Lightweight brawler Jorge Masvidal is the latest fighter to join the ranks of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which is scheduled to premiere in April on ESPN Deportes. Masvidal is a heavy-handed striker that trains out of American Top Team in Florida. The Miami native is 16-3 during a pro MMA career that began in 2003. He has competed for major promotions... 

Bellator Fighting Championships has reportedly secured a television deal with ESPN’s Spanish-speaking channel, ESPN Deportes, to broadcast an MMA program in 2009. The Communications Manager for ESPN Deportes, Santa Brito, confirmed today that the channel was in the early stages of development for MMA programming in 2009. This news comes via a report at... 

Sherdog’s Executive Editor Josh Gross is reporting that the World Cagefighting Organization card, set to take place in San Diego this evening, has been cancelled by the California State Athletic Commission. Problems arose Friday evening after the CSAC learned that funding had not been secured to pay the athletes who were to compete on the card. “At... 

MMAWeekly is reporting that legendary kickboxing champion Rick “The Jet” Roufus has not undergone a requisite skills evaluation and will therefore not face former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Kerr tomorrow night at the World Cagefighting Organization/Valor Fighting event in San Diego. Roufus has met all of his licensing requirements, but because... 

Valor Fighting and Primal MMA will be co-promoting the fledgling World Cagefighting Organization’s January 12 card at the San Diego Sports Arena, and have put together a pretty good-looking line-up. Fighting in the main event will be light heavyweights Renato “Babalu” Sobral and Vernon “Tiger” White. Since his ugly UFC 74 submission win over David...