessing Demetrious Johnson's victory over Kyoji Horiguchi solidified his commitment to the sport. When not ...