Jeffrey Epstein's personal bodyguard was once a UFC fighter. Igor Zinoviev, a Russian-born sambo and judo practitioner, spent years at Epstein's side before ...

Instead of sitting around and waiting for his eventual title fight against Sean O’Malley to finally be booked, Merab Dvalishvili is keeping himself active, and even winning gold medals at Combat Sambo ...

Craig Jones thinks Alexander Volkanovski puts an end to Sambo at UFC 294. Volkanovski (26-2 MMA, 13-1 UFC) will step in on less than two weeks’ notice to rematch lightweight champion Islam Makhachev ...

Ikram Aliskerov called out Bo Nickal for his next fight, after knocking out Phil Hawes at UFC 288 on May 8. The Dagestani martial artist responded to comments made by Nickal, where the American ...

Over three days of intense competition, medals were awarded across seven weight categories and three age divisions. The tournament saw a mix of experienced fighters and new talent. Among the ...

Valentin Moldavsky seconds Khabib Nurmagomedov’s past claim that combat sambo is a better base for mixed martial arts than Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Advertisement Moldavsky (12-3) is scheduled to headline ...

UFC 322 was yet another card for the books! Islam Makhachev vs. Jack Della Maddalena fight played out exactly as most expected, with the Dagestani sambo specialist dominating the Aussie on the ground ...

FIAS President Vasily Shestakov told Russia's official news agency TASS that there are plans to put such a system in place. "There are such thoughts and ideas," he said. "We have created the Combat ...