The bruising experience prepared her for a career in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) -- blending Thai kickboxing, Japanese judo and wrestling -- and she is now the nation's pre-eminent woman fighter.

In MMA, like other sports, a champion is continually facing pressure to succeed. External pressure from the organization, the media and especially fans. And self-imposed pressure to disprove ...

At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, MMA was unsanctioned in the US and did not include any weight classes. However, in 1997, UFC introduced weight-specific titles, starting with UFC 12.

No other division had any changes to its top 10. Here are the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings and a list of current UFC champions in all weight classes. Results are current; rankings as of Feb. 4.

Du Plessis (22-2 MMA) and Strickland (29-6 MMA) originally collided at UFC 297 in January of 2024, with ‘DDP’ emerging victorious by way of split decision to become the promotion‘s new middleweight ...

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Sean Strickland has shown respect to Israel Adesanya following “The Last Stylebender’s” third straight loss. The kind words may come as a surprise to fans given that Strickland and Adesanya had a war ...

Ming-Chi Kuo is a renowned Apple analyst, with over 10 years of experience reporting on Apple with data from the supply chain. Much of what we learn about upcoming products, delays, and potential ...