Category: Sherdog News

Ilima-Lei Macfarlane taps Alejandra Lara with a third-round armbar to retain the Bellator MMA women’s flyweight title.

Paul Daley has signed a new contract with Bellator MMA despite very vocal issues he’s had with the promotion lately, and already has an opponent in mind.

Sherdog’s live Bellator 201 coverage kicks off at 7 p.m. ET.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship confirmed on Thursday evening that there will be early weigh-ins for both next week’s “The Ultimate Fighter 27” Finale as well as UFC 226 after fighters competing on both cards expressed confusion regarding weigh-in protocol.

Ultimate Fighting Championship officials have added another fight on the UFC Fight Night 135 card, which takes place inside the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Aug. 25.

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson says his passion for mixed martial arts isn’t what it used to be.

Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender Michael Chiesa was forced to pull out of the UFC 223 card against his opponent Anthony Pettis back in April after a group led by former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor attacked the media bus he was in just days prior to the event.

Eyebrows were raised after Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight champion Max Holloway was deemed medically unfit to fight lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov on short notice at UFC 223.

American Kickboxing Academy training partners and longtime friends Daniel Cormier and Cain Velasquez may train hard in the gym against each other, but don’t expect the two to ever throw down in the Octagon.

It has been a dizzying day or two of “musical chairs” for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s summer schedule.