Author: Mike Sloan

Jason Pacheco, a promising young MMA prospect, was killed on St. Patrick’s Day in Las Vegas.

With World Series of Fighting 35 just around the corner, there have been a few hiccups along the way but nothing the Las Vegas-based promotion couldn’t handle in the moments leading up to Friday’s official weigh-ins.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will travel across the Atlantic to invade England once again as UFC Fight Night 107 “Manuwa vs. Anderson,” headlined by the light heavyweight battle between Jimi Manuwa and Corey Anderson, will take control of O2 Arena in London.

Bellator Kickboxing 6, which will coincide with Bellator 177 on April 14 in Budapest, has just gotten three additional bouts tacked onto the marquee.

Japanese MMA promotion Rizin announced Tuesday afternoon that seven bouts have been tacked on its April 16 event, which is slated to be headlined by a flyweight battle between Kyoji Horiguchi and Yuki Motoya.

Sherdog’s live Gennady “GGG” Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs coverage will start at 9 p.m. ET with undercard results and progress into round-by-round updates for the main card at approximately 10:30 p.m. ET (online sportsbooks).

Vitor Belfort is one of the greatest fighters the UFC has ever had but he is nearing the end of the road.

It looks like Father Time can wait a little longer before he ends Mauricio Rua’s career as the Pride legend took care of business in the co-feature. Though “Shogun” was rocked in the first and second rounds from Gian Villante left hooks, the all-time great knockout artist utilized timely hooks upstairs behind wicked jabs.

After losing the first round on virtually everybody’s card against Beneil Dariush in what was a highly entertaining chess match on the feet, Brazil’s Edson Barboza scored one of the most violent knockouts of the year thus far.

Popular Brazilian brawler Alex Oliveira was like a man possessed against fellow tough guy Tim Means and wound up submitting him in the second.