An inverted omoplata submission finish?! - FINISH HIM!
A Monday morning medley of the best knockouts and submissions from last weekend in combat sports. This week featuring the truly rare inverted omoplata.
Wild Peruvian necktie choke is the coolest move of the week - Finish Him!
Missed a submission or KO from over the weekend? We've got you covered. Included this week is a rare and exquisite Peruvian necktie choke.
Coup! Kickboxing superstar picked up by PFL one month after UFC signing rumors
UFC? Nope. Cedric Doumbe has found a new home for his MMA career.
FINISH HIM! Round up of brutal KOs and subs
Your Monday round-up of the best knockouts and submissions you missed over the weekend. This time around we've got a one second KO and some slick subs.
Report: Pereira's last kickboxing opponent to make MMA debut
Artem Vakhitov, who beat Alex Pereira at Glory 78 in 2021, is moving to MMA.
FINISH HIM! Spinning s**t galore
The best (and brutalest) KOs and submissions you missed from the world of combat sports. Spinning shit from ONE lead's the way this week.
Ukrainian kickboxing champion killed in war with Russia
A Ukrainian kickboxing champion was killed while fighting on the frontlines against Russia's forces.
Cedric Doumbe denies new UFC rumor
Rumors of Cedric Doumbe's signing to the UFC cropped up after the fighter shared a cryptic post on social media.
Fight Circus 6: Rampage and Sapp win insane 'Siamese boxing' match
Thailand hosts Fight Circus once again, and it’s finding new ways to be weird. After introducing Bob Sapp into the mix not long ago, the former PRIDE and K-1 star will play an active role as part of the main event. And not only that, but he’s brought backup. Former PRIDE and UFC star Rampage […]
Karate Combat 38: Full results, highlight videos
Check out the results and highlights from Karate Combat 38, which is going down tonight from Miami, Florida.
Interview: Fight Circus head honcho Jon Nutt aims to ‘carve our own niche‘
One of the wildest, weirdest, and most remarkably ridiculous recent entries into the world of combat sports has been Full Metal Dojo’s Fight Circus events. Based out of Phuket, Thailand, it’s not Muay Thai, and it’s not MMA. FMD is putting together hybrid contests of strength, skill, and absolute clownery straight out of a sadistic […]
Rampage Jackson, Bob Sapp, Musical Chairs of Death, and other oddities set for Fight Circus 6
Fight Circus keeps embracing the madness.
‘An inflated story’ – Alistair Overeem’s trainer says anti-inflammatory drug caused test failure
Kickboxing and MMA veteran Alistair Overeem made headlines this week for all the wrong reasons. The 42-year-old recently received a yearlong suspension from GLORY Kickboxing due to a drug test failure stemming from his match with Badr Hari in November of last year. While Overeem himself has yet to give an official statement, a core […]
No horsing around! – Alistair Overeem gets year suspension from GLORY over failed drug test
The specter of performance enhancing drugs has long hung over Alistair Overeem’s career, even while direct evidence of their use has been fairly limited. Back in 2012, Overeem was flagged by the NAC for an extremely elevated T/E (Testosterone/Epitestosterone) ratio—often a sign of steroid use. The ‘Reem’ claimed the drug test results were the result […]
Karate Combat has trio of upcoming events in Miami
Karate Combat has been reinventing their namesake martial art by providing a big stage for the world’s greatest Karatekas to compete in a full contact format. KC has just announced that they will be taking their ‘unusually high for combat sports’ production value back to Miami, Florida to put on three events across three consecutive […]
Tyrone Spong shows off massive anaconda he caught by the road
Tyrone Spong’s combat sports career has been in a weird state of flux lately. The former star kickboxer made a move over to boxing back in 2015, after a brief flirtation with MMA, racking up a 14-0 unbeaten record (and gaining the WBO & WBC Latino heavyweight titles in the process) against the kind of […]
WTF: Watch wacky Sifu action with Tai Chi magic too dangerous for TV
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, kids. A group of adults that should know better decided that due to some absurd superstition involving a rodent in the middle of nowhere, we were doomed to six more weeks of winter. So, yeah. Whatever. I know I’m gonna stay toasty with my trusty whiskey to […]
The Level Change Podcast 220: UFC 283 rewind, ADCC moving to Fight Pass
Welcome to The Level Change Podcast, our combat sports themed variety show hosted by Stephie Haynes and Victor Rodriguez. The show features the news of the week, fight card breakdowns and analysis, a roundup of regional promotions’ cards and fights; and whatever else we decide is important enough or entertaining enough to bring to your […]
WTF: Lethwei headbutts and fake self-defense masters
Major MMA may be back, but it’s probably not hitting the way some fans would like to start the year off. A few smaller events here and there, that’s it. But that’s fine. We’ve got the good, the bad, and the utterly absurd of the fringes of combat sports, along with fun traditional items and […]
From Writing to Fighting: Thailand, Part 2
In part two of this series, Bloody Elbow’s Managing Editor, Anton Tabuena faces off against his Thai opponent.
