Author: Mike Sloan

Las Vegas-based Resurrection Fighting Alliance returns home Friday night for a championship double-header.

According to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Portuguese-language web site, popular fighter Jessica Andrade is abandoning the bantamweight division for what might be friendlier confines down at strawweight.

Glory returns to the Mile High City Friday night and the main card has been made official. The two main event fighters and the four tournament fighters all weighed in Thursday, allowing the card to officially move forward.

The Bellator 145 lineup is now complete as the California-based MMA league has just announced a full undercard roster to coincide with its main card.

The lineup for Bellator 144 is finally complete as officials from the promotion announced that Michael Page has an opponent: Charlie Ontiveros.

It’s likely not a case of John Dodson not being able to handle the heat and that’s why he’s leaving the kitchen, but the former flyweight title challenger has decided to move from the 125-pound division up to bantamweight. The decision was revealed on Wednesday’s edition of “UFC Tonight” on Fox Sports 1.

UFC on Fox 17 was already a card filled with intriguing matchups and it was expected to be a solid overall event to close out the year for the Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship. The promotion announced one more contest Wednesday that will make the marquee a little stronger.

Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight contender Randa Markos has her sights on eventually capturing a world title, but she knows such a feat comes in stages.

Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts promotion World Series of Fighting announced Wednesday plans to host a massive one-night, eight-man tournament that will appoint the No. 1 contender for its lightweight division.

Bantamweight contender Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas has suffered a rib injury during training and has been forced to withdraw from his Bellator MMA title fight against champion Marcos Galvao.