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PHOTO | Lance Palmer's father wore an interesting shirt at 2019 PFL Championship
Last night, Lance Palmer became a two-time Professional Fighters League (PFL) champion, defeating Alex Gilpin by unanimous decision to win the featherweight belt. As usual, Palmer's father Wayne was in the building… Read more
Ray Cooper III wants to fight Rory MacDonald to avenge for BJ Penn
Last night, Hawaii's Ray Cooper III became a millionaire, winning the PFL's 2019 welterweight season by defeating David Michaud. While this victory is still fresh, Cooper is already looking ahead to the… Read more
PFL 2019 Championship results: Kayla Harrison, Ray Cooper III win $1M
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) closed out its 2019 season on New Years Eve, meaning another group of fighters pocketed $1M prizes. In the card's main event, Kayla Harrison won the lightweight… Read more
Rampage Jackson vows to lose weight, wants MMA fans to join him
Rampage Jackson tipped the scales at 265 pounds for his Bellator Japan-headlining showdown with fellow MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko. While that's certainly not an unheard of weight for the heavyweight division, it… Read more
Michael Bisping announces his year-end MMA awards
Michael Bisping recently down with co-host Luis J Gomez on his podcast to announce the long-awaited results of his Believe You Me 2019 awards. Here are the former middleweight champ's awards: Breakout… Read more
Edson Barboza plans to drop to featherweight
Long-time UFC lightweight contender Edson Barboza has decided to drop down to featherweight in search of greener pastures. This news was first reported by Brazilian publication Combate. Barboza has won just once… Read more
VIDEO | Jiri Prochazka decimates UFC veteran CB Dollaway, gets called out by Ryan Bader
CB Dollaway's RIZIN debut, which went down on Tuesday's action-packed RIZIN 20 card, didn't go the way he had planned. Instead, the 20-fight UFC veteran was decimated by the promotion's ferocious light… Read more
VIDEO | Patricky Freire scores nasty soccer kick KO over Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 20
Patricky Freire secured his place in the final of the Lightweight Grand Prix wit a superb soccer kick knockout over Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 20. Coming into the event the expectation was… Read more
RIZIN 20 results: Manel Kape wins title on unforgettable card
Early on Tuesday morning, RIZIN Fighting Federation promoted its final MMA card of the decade in RIZIN 20, and it was an absolute thriller. Topped by a bantamweight title fight between Kai… Read more