Seven fighters have accused UFC and PFL veteran Francimar Barroso of booking and then cancelling MMA events in Russia to steal money from sponsors and not pay fighters. Ednaldo Oliveira and Leonardo ...

A Russian mixed martial arts champion was summoned by the Russian military to fight in Ukraine as part of its partial mobilization. Vladimir Mineev, a famous kickboxing and MMA champion, served in the ...

UFC legend Jon Jones believes welterweight titleholder Islam Makhachev is a once-in-a-generation athlete in combat sports.

The respect between Jones and Team Khabib Nurmagomedov is mutual. In fact, the late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, who was ...

A Russian MMA boss stormed a cage in the middle of a match last weekend. ACA president Mairbek Khasiev made the unconventional move as he thought the fight was too boring. He disqualified both ...

A fighter's ear exploded due to an elbow during this welterweight bout at ACA 166 in Russia. A former UFC champion nearly came to blows with a Russian fighter that's set to take on his teammate this ...

One UFC lightweight is of the belief that Russian fighters are exploiting the USADA system. Drug accusations are nothing new in MMA, and in sports in general. This latest claim from UFC fighter Bobby ...

The Russian MMA Union’s press office disclosed to TASS on June 5 that the tournament in Belgorod was not an officially sanctioned event MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. The Russian Ministry of Sports has ...

If it’s not a one-night tournament, MMA fighters don’t get to rack up two wins in a night. But sometimes, these things happen in MMA – especially Russian MMA. At Open Fighting Championship 38 in ...

Hold your pee, bro. Women’s mixed martial arts (MMA) remains a hot-button topic in 2026 — not because anyone is debating ...