Francis Marshall used to finish a shift at a Jersey City firehouse and then go and train. Now fighting is the whole job. The UFC Featherweight walked away from a steady career in New Jersey to move to ...

Dakota Hope needed two trips to Meta APEX to hear his name read out as the winner. The first, on debut in April 2026, ended in a split decision loss. The second came on 31 October and went the same ...

Most fighters talk about going to war. Oliveira actually enlisted. Born in Rio de Janeiro on 21 January 1998, he grew up in Rocinha, the largest favela in Brazil, and found his way into combat sports ...

He was picked last on The Ultimate Fighter. Thirteen years later he is still on the roster, still walking forward. Kelvin Gastelum has spent almost his entire adult life in the UFC. He arrived at 21 ...

Anna Melisano walked into the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on 18 July 2026 chasing a dream she had carried since she was twelve years old. Four minutes and four seconds later she was tapping to a ...

Most fighters arrive at the Contender Series hoping to prove they belong among the elite. Smilla Sundell turned up with a world title already in the rear-view mirror. The Swede became the youngest ...

Alexander Volkanovski is 38 years old and he just made the most feared unbeaten wrestler at 145 pounds look like a man who had wandered into the wrong fight. Movsar Evloev came in at 20-0 and for a ...

Hawaiian. Thirty-four years old. Out of Waianae, fighting out of Gracie Technics in Honolulu. Former UFC Featherweight champion, former BMF titleholder, and the owner of a strike count nobody in the ...