John Joe O'Regan

GLORY lightweight Josh Jauncey (24-6, 12 KO’s) has marked himself out as contender material with a string of wins and exciting performances. Even Giorgio Petrosyan,…

Comparisons between fighters and other sporting greats can be a fraught move, as with UFC commentator Michael Goldberg’s infamous comparing of Travis Lutter’s jiu jitsu…

At fifteen years old, Simon Marcus was all but written off already. A wild and rebellious youngster, he had no interest in education and no…

Almost everyone who spends any time with Dustin Jacoby comes away with a good opinion of him. He is likable, humorous and personable. People around…

Chi Lewis-Parry (6-1, 2 KO’s) originally came to AKA as a sparring partner for Daniel Cormier as he prepared for his rematch with Jon Jones.…

Last week, GLORY heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven made a guest appearance on a late-night sports television show in his native Holland. They discussed his career…

Saturday night’s GLORY 29 COPENHAGEN main event between Nieky Holzken and Yoann Kongolo was instantly hailed as a contender for “Fight of the Year” honors.…

December’s GLORY 26 Amsterdam fight between bitter rivals Nieky Holzken and Murthel Groenhart was preceded by a lot of back and forth between the two,…

“I have never lost by KO but Nieky has, more than once. So I don’t really have any prediction to make but if the fight…

Tiffany Van Soest has decided to give MMA a go. The talented fighter, who signed to fight under the Invicta FC and Glory banners, is…

Kornilov, 25, is 7-1 as a professional and has most of his experience in the respected TATNEFT organization in his native Russia, organizer of ‘Tatneft…

The title shot itself is all the more remarkable because of the road Jacoby (9-6, 6 KO’s) travelled once he reached GLORY. His 2013 tournament…

GLORY today confirmed the fight at the same time as confirming GLORY 30 LOS ANGELES for the Citizens Business Bank Arena in the Los Angeles…

If you are a fan of high-level striking, or fighting in general, the tournament is something you will want to check out. The first bracket…

Doumbe, an accomplished Muay Thai fighter who made his first ventures into kickboxing last year, has rattled Groenhart’s cage already. When the match-up was first…

His opponent is Mladen ‘The Scorpion Sting’ Brestovac, a giant Croatian whose string of left-leg head kick knockout wins call to mind a certain other…

Airing at 9pm ET, the re-run of the Friday night event averaged out at  225,000 viewers. That is a 33% increase on the 168,000 average…

It would not. Instead it would turn out to be the most controversial of the trilogy. Levin was given a very dubious knockdown count in…

Adegbuyi, 31, is a competitor in Romanian reality television season ‘Celebrity Farm’ and is one of twelve Romanian pop-culture figures who were airlifted from their…

“Everyone says this but I really mean it: this has been the best training camp ever,” he tells Bloody Elbow. “I feel great. No injuries,…