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Sam Slater’s recent performance at Shinobi War 11, a show which was wonderfully subtitled ‘Winter Warfare’, has earned the young SBG Ireland amateur plaudits from former King of Pancrase, ex-UFC heavyweight champion, legendary MMA broadcaster, and the world’s premier online self-defence instructor, Bas Rutten. Slater needed just 77 seconds to account for Englishman David Jenkins, whom he dropped with a …

Undefeated SBG Ireland middleweight prospect Will Fleury will return to South Africa next month, as he has been added to the EFC Worldwide 66 card scheduled for December 16th in Pretoria. Several months ago, Fleury flew out to Johannesburg to compete against nine other unbeaten prospects from around the world for an EFC contract and a shot at the promotion’s …

Undefeated SBG Ireland middleweight prospect Will Fleury has provided further details about his experiences during filming for ‘The Fighter’ and the serious injustice that ended his competitive interest on the EFC reality show. Fleury, who was 7-0 as an amateur and is 2-0 as a professional, flew out to Johannesburg a couple of months ago to compete against a host of …

As one of the most highly rated middleweight prospects in Ireland, SBG’s Will Fleury headed to South Africa recently to take part in an Ultimate Fighter style reality show titled ‘The Fighter’.  As one of ten undefeated contenders from around the world, Fleury was hoping to make a serious statement in South Africa and was certain that he was the …

Ireland's Danni Neilan fell just short in the women's flyweight final at the IMMAF World Championships on Saturday.

Colby Covington had some choice words for the SBG Ireland team on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour.

Artem Lobov will fight again on October 21st in Gdansk, Poland at the Ergo Arena at UFC Fight Night 118.  Lobov will be up against Andre Fili in a featherweight bout, it has been announced. Now that's a fun fight! @RusHammerMMA vs. @TouchyFili on deck for #UFCGdansk! ? https://t.co/4pemQt78I6 pic.twitter.com/5lhO2My2rc — UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) August 18, 2017 Fili fights out …

Incredible footage of John Kavanagh during his fighting days has just emerged… To those outside of Ireland, John Kavanagh is most widely known as Conor McGregor’s coach. However, in his home country, Kavanagh is not only known as the founder and head of SBG, he is often referred to as “The Godfather” of mixed martial arts. Kavanagh was the first …

While Saturday was a disappointing day for one of SBG Ireland’s foreign-born fighters, it proved a pretty successful day for another. Before ‘The Russian Hammer’ Artem Lobov lost to Cub Swanson in a cracking scrap at UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville, Tennessee, Croatian-born SBG lightweight Luka Jelčić was in action on a Final Fight Championship card in Slovenia. Jelčić claimed the …

John Phillips’ tireless social media campaign has apparently paid dividends, as the Dublin-based Welshman has signed with the UFC. The 31-year-old had been hounding UFC president Dana White and the promotion’s matchmakers on Twitter in recent weeks, tagging them in a variety of humorous posts, from pictures to videos. @UFC @danawhite ??? pic.twitter.com/ZfPsRjpAq8 — John phillips (@JohnPhillipsmma) November 25, 2016 …

James Gallagher is undoubtedly SBG Ireland’s most heralded young prospect, the man fancied to follow in Conor McGregