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Tyron Woodley (credit Gage Skidmore) Former world champion welterweight Tyron Woodley made history tonight as the first selection in the six team, 20 round inaugural Global Fight League (GFL) Draft, which took place virtually from Van Wagner Studios in Phoenix. Woodley was selected by Dubai manager Cain Velasquez and coach ...

GFL Draft The Global Fight League (GFL), the new team-based MMA organization launching in April 2025, today announced additional details for the first-ever GFL Virtual Draft, which will take place this Friday, January 24th, at 8 PM EST. Fans worldwide catch tune in to watch the selection LIVE on MMA ...

The Global Fight League (GFL) is proud to announce the six cities that will serve as the foundation for its inaugural season, along with a roster of world-class team managers, coaches, and the next wave of notable draft eligible-athletes. The first-ever GFL Draft will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, and ...

The Global Fight League (GFL), the new team-based MMA organization launching in April 2025, has announced its initial list of female athletes under contract and eligible for selection in its inaugural draft on January 24. Featuring 60 fighters and counting, the list includes athletes from 16 nations, including several world ...

GFL/Top 50 Fighters The Global Fight League, a new team-based MMA property, today announced that it has successfully closed a multi-million-dollar seed round and is set to launch its first season in April 2025. The league will hold a virtual selection process to determine the fighters on each team on ...

 Recently retired MMA superstar Jorge Masvidal created the first and only professional bareknuckle MMA league in the US and will host the first-ever sanctioned bareknuckle MMA fight in the state of Florida on May 5th – Cinco de Mayo – at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, FL. The card is headlined ...

ESPN and SiriusXM have teamed up to give listeners nationwide access to ESPN’s live audio coverage of select UFC events on SiriusXM Fight Nation (channel 156), SiriusXM’s dedicated combat sports channel. Listeners tuning into SiriusXM Fight Nation will hear the live call from the UFC audio on ESPN networks, giving ...

SiriusXM announced today that Dave LaGreca, the lead host of Busted Open, one of the most popular shows covering the world of pro wrestling, has signed a new multi-year extension with the company. LaGreca launched Busted Open on SiriusXM in 2009 and the show has grown to be one of the most prominent ...

Miesha Tate (RISE) SiriusXM today announced that former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate and veteran media personality Renee Paquette are teaming up to host an exclusive new show on SiriusXM Fight Nation, SiriusXM’s dedicated combat sports channel. Throwing Down with Renee and Miesha debuts Monday, September 13 and will ...

Longtime UFC, Bellator and Strikeforce fighter Jorge Masvidal stepped out of the octagon and into a much safer realm, the cornhole boards, in the American Cornhole League (ACL) Grudge Match against ACL pro Cody Henderson on Wednesday in Rock Hill, S.C. Masvidal’s effort against the champ was commemorated in the ...