With the UFC having made its first visit to Arizona last month, mixed martial arts is even more mainstream than ever before in the Valley. As it is, metro Phoenix is home to many of the nation’s top ...

For 20 years, Leslie Hernandez had one dream: to be a professional MMA fighter. This is her story and how she finds herself on the brink of success.

TEMPE – As the popularity of combat fighting continues to grow, the Phoenix area has earned the reputation of mixed martial arts hotbed. With many high-level gyms and facilities, a university that ...

Phoenix-area based mixed martial arts fighter Ryan Bader shines in movie role AZCentral | The Arizona Republic Wed, Oct 15, 2025 Ryan Bader, the former Bellator MMA heavyweight champion, tried his ...

MMA Junkie and the MMA media industry as a whole lost a true talent with the sudden passing of our colleague and friend, ...