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Kevin Ehsani was originally born in Southern California, later moving to Bay Area. He is now back in LA, where he currently resides. He has been an MMA fan since 2007, previously training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and boxing, but never fighting on a competitive level. Kevin has a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from San Francisco State University. His passion has always been writing and journalism, previously covering MMA for Politicus Sports, while currently hosting and producing his o...

Joanna Jedrzejczyk shares photo of nasty cut May 4, 2021 Former stawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk shared a photo of a nasty cut on her leg that she suffered during training on Monday. Jędrzejczyk had to take a trip to the ER to get the wound stitched up, but the injury won’t keep her out of training for long. The former champion posted that she can return to training as early as Tuesday. She also added a disclaimer to those that might not be interested in seeing the laceration. “...

UFC 261 Official Weigh-Ins: Zhang Weili vs Rose Namajunas April 23, 2021 The UFC 261 co-main event fighters officially weighed in on Friday. Watch women’s straweight champion Zhang Weili and former champion Rose Namajunas step on the scales. Weili boasts a 21-fight winning streak as she heads into Satuday’s title bout. In her second title defense, she takes on former champion Namajunas who will try to win back the title she once held.

UFC 261 Official Weigh-Ins: Valentina Shevchenko vs Jessica Andrade April 23, 2021 Women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko puts her title on the line against former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade at UFC 261 on Saturday. Shevchenko won the vacant flyweight title at UFC 231 in December 2018. Saturday will be her fifth title defense. Andrade made a splash in her flyweight debut defeating Katlyn Chookagian by TKO. Now, Andradre will fight for the title and try to become a two-div...

UFC 261 Free Fight: Watch Jessica Andrade stop Katlyn Chookagian April 22, 2021 Jessica Andrade‘s flyweight debut against Katlyn Chookagian earned her Performance of the Night honors on Fight Island in October. The former strawweight champion looks to win the belt in her second division when she takes on Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 261. Take a look back at Andrade’s first-round finish of Chookagian in her last outing.

UFC 261 free fight: watch Valentina Shevchenko defeat Jennifer Maia April 22, 2021 Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko continued her dominant run as champion this past November with a defeat of Jennifer Maia at UFC 255. On Saturday, April 24, Shevchenko will put her belt on the line again against former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade. The Shevchenko and Andrade women’s flyweight title fight is one of three title bouts featured on Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view. The strawweight t...

Tabatha Ricci looking to stay undefeated at LFA 105 April 21, 2021 Coming into 2021 with an undefeated record, strawweight Tabatha Ricci was looking to keep her winning ways going when she faced Vanessa Grimes at LFA 95 this past January. For Ricci it didn’t take long to establish herself as someone to watch in her new promotion, submitting Grimes just 67 seconds into the first round of their bout. “I just fought Vanessa Grimes at the end of January and it was a great fight for me,” Ricci...

Amanda Nunes puts bantamweight title on the line at UFC 265 against Julianna Pena April 15, 2021 Two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes will put her bantamweight title on the line against Julianna Pena in August. UFC president Dana White broke the news to ESPN on Thursday. The title fight is expected to take place on the UFC 265 pay-per-view card. The event doesn’t yet have a specific date or location, but the fight promotion is targeting the Aug. 7 date. Nunes (21-4) holds both the wom...

Julia Budd expects to shine at Bellator 257 April 15, 2021 Following a loss to Cris Cyborg in January that cost her the Bellator featherweight championship, and the onset of the coronavirus lockdowns, for former titleholder Julia Budd getting an opportunity to close out her 2020 against Jessy Miele at Bellator 244 last August was a big thing. Budd was able to pick up a unanimous decision victory over Miele and get herself back on track, continuing the trend of never having lost two fights in a ...