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When it comes to ONE Championship lightweight titleholder Christian Lee’s 2019, there’s no denying that it has been the most important year in his four-year MMA career.After splitting his four bouts in 2018, Lee has managed to find consistency in 2019 with wins in both of his bouts, including his last

Fighting is an all-consuming job, but being a mother is even moreso. Yet, Waterson and Dern are thriving in sports’ most difficult profession.

Japanese New Year celebrations have long involved a mega-fight from PRIDE to K1 to Dynamite, and traditions fade slowly in the land of the rising sun.   For the first time in the Bellator MMA organization’s history, they will travel to Japan and the iconic Saitama Super Arena for an historic event, bringing

Reports surfaced on Wednesday that Saturday's UFC on ESPN+ 19 main event between former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and top contender Michelle Waterson was in danger of being cancelled because of Jedrzejczyk struggling to make weight.

After having a rough start to her 2019 by suffering the first two losses of her career, ONE Championship strawweight titleholder Angela Lee feels like she’s been able to find new motivation and is looking to close out her year on a high note.Following losses to Jingnan Xiong in March and to Michelle

(Video courtesy of TMZSports | Viewing may be limited by broadcast rights restrictions) Content…. TRENDING >Combate Americas on Tuesday announced that Tito Ortiz's next fight would be against Alberto El Patrón (formerly “Alberto Del Rio” of the WWE).Ortiz – a UFC Hall of Fame member, former UFC

Robert Whittaker lost to Israel Adesanya on Saturday, but he says he's eager to fight again soon. That's a good sign considering his history.

Following seven years in the UFC, former flyweight titleholder Demetrious Johnson has gotten a fresh start with ONE Championship in 2019.Since joining ONE, Johnson has rebounded off his third career loss to pick up back-to-back wins and find himself on the verge of adding a Grand Prix championship to

UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya was a record-setting event on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia. Headlined by a middleweight title unification bout between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya, the event set the fight promotion's record for attendance with 57,127 spectators packing Marvel Stadium.

This weekend's UFC on ESPN+ 19 fight card lost at least one main card fighter on Monday. Brok Weaver is out of his scheduled main card bout with Thomas Gifford.Gifford and Weaver had a bit of a Twitter exchange on Monday following an initial report of Weaver's withdrawal on MMA Junkie.Gifford