Sara Collins is the most inexperienced MMA opponent Cris Cyborg has fought in over a decade, entering Saturday’s PFL Lyon event with only six pro bouts under her belt, but the undefeated Australian ...
Ronda Rousey created some highs and lows for a PFL title challenger set to fight Cris Cyborg for featherweight gold at PFL ...
Influential combat sport icon “Judo” Gene LeBell has died at 89. LeBell, whom many credit for bringing judo into the MMA space, served as a mentor to former UFC champion Ronda Rousey throughout her ...
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison has decided to follow her former training partner Ronda Rousey into a career in mixed martial arts. Harrison, who originally expressed hesitation about ...
Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison announced that she will make the jump to the world of mixed martial arts. The 26-year-old has signed a deal with World Series of Fighting where she ...
Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison will likely not follow in the footsteps of judo bronze medalist Ronda Rousey by competing in MMA. Gold medalist Kayla Harrison has turned down multiple MMA offers ...
When UFC President Dana White created the women’s 145-pound featherweight division that staged its first title fight in February, he expressed no concern about how the talent depth would materialize.
Kayla Harrison is the first athlete from the United States to win a gold medal in Olympic judo. She’s a big deal. Back when Ronda Rousey was making waves as the first athlete from the U.S. to ever win ...
Still, regardless of the outcome at the Olympics, Harrison was ready to call it quits. She had been training in judo for 20 years and didn’t find much pleasure doing so anymore. “I wasn’t learning ...