Nakisa Bidarian spoke with SI's Doug Vazquez on a variety of topics including Ronda Rousey, the launch of MVP MMA, and his long-term vision for building the next major force in combat sports.

Romance manhwa keeps turning toxic male leads into reader favorites, from Bjorn Dniester to Joo Jaekyung and other ...

Sean Strickland may have gone too far. UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland is facing major backlash after he shared an AI-generated video this week. It showed him violently attacking trans ...

Recent remarks by Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, asserting women should not interpret Scripture on podcasts, have sent shockwaves across the Southern Baptist Convention ...

Follow IBJJF Worlds 2026 results from Long Beach, including every division winner across blue, purple, brown, and black belt ...

The transgender athlete at the center of a Supreme Court case over bans on biological men in women's sports won a track state ...

Johnny Manziel, the former NFL quarterback, made a successful MMA debut, defeating Bob Menery at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 23. The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner made quick work of his ...

The MMA world leader’s grappling arm hosts another Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) event, with UFC BJJ 8 happening TONIGHT (Thursday, May 21, 2026) inside the UFC’s Meta Apex venue in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ...

Ronda Rousey says the current crop of fighters are ignoring one key aspect of the fight game. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion hung up her gloves last Saturday after headlining the very ...

The ex-Bellator boss and Strikeforce founder sees "incredible demand for a fresh, new global brand in MMA" focused on "the integrity of competition, respect for the athletes and sharing their ...

Scott Coker speaking after Bellator 300 in October 2023. Amy Kaplan / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images According to his best friend, Scott Coker is a lifelong martial artist, a bad golfer and a ...