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For nearly three decades now, the UFC has been largely considered the pinnacle of mixed martial arts. Many young fighters enter the sport with dreams of competing in the Nevada-based promotion, while veterans hope that impressive performances in minor promotions will, one day, catapult them into the limelight. In this sense, and in many others,…
The common answer you get from most mixed martial artists when asked what they want next is typically the same: “whoever the UFC wants me to fight is fine with me.” Miles Johns, one of the newest members of the UFC’s bantamweight division, is taking a different approach. Johns recently earned a UFC contract following…
Five fights are scheduled to take place at Dana White’s Contender Series Week 2 on Tuesday, June 25. For the ten fighters set to compete at the new Apex facility in Las Vegas, the stakes have never been higher. The promotion is hunting for talented, but mostly exciting fighters who are capable of wowing fans…
What makes a fighter? To some, it’s any man or woman who competes in a combat sport. Someone who, well, fights, professionally in a cage, ring, or on a mat. To Max Rohskopf (3-0), fighting is much more than that. Today, Rohskopf is an undefeated mixed martial arts prospect in Final Fight Championship, but he’s…
UFC Fight Night 149, this Saturday, April 20, will mark the UFC’s second event in Russia and first in Saint Petersburg at the Yubileyny Sports Palace. The main event will feature a heavyweight bout between former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem and Aleksei Oleinik. Overeem and Oleinik have a combined total of 131 fights to…
Let’s cast our minds back to 2010. Despite not competing in mixed martial arts, Dutch-Turkish kickboxer Gokhan Saki had a World Thai Boxing World Title and K-1 Grand Prix Championship to his name making him one of the most dangerous men on the planet. At the same time, an obese, 20-year-old, Khalil Rountree walked into…
The sport of mixed martial arts is young. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world’s leading MMA organization, only last year celebrated its 25th anniversary. As such, there are far fewer legends – and much less consensus surrounding them – than in other, more established sports. There are only a rare few, a select group…
The UFC will return to Russia on April 20 for UFC Fight Night 149. A heavyweight clash between Sergey Pavlovich and Marcelo Golm is one of the few confirmed fights for the card. The event is set to take place in the Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg, a stadium capable of holding 80,000 people. Pavlovich…
One of the United Kingdom’s preeminent big show veterans, Oli Thompson, returns to action this Saturday as he flies to the Middle East to take on Cage Rage alum, Roman Wehbe, at Abu Dhabi Warriors 5. Through a distinguished career, Thompson has managed to fight for some of the globe’s most well-regarded promotions, with varying…
Alistair Overeem is a battle-tested veteran of the sport of mixed martial arts and kickboxing. His career has spanned 21 years beginning back in 1997. To put that into perspective, when Alistair’s first pro kickboxing bout took place, Bill Clinton was being sworn in for his second term as President of the United States of…
