It's kind of hard to believe, but Valentina Shevchenko has never been MMA Junkie's Female Fighter of the Year – until now. For a dominant UFC champion who racked up seven women's flyweight title ...
How do the best mixed martial artists on the planet measure up against each other, regardless of division? That's the question our USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie women's pound-for-pound rankings aims to ...
Valentina Shevchenko may be one of the top female UFC fighters of all time but MMA is not the only sport she excels in. The two-time UFC Women’s Flyweight champion is the #1 pound-for-pound female ...
There’s ample evidence this week that female participation in mixed-martial arts – “ultimate fighting” – is on the rise. For one thing, the 20th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” on Fox Sports 1 ...
One of the biggest fights in women’s MMA history is set to take place this weekend at UFC 322. A dream clash between Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang Weili will serve as the co-main event on Saturday ...
Din Thomas thinks something has been missing from women's MMA in recent years, and he hopes it can come back as big fights loom on the horizon. It's now been more than a dozen years since UFC 157 in ...
In India, women’s sport often struggles for attention unless it fits into familiar categories. Cricket, badminton and athletics have found space in the public imagination but disciplines like mixed ...