Category: Sherdog News

“The Ultimate Fighter 24” alum Brandon Moreno will replace the injured Sergio Pettis and meet Louis Smolka at UFC Fight Night 96 in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 1.

The world’s most frightening female fighter returns to action Saturday as Cris Cyborg will climb into the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Octagon for the second time when she collides with Lina Lansberg.

Invicta Fighting Championships, the world’s leading all-female mixed martial arts promotion, returns with another event on Friday with a championship belt at stake.

New England-based CES MMA returns to the limelight on Friday with another night of solid fisticuffs. CES MMA 38 will be headlined by a pair of Ultimate Fighting Championship veterans looking to get back on the sport’s biggest stage.

Canadian promotion TKO MMA, which will hold its first event in more than eight years on Nov. 4, has terminated the contract of one of its fighters for faking bouts on his record.

There is an outside chance that ex-bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey returns to the Octagon before the end of 2016.

Sergio Pettis will not be able to face Louis Smolka at UFC Fight Night 96 on Oct. 1.

Sergio Pettis will not be able to face Louis Smolka at UFC Fight Night 96 on Oct. 1.

Ross Pearson will square off against James Krause in a lightweight bout at UFC Fight Night in Belfast on Nov. 19.

Ross Pearson will square off against James Krause in a lightweight bout at UFC Fight Night in Belfast on Nov. 19.