A quick look at how the next heavyweight title challenger has adapted during rare moments of vulnerability in the cage.
Two of the four debuting fighters at UFC Fresno include a Serra-Longo trained Sambo standout and a returning hometown boy eager to represent his valley.
French heavyweight judoka Teddy Riner claimed his 10th world title with victory at the openweight world championships in Marrakech on Saturday.
Undefeated light heavyweight Leo Leite walks into the Bellator cage for the first time Friday night in Pennsylvania, taking on former champion Phil Davis, but signing with Bellator wasn’t Leite’s goal in MMA until recently.
Jim Wallhead recently had to pull out of a fight with Warlley Alves at UFC Gdansk. That wasn’t his worst news of the month, though.
Israel’s Tal Flicker had a perfect day at the prestigious international competition set in Abu Dhabi, up until he climbed up to the winner’s podium.
The formidable Israeli judo team numbering 12 athletes was forced to contend with a host of indignities at the Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam tournament this week. First, Turkish Air inexplicably refused...
Today, Israeli Tal Flicker won Gold in Judo at the Grand Slam competition in Abu Dhabi. In contravention of the rules and explicit directives of the International Judo Federation, Flicker and all other Israeli athletes in the tournament were forbidden to compete under the Israeli flag.
A welterweight encounter between The Ultimate Fighter 21 cast member Sabah Homasi and heavy hitting judoka Abdul Razak Alhassan has been added to UFC 218.
Karim Zidan delves into the history of judo in Japan and Russia, how its sports culture connected the two nations, and why it is being used as a modern tool for diplomacy.
