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top flyweight Vanessa Porto ready for new challenges in bellator

It was February 2005 when Vanessa Porto first entered mixed martial arts. Sixteen years later she has finally found a major promotion to call home. The now former InvictaFC champion is currently the...

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2020/2021 Women’s Wrestling Olympic Team Trial Results

After a year long delay due to Covid, the best female wrestlers look to head to Tokyo in July to hopefully get Olympic Gold. The Olympic trials are commencing in Ft. Worth, Texas with the winners...

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USA Olympic Wrestling Trials 2021 Brings Triumph and the Next Generation

Photo courtesy Tony Rotundo As the Olympics were delayed a year, so many stories have changed in the women’s divisions of freestyle wrestling. Saturday night, six women punched their ticket to the...

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InvictaFC New Deal Gives More Reasons for Fans to Cheer

It was a major move for Shannon Knapp as her creation InvictaFC was sold to Anthem Sports and Entertainment. Knapp told us in a phone interview she didn’t come into this decision lightly. Her biggest...

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Arlene Blencowe Looking to Fellow Boxers to Improve MMA Game

The past few fight camps for Arlene Blencowe has been a trek. Having to fly from her native Australia to the United States has been daunting but a worth wild effort in her title match with Cris Cyborg...

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2020/2021 Olympic Boxing Results

Team USA's Naomi Graham courtesy "Stars and Stripes"

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2020/2021 Olympic Taekwondo Results

Taekwondo has been in the Olympics since 1988 and is the oldest hand to hand combat sports in the Olympics. Two time Gold Medlist Jade Jpnes of Great Britian will be looking for her third Olympic...

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2020/2021 OLYMPIC JUDO RESULTS

Photo: International Judo Federation Judo has seen more popularity with two time Gold medalist Kayla Harrison and Bronze medalist Ronda Rousey crossing over to MMA. Judo is the most popular Olympic...

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2020/2021 OLYMPIC WRESTLING Results

After a solid showing at the 2016 Rio Games, Team USA Wrestling is coming again with a good mix of veterans and up and coming newcomers. The Japanese women’s team has been dominate since the Olympics...

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IMMAF Youth Championships Crowns Girls’s Medalists

The IMMAF continues its efforts to bring the sport of MMA to the Olympics with holding its youth event this past weekend in Sofus, Bulgaria. Girls in 18 divisions and a dozen countries came to prove...

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2020/2021 OLYMPIC Karate Results

(Photo courtesy Focus Taiwan) A special event at this year’s Olympics has been the addition of the home country’s sport of Karate. It is a demonstration sport and isn’t a permanent sport as of yet. The...

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FUTURE STARS – Allison Keenan

If we are talking about the future of the women’s divisions of MMA, look no further than the IMMAF. Their youth divisions for athletes under 18 have provided a secure environment to grow and learn. It...

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Future Stars – Hannah Wagstaff

If we are talking about the future of the women’s divisions of MMA, look no further than the IMMAF. Their youth divisions for athletes under 18 have provided a secure environment to grow and learn. It...

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Future Stars – Alexis Hazelton

If we are talking about the future of the women’s divisions of MMA, look no further than the IMMAF. Their youth divisions for athletes under 18 have provided a secure environment to grow and learn. It...

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Future Stars – Andrea Frisque

If we are talking about the future of the women’s divisions of MMA, look no further than the IMMAF. Their youth divisions for athletes under 18 have provided a secure environment to grow and learn. It...

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Future Stars – Lariah Gill

If we are talking about the future of the women’s divisions of MMA, look no further than the IMMAF. Their youth divisions for athletes under 18 have provided a secure environment to grow and learn. It...

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Sweden’s Female Team Takes Most Medal at IMMAF World Cup

Sweden has established itself as the new hotbed of female talent in MMA. The team took home five medals with three of them gold at the IMMAF’s World Cup in Prague Czech Republic the week for September...

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Future Stars – Abigail Alvarez

If we are talking about the future of the women’s divisions of MMA, look no further than the IMMAF. Their youth divisions for athletes under 18 have provided a secure environment to grow and learn. It...

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Nação Cyborg Celebrates 10th Card with All Female Event

Cris Cyborg and her family are celebrating their 10th card with a trio of female title bouts. Nação Cyborg‘s all female event is set for October 2nd in Bocaiuva do Sul, Parana, Brazil and opens up...

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Cris Cyborg Talks Legacy; Making the Women’s Divisions Better

Photo courtesy: BELLATOR MMA / LUCAS NOONAN It was 2011 when Cris Cyborg was in Las Vegas for the GFight Summit, doing an all women’s seminar. A decade and several belts later, she is still helping the...

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