Jungle Fight Promoter to Stage Brazil’s First All-Female MMA Card Former fighter Wallid Ismail has already brought new levels of exposure to Brazilian MMA with his Jungle Fight promotion, which has exported numerous...

10 January Tussles Worth Watching Considering the UFC’s ambitious schedule and with the Viacom-backed Bellator Fighting Championships set to pick up where it left off, the...

Jungle Fight 33 Putting MMA in God’s City Anyone who saw the acclaimed Brazilian film “City of God” could never have imagined that someday one of the most violent slums in Rio de Janeiro would play host to a mixed martial arts event under the...

Former Title Contender Maia Stresses Strategy Ahead of UFC 136 Demian Maia will take on former Sengoku Raiden Championship middleweight titleholder Jorge Santiago at UFC 136 “Edgar vs. Maynard 3” on...

‘Magrao’ Chokes Rota Cold to Earn First Jungle Fight 185 Title ITU, Brazil -- A master of ground-and-pound and one of Brazil's toughest wrestlers, Marcelo "Magrao" Guimaraes kept his unbeaten record and...

‘Massaranduba’ Nabs 155 Title; Lineker Shines Again at Jungle Fight Saturday night at Jungle Fight 30, inside the Para State University Gymnasium in Belem, the Brasilia native got a second chance to vie for the biggest 155-pound title in Brazil and made good, earning a very...

Drinaldo Scores Brutal KO Over Strikeforce Vet at Jungle Fight 28 RIO DE JANEIRO -- As Jungle Fight 28 unfolded on Saturday at the Flamengo Rowing Club in Rio de Janeiro, Francisco “Massaranduba” Drinaldo knocked out Strikeforce veteran...

155-Pound Prospects ‘Massaranduba,’ Burnsed Top Jungle Fight 28 The 28th iteration of leading Brazilian event Jungle Fight is set to be headlined by a clash of once-beaten lightweight prospects Francisco “Massaranduba” Drinaldo and...

Martins Takes LW Title, Lineker Crushes Again at Jungle Fight 27 BRASILIA, Brazil -- The 51st anniversary of Brasilia couldn’t have been celebrated in a more Brazilian way: just fewer than 8,000 people filled Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in the nation’s capital, free of charge, to see the...

Injured Thiago Withdraws from UFC Live 3 An elbow injury has forced Brazilian Paulo Thiago to withdraw from his scheduled welterweight showdown with the once-beaten Johny Hendricks at...