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A new year is on the horizon, and that means it’s time for Combat Press to take a look back at the best of MMA in 2020. In the coming days, Combat Press will announce its award winners in multiple categories, covering everything from the action in the cage to the biggest stories surrounding the sport. Event of the Year UFC 249 As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic swept across the world and brought the sports universe to a standstill, the UFC was forced to cancel five consecutive shows from...

Out of Obscurity: Coalizão Fight 5 and PLMMA 45 Every week, Combat Press takes a look at three regional, developmental or international cards from the upcoming weekend, previewing from each a single fight to which people should pay close attention. We will also list other significant bouts from the card, as well as information on how to follow each promotion and watch the events. Let’s discover those prospects that fight in the obscurity of the regional, developmental and international circu...

A new year is on the horizon, and that means it’s time for Combat Press to take a look back at the best of MMA in 2020. In the coming days, Combat Press will announce its award winners in multiple categories, covering everything from the action in the cage to the biggest stories surrounding the sport. Fight of the Year Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk (UFC 248) There are always a multitude of great fights in a calendar year. However, in a year full of unorthodoxy and unexpected events, th...

It may not be the fight we were hoping for, but it’s the fight we’ll get. After over a year on the sidelines, the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, Jon Jones, is making his return this weekend. In a perfect world, Jones would be walking into the Octagon on Saturday to go toe-to-toe with his archrival, Daniel Cormier, and look to reclaim the belt that was ripped away from him last summer. Instead, the injury epidemic that’s become the most predictable part of MMA the past few year...

Out of Obscurity: Fight Time 29, Cage 34 and Shooto Brazil 61 Every week, Combat Press takes a look at three regional, developmental or international cards from the upcoming weekend, previewing from each a single fight to which people should pay close attention. We will also list other significant bouts from the card, as well as information on how to follow each promotion and watch the events. Let’s discover those prospects that fight in the obscurity of the regional, developmental and intern...

A new year is on the horizon, and that means it’s time for Combat Press to take a look back at the best of MMA in 2020. In the coming days, Combat Press will announce its award winners in multiple categories, covering everything from the action in the cage to the biggest stories surrounding the sport. Knockout of the Year Joaquin Buckley vs. Impa Kasanganay (UFC on ESPN+ 37) Despite the uncertainty that 2020 brought, MMA fans were spoiled with some of the greatest knockouts in the sport’s ...

A new year is on the horizon, and that means it’s time for Combat Press to take a look back at the best of MMA in 2020. In the coming days, Combat Press will announce its award winners in multiple categories, covering everything from the action in the cage to the biggest stories surrounding the sport. Breakout Fighter of the Year Khamzat Chimaev Who else made a bigger breakthrough this year than Khamzat Chimaev? The Chechen-born, Swedish-based fighter went 3-0 in the UFC for the year after m...

Combat Press 2020 MMA Awards: Female Fighter of the Year – Valentina Shevchenko A new year is on the horizon, and that means it’s time for Combat Press to take a look back at the best of MMA in 2020. In the coming days, Combat Press will announce its award winners in multiple categories, covering everything from the action in the cage to the biggest stories surrounding the sport. Female Fighter of the Year Valentina Shevchenko Two female fighters stood out this year. They are champions who...

Combat Press 2020 MMA Awards: Submission of the Year – AJ McKee vs. Darrion Caldwell A new year is on the horizon, and that means it’s time for Combat Press to take a look back at the best of MMA in 2020. In the coming days, Combat Press will announce its award winners in multiple categories, covering everything from the action in the cage to the biggest stories surrounding the sport. Submission of the Year AJ McKee vs. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator 253) When Bellator decided to bring back th...

Every week, Combat Press takes a look at three regional, developmental or international cards from the upcoming weekend, previewing from each a single fight to which people should pay close attention. We will also list other significant bouts from the card, as well as information on how to follow each promotion and watch the events. Let’s discover those prospects that fight in the obscurity of the regional, developmental and international circuits, waiting for their shot at the bright lights ...