WTF: Rolling thunder! Watch this dazzling collection of women’s Kyokushin knockouts
Happy New Year, and all that. I’m not gonna get too sappy this week, it’s whatever. Only resolution you can expect is to be seeing more and more ass whuppings and oddball content on the regular. Since there’s no need for extended chit-chat, let’s barge right into the antics, shall we? We start the year […]
From Writing to Fighting: Thailand, Part 1
In this two part series, Bloody Elbow’s Managing Editor, Anton Tabuena flies to Thailand to compete in Muay Thai.
Video: Who kicks harder between Bas Rutten and Alex Pereira?
Karate Combat 37 is going down tonight (December 17th) from the back lot of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. UFC middleweight champion, Alex Pereira, was invited into the pit along with former UFC heavyweight champion, Bas Rutten, to measure the power of their leg kicks on the PowerKube. Related Karate Combat 37: Daniels vs. Aghayev […]
Video: Bas Rutten reveals what he would have done if he hadn’t become a fighter
Martial arts legend Bas Rutten has been involved with Karate Combat since its inception, being an ambassador to the sport and providing fight commentary. Bloody Elbow had the opportunity to catch up with the UFC’s former heavyweight champion on the set of Karate Combat 37 at the back lot of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. […]
‘You shouldn’t waste energy thinking about it’ — GSP tells Paddy Pimblett to ignore fallout over latest UFC controversy
UFC legend Georges St-Pierre has been brought in by Karate Combat as an ambassador. Bloody Elbow had the chance to catch up with the UFC’s former welterweight and middleweight champion on the set of Karate Combat 37 at the back lot of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Related Karate Combat 37: Daniels vs. Aghayev live […]
Karate Combat 37: Daniels vs. Aghayev full results, highlights – Aghayev wins interim belt
Karate Combat 37 is kicking off tonight (December 17th) live from the back lot of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The event is scheduled to start at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT and will be streaming live and for free on the promotion’s YouTube channel (link at bottom of page). The main event of the evening involves […]
Graphic: Fighter throws kick, snaps leg immediately
Every few months it feels like a new video pops up in the ‘fighter throws a low kick, suffers a gruesome injury’ genre. There was Willem Smith at EFC 92 in March, Rafael Bastos at Art of Scrap 4 in April and Jack Becker at Eternal MMA 66 in May. And now, we have a […]
Video: Fighter suffers skull fracture in kickboxing debut
What do Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos, Jeremy Balasse and Danil Sharov have in common? All of them have suffered horrific skull fractures in their respective fights. The aforementioned Sharov joined the likes of Santos and Balasse after his kickboxing debut at FKR Pro 1 this past Friday went awry. In the second round of his fight […]
UFC veteran Alistair Overeem tests positive for banned substance after kickboxing win over Badr Hari
Alistair Overeem has tested positive for an undisclosed banned substance following his kickboxing win over Badr Hari at Glory: Collision 4, a heavyweight matchup that took place at GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands, this past October. Overeem is currently awaiting the results of a “B” sample after his “A” sample from the night of his win […]
The Level Change Podcast 206: UFC 281, O’Malley’s curious injections
Welcome to ‘The Level Change Podcast’, our combat sports themed variety show hosted by Stephie Haynes and Victor Rodriguez. Featuring the news of the week, fight card breakdowns and analysis, a roundup of regional promotions’ cards and fights; and whatever else we decide is important enough or entertaining enough to bring to your ears. Here […]