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Following Saturday's UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz fight card in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, the fight promotion announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses stemming from the event. Jan Blachowicz, Scott Holtzman, Jim Miller, and Daniel Rodriguez banked the $ 50,000 incentives.Fight

Like many fighters it seems lightweight Brent Primus can never seem to get in as many fights over the course of a year as he would like.Initially hoping to fight multiple times in 2019, Primus only managed one bout, but with a win in his fight versus Tim Wilde at Bellator: Birmingham last May, the year

Diego Sanchez's most recent fight – opposite Michel Pereira at UFC Rio Rancho – ended in an unorthodox fashion. Sanchez was hit with an illegal knee while downed and could not continue. He thus was awarded the victory via disqualification in a fight that most felt Pereira was winning up until that

Diego Sanchez is one of the most colorful characters in mixed martial arts history. From his run to becoming a King of the Cage champion to winning the inaugural edition of The Ultimate Fighter to his 15-year tenure in the Octagon. He has been a fan-favorite from the beginning, as much for his enigmatic

An Indian wrestler whose family story was immortalised by Bollywood is hoping to create a blockbuster of her own by becoming her country's first world champion in the high-octane sport of mixed martial arts. Ritu Phogat, who initially followed her father and two elder sisters into wrestling, is

At a time when it seems we're constantly reporting on athletes that fail to meet the standard for anti-doping in mixed martial arts, it's refreshing to report on a fighter that is being honored for the opposite.Former UFC champion Holly Holm recently became the first fighter since the UFC Anti-Doping

In light of the recent coronavirus outbreak, ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong has decided to close the door on the promotion's next event in Singapore."More than ever, the world needs hope and strength right now," Sityodtong wrote on Facebook. "Let us unite as a country and let

Critics suggested that Diego Sanchez quit after taking an illegal knee from Michel Pereira. That would defy everything the man has stood for in 15 years in the UFC.

* * *Henry Cejudo, the UFC's latest double-champ, was forced to relinquish the flyweight title late last year, but he's just about ready to return to the cage with his eye on defending his bantamweight belt next.Cejudo has been sidelined since winning the bantamweight championship in a battle

Watch as the WBC Sliver lightweight champion moves record to 20-0.