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The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has set April 23 for the start of its new season on ESPN2, marking its return to action after a 2020 hiatus caused by the pandemic. The PFL league is the first to present Mixed Martial Arts in a regular season through championship format. The remaining regular season events will…

UFC president Dana White has finally capitulated to the realities of the coronavirus era. While the NBA and NHL suspended their regular seasons, the NCAA canceled March Madness, Major League Baseball delayed Opening Day and soccer entities around the world scrapped matches, the MMA promoter insisted that UFC 249, the…

AXS TV and Fight Network have inked a deal with Combate Americas to become the exclusive English-language broadcaster of the Hispanic mixed martial arts franchise’s events in the United States and Canada. AXS TV and Fight Network, which are owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, will air a minimum of 35 of Combate…

EXCLUSIVE: The Professional Fighters League announced today their broadcast team for the 2018 PFL Inaugural season which will include all-stars and legends from the MMA world. The broadcast team, which includes Randy Couture, Bas Rutten, Yves Edwards, Caroline Pearce and Todd Harris, will cover all PFL live events and…

EXCLUSIVE: Producers Steve Lee Jones and Andy and Michael Weiss are producing, Kimbo, the story about legendary backyard brawler Kimbo Slice who rose to mixed martial arts fame after his brutal backyard fights drew a huge YouTube audience. Born Kevin Ferguson, the Bahamian-born American pugilist emerged from…

Mixed martial arts megastars Ronda Rousey and Jon “Bones” Jones are among a number of the sports big names getting in the ring for The Hurt Business, a documentary from the team behind the 2013 bodybuilding docu Generation Iron. With Hurt Business, writer-director Vlad Yudin and producing partner Edwin Mejia of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets banner have sealed separate deals for Fight Church, the feature documentary tracking a group of Mixed Martial Arts-fighting pastors whose violent practices have sparked controversy within the Christian community. Co-directed by Oscar-winner Daniel Junge (Saving F…