Former unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is set to make his 2019 debut against Steve Rolls on June 8 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

But who is Steve Rolls? And why is he facing Golovkin?

The late Bert Sugar might have…

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He's adored in the U.K., envied by foes and on brand everywhere. The next step in the unified heavyweight champ's global domination plan? Winning in -- and over -- America.

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CHRIS LEBEN TRAINING CAMP QUOTES

Former UFC Veteran Leben Shares Thoughts on his Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Debut, Showdown Against Justin Baesman & More Before Stepping into the Ring at "BKFC 5: Lobov vs…

Abdiel Velazquez, 25, will toe the line on April 6 as he meets Johnny Bedford in the semi-finals of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship lightweight tournament. The winner of the Bare Knuckle FC 5 fight…

"BKFC 5: Lobov vs. Knight" Also Features Gulfport Police Officer Harris Stephenson Taking on Khalib Harris, Plus Former UFC Fighter Isaac Vallie-Flagg Battling Randy Hedderick Live on Pay-Per-View

 

"BKFC 5: Lobov vs. Knight" will feature a stacked lineup of fights…

Upon first glance, one might not suspect Harris Stephenson as a competitor in one of the most grueling combat sports on the planet.

The 29-year old professional mixed martial artist works full time as a School Resource Officer for the Gulfport, Mississippi Police Department…

The Bare-Knuckle Fighting Championship 4 is live, Saturday, February 2nd, and is available for pay-per-view from G&G Closed Circuit Events.

Nick Gagliardi has been around organized fighting since he can remember. So as the president of G&G Closed Circuit Events…

Dmitry Bivol ended his run on HBO with another one-sided victory.

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A game effort from veteran former world champion…

Knockout Artist Sam Shewmaker Ready For More Fireworks at BKFC2

Bare Knuckle is back and bringing some star power with it.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 31, 2018) - Florida veteran MMA fighterDavid "Redneck" Mundell has replaced injured Reggie "The Regulator" Pena in the main event against Georgia middleweight Doug "Yamato" Usher, August 11 at "Road to M-1" USA", presented by M-1 Global USA and Angel Fight Promotions, to air live on worldwide pay-per-view from Global Mall in Nashville, Tennessee.

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By Sarah Deming

It’s a fight promoters are calling a clash of “Super Men” — an appropriate description given the power expected when…

​The Superfly 3 card has been finalized with Juan Francisco Estrada set to square off with Mexican countryman Felipe Orucuta in the 12-round main event of the tripleheader, promoter Tom Loeffler announced on Thursday.

In an announcement made on Wednesday, the UFC and M-1 Global have partnered up to form “UFC Russia.” The full press release details what’s in store for UFC Russia, and now M-1 Challenger champions will have the chance to make their way into the UFC.

June 11, 2018 by Pro MMA Now Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Music City fight fans get ready for a spectacular professional mixed martial arts event presented by M-1 Global USA and Angel Fight Promotions as they introduce “The Rage” combat…

Junior flyweight titlist Angel "Tito" Acosta, a protégé of his promoter, former four-division world titleholder Miguel Cotto, will make his first title defense against Carlos Buitrago on June 16, Miguel Cotto Promotions has announced.

The fight will take place at the Coliseo…

April 10, 2018

Combat sports history will be made in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Saturday, June 2 nd , when the

Philadelphia based Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) presents the first legal,

regulated, and sanctioned bare knuckle event in the United States since 1889.

Held…

Add another UFC Veteran to the list of competitors “knuckling up” to compete at the historic Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship in Cheyenne, Wyoming, June 2.  ‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings…

By Kieran Mulvaney

When Luke Campbell and Jorge Linares face off in the ring at The Forum in Inglewood on Saturday (HBO, 10 PM ET/PT), what is nominally at stake is Linares’ lightweight championship belt. But the two men are also…

By Kieran Mulvaney

LAS VEGAS – Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez did everything that was expected of them, and delivered everything that we had hoped that they might. Over twelve highly skilled and hard-fought rounds, the two best middleweights in the world delivered…

By Kieran Mulvaney

CARSON, Calif -- This time, there was no doubt. Six months after leaving Madison Square Garden with a world title via a disputed decision win over previously unbeaten Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai underlined that he is…

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Living up to its billing as the biggest fight of 2017, the September 16 showdown between lineal and RING Magazine Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) and WBC/IBO/IBF/WBA Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) has sold out T-Mobile Arena…

With every passing month, Terence Crawford is climbing closer to the pinnacle of his sport: the No. 1 spot in the pound-for-pound rankings. With the top two fighters set to face each other next month (Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev) and the tandem of Gennady…