Author: Mike Sloan

“The Ultimate Fighter 23” quarterfinalist Myron Dennis had to dig deep against Brazilian brawler Danilo Marques in the Legacy Fighting Alliance 9 main event on Friday at the Firelake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It almost was not enough.

When UFC 210 begins on Saturday night, it’ll mark the first time the Las Vegas-based promotion entered Buffalo, N.Y., since Sep. 8, 1995.

Melvin Manhoef feels as though he was robbed by the judges when he fought Rafael Carvalho last year.

KSW 38 will be bringing its brand of MMA “Live in Studio” when the Poland-based promotion invades Studio APRICOR in Sokcin Nowy, Poland, Friday night.

The recently-formed Legacy Fighting Alliance promotion announced on Wednesday a new main event for LFA 9, which takes place April 14 at the FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Okla.

Combate Americas will hit Tucson, Ariz., on April 20 with another solid night of action. Headlining Combate 13 will be Roman Salazar taking on Ricardo Palacios in a bantamweight showdown.

Defending CES MMA welterweight champion Chris Curtis lived up to his “Action Man” nickname in his battle with Wilfredo Santiago Jr. in the CES MMA 42 main event on Friday at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

M-1 Global, Russia’s leading MMA promotion, officially announced five events in May and June on Friday afternoon. M-1 President Vadim Finkelchtein was excited at the formal press conference that announced the events, though he didn’t unveil any additional matchups for the cards aside from what has already revealed.

Plenty of violence and action is expected in the northwest suburbs of Chicago when Bellator MMA invades Allstate Arena with a 15-card event on Friday.

Houston-based MMA promotion Legacy Fighting Alliance announced Thursday that it will hold May events in Arizona and Minnesota.