Dakota Ditcheva, 2024 PFL 4 weigh-in Credit: Dylan Napoleone/Cageside Press Women’s flyweight tournament champion Dakota Ditcheva will not compete on the first PFL card of 2026 as planned. Ditcheva, who won her 125-pound title as part of the 2024 PFL Global season (before their World Tournament format), has fought just once since that win and […]
Vitor Belfort and Darrell Gholar Credit: Marcelo Alonso/Sherdog.com A one-time UFC fighter with an 11-fight career that began in the late 1990s, national wrestling champion and recipient of the Illinois Medal of Courage has died. Darrell Gholar, who claimed three U.S. national championships in Greco-Roman wrestling, died Monday after a lengthy health battle. He was […]
Jake Paul vs. Andre Augustus. Photo: Most Valuable Promotions/Esther Lin Hardly anyone expects a competitive fight, but the combat sports world will turn its eyes to Miami on Friday, where YouTuber boxer Jake Paul will take on heavyweight star Anthony Joshua. It’s a huge step forward for Paul, who weighed 216 pounds on Thursday, in […]
Will Fleury interview (2:03) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with Oktagon heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Will Fleury. Fleury talks about the frustration of only being able to get two fights this calendar year. He had his sights set on defending his light heavyweight title a few times, but the chips […]
HOLLYWOOD, FL – OCTOBER 27: Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Chris Wade in a Featherweight Championship fight during the PFL Championships at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on October 27, 2021 in Hollywood, Florida. (Cooper Neill / PFL) PFL featherweight world tournament champion Movlid Khaybulaev has been banned for one year by the US Anti-Doping Agency. […]
Natalie Salcedo, ONE Championship Credit: ONE Natalie Salcedo and Chihiro Sawada will meet under the bright lights of Lumpinee Stadium on January 23 as the two atomweights clash at ONE Fight Night 39 in Bangkok, sources tell Cageside Press. Salcedo (4-0) made her ONE Championship debut in September at ONE Fight Night 35, securing an […]
Alex Garcia UFC Moncton weigh-in Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press Former UFC star Alex Garcia, who made 10 appearances with the promotion from 2013 to 2018, is embroiled in a massive drug bust in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In a French-language press release issued on December 10 that initially flew under the radar, Garcia, real name Lenin […]
Ilia Topuria, UFC Season 2024 Press Conference Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press UFC lightweight Ilia Topuria recently announced he would be out of action until after the first quarter of 2026, and now he has revealed why. tops posted a statement on social media claiming he is being extorted with false accusations of domestic violence unless […]
Jamey-Lyn Horth and Tereza Bleda faced off in a flyweight bout at UFC Vegas 112 on Saturday night, combining Horth’s veteran grit with Bleda’s momentum in the division. Staff (8-2) entered the bout with a 3-2 record in her UFC tenure to date. She last competed in June, scoring a decision victory over Vanessa Demopoulos […]
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 12: (L-R) Opponents Amanda Lemos of Brazil and Gillian Robertson of Canada face off during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in at UFC APEX on December 12, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) UFC strawweight Amanda Lemos has withdrawn from her fight with Gillian Robertson at UFC […]