Mixed martial arts is a fast-moving sport that can see a fighter on top of the game one day and out of the sport just a couple of years later. If you need proof of this, you only need to look back at ...

When Oleksandr Usyk unloaded that straight left hand to finish Tony Bellew, the emerging star emphatically placed a proverbial exclamation point on his tremendous 2018. The unbeaten Ukrainian southpaw ...

NEW YORK — He walked down a narrow hallway in DAZN’s lower Manhattan office, smiling, occasionally shadow boxing, and a year ago the sight of a 6’3”, 200-pound Ukranian would largely would have gone ...

When Bellator MMA announced plans to stage a heavyweight grand prix, many wondered if Fedor Emelianenko would be included. Although widely considered to be the greatest heavyweight in MMA history, ...

Backed by an explosive second half of must-see fights, 2018 turned out to be a fairly memorable year for UFC and the sport of mixed martial arts. Along the way, a number of individual performances ...

If we've learned anything over the years as mixed martial arts fans (and we certainly haven't learned much), it's this: Be careful what you wish for. Last year in this very space, we were lamenting ...

In a sport as dynamic, global and ever-evolving as mixed martial arts, any given calendar year is likely to offer a number of fighters breaking through to new competitive heights and fame, and 2018 ...