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After having his last two opponents drop out, 43-year-old Dave Bautista will face Vince Lucero for his first professional fight.

Sarah Kaufman has withdrawn from her October 6 Bantamweight bout with Kaitlin Young at Invicta FC 3 in Kansas City, due to an injury. This would have been Kaufman’s debut for the all-women’s MMA promotion.
This is the first time that Kaufman has had to withdraw from a fight, but she seems in good spirits and tweeted that she is waiting to fight Young:

1st fight I’ve ever had to pull out of so I’m sorry @kaitlin_young @invictafights and all my fans. Wanting to get back asap!
— Sarah Kaufman

Rob Sinclair successfully defended his BAMMA (British Association of Mixed Martial Arts) Lightweight title over four-time UFC veteran Andre Winner via split-decision in the Main Event of Saturday’s BAMMA 10 , which took place at London’s Wembley Arena and aired in North America on AXS TV. Sinclair’s scores from the judges were 49-46, 47-48 and 48-47.Sinclair (12-2) is now on a five-fight winning streak. Winner (14-7-1) took home his first loss in three BAMMA appearances.Former BAMMA British Middleweight

Bellator Heavyweight champion Cole Konrad (9-0 MMA, 7-0 BFC) has retired, the promotion announced today. Konrad walks away from MMA with an unblemished record and is set to become an agriculture commodities trader specializing in dairy products.
The Wisconsin-native stated: “This decision has been on my mind for a while, and the time was finally right to make the move.”
Konrad wrestled for the University of Minnesota, where he was a Division I national champ in 2006 and 2007, a four-time All-America

The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts (BAMMA) next event, BAMMA 10, will take place on September 15 at the Wembley Arena in London. The event will be headlined by a Lightweight title bout between Rob Sinclair (11-2) and Andre Winner (14-6-1) and a Middleweight title bout between Jack Marshman (10-1) and Andrew Punshon(11-5). The show will air LIVE on 5*, with the highlights to be broadcast on the U.K’s Channel 5.Champion Rob Sinclair feels like the underdog in this bout and said: “The fight

Earlier today, RUFF (Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation) 5 took place in mainland China. RUFF is currently the only government-sanctioned promotion in mainland China, and the main event of RUFF 5 was sponsored by MMA H.E.A.T today. In concordence with the event, MMA H.E.A.T. Has conducted a series of interviews to promote up-and-coming MMA in China. Lately, promotions outside of the United States have taken a back seat as the UFC swallowed up a huge market share. RUFF CEO Joel Resnick appears in an earlier

Former K-1 kickboxer Tyrone Spong is making his way into the MMA arena this fall. With a weight cut down to 205 lbs. Spong will make his debut for Titan FC this November 2nd. Spong has been training with Rashad Evans, Alistair Overeem and the rest of the Blackzillians in Florida in preparation for his MMA debut. The former It’s Showtime! champion is rightfully regarded as one of the finest pure strikers immediately upon his entry into the sport, as he narrowly lost a K-1 Grand Prix bout to Overeem when The

Following the controversial ending of Andrei Arlovski vs. Tim Sylvia this past Friday, ONE FC has implemented a rule change. The bout ended in a “No Contest” due to the promotion’s rules on the use of soccer kicks: ONE FC has decided to eliminate the rule all together.
ONE FC’s rule set combines the North American unified rules of MMA with the soccer kicks and stomps of Pride, however fighters must wait for a referee’s open attack signal before using the more violent maneuvers on a downed opponent.

The fourth fight between two former UFC Heavyweight Champions Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski at the ‘ONE Fighting Championships’ “Pride of a Nation” event in the Philippines on Friday ended in a controversial “no contest”.In the second round, Arlovski dropped Sylvia with a massive overhand right to the jaw, followed up with 2 soccer kicks to Sylvia’s shoulder and head. Under ONE FC’s rules, soccer kicks are allowed in “open attack” when a fighter has knocked an opponent down and the ref gives a signal to

Bellator Fighting Championship concluded their 2012 Summer Series with Bellator 73. In the main event, Light Heavyweight Attila Vegh knocked out Travis Wiuff 25 seconds into the first round. Vegh let loose with a left uppercut and right hook combination that sent Wiuff to the ground. Once down, he followed up with a ground and pound. Attila Vegh will next face Christane M’Pumbu for the Light Heavyweight title in a future match.Marcos Galvao faced Luis Nogueira in the co-main event in a fast paced