When it comes to his first-round submission victory over Joby Sanchez at LFA 65 in May, flyweight Brandon Royval has very little to be disappointed with. He believes he’ll keep rolling over LFA flyweights en route to his arrival in the UFC Octagon. Looking back on the Sanchez fight, Royval feels he did just about everything he could have wanted ...

When looking back on his first-round submission victory over Mike Tubera at Combate Americas 41 this past August, flyweight Paul Elizondo Jr. anticipated his bout could end quickly with how his opponent liked to fight. He’ll look to build on that momentum at Combate Americas: Fresno on Friday. Knowing that Tubera was an aggressive fighter, Elizondo prepared accordingly and was ...

Following a win over Matt Johnson at LFA 57 in January, lightweight Jonathan Wyderko has spent the remainder of the year waiting to get back into the cage. Following dropping out of proposed fight in May, Wyderko was caught up in the LFA’s downtime prior to its move to UFC Fight Pass, leaving him without a fight for 10 months. ...

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Sergei Kharitonov’s hopes to climb into a heavyweight title shot took a major hit on Friday as Linton Vassell knocked him out in the second round at Bellator 234 in Tel Aviv, Israel. See the Bellator 234 highlights as Vassell defeated Pride veteran Sergei Kharitonov by TKO and Sidney Outlaw defeated UFC veteran Roger Huerta. ...

Two atomweights made their promotional debuts at ONE: Age of Dragons in Beijing on Saturday. Meng Bo and Ritu Phogat come from very different backgrounds, but both made big impressions at the Cadillac Arena. Bo’s main claim to fame is having beaten reining UFC bantamweight champion Weili Zhang. The Chinese atomweight was matched with Argentina’s Laura Balin in Beijing and ...

In his second year as a pro, featherweight prospect AJ Cunningham is much happier with the way he’s been performing compared to how he was prior to turning pro in 2018. Having previously had a more free-wheeling brawling style, Cunningham has changed his game and is a lot more calculated with how he does things, resulting in two solid first ...