As Zhang Weili prepares for her next championship test, there’s a different energy surrounding the former strawweight queen. For the first time in years, she enters fight week not as a defending ...

Invicta Fighting Championship has been a foundation for women's mixed martial arts since its launch in 2012. Name a high-profile women's fighter or rising contender and they've likely made a stop ...

The first true face of women’s MMA might’ve been its last. That was of course Ronda Rousey, who crashed the ol’ boy’s party a dozen years ago by rolling a red carpet straight into the Octagon. She ...

The landscape of women’s MMA has been shaped by seismic showdowns, Rousey vs. Holm, Cyborg vs. Nunes, Weili vs. Joanna, but none have carried the magnitude, anticipation, or legacy implications of ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A group of women had the chance to learn some hands-on self-defense techniques Saturday all for free thanks to Brazos Valley MMA and Fitness. The company, located ...

The former three-time NCAA champion wrestler at Penn State secured a head kick knockout of Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Rodolfo ...

Strawweight champion Zhang Weili vacated her title at 115 pounds to take a shot at Valentina Shevchenko's flyweight belt. Can she make history?

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A long-standing martial arts school in College Station is hosting its second women’s only self-defense seminar of 2025. Brazos Valley MMA & Fitness has been in business ...

Hattan Alsaif has grown accustomed to sparring with men. Rarely shy about confronting heavier, stronger opponents, she knows what it’s like to absorb blow after blow until tears begin to shine in her ...

Every fighter has a unique path to the UFC, but Chelsea Chandler's is a fond memory from her childhood. Like many of her peers, Chandler started her journey as a young girl who curiously ventured into ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An emotionally and physically abusive marriage of 11 years led Rani Miranti to join a fight club that has trained her in martial arts, enabling her to stand up against violence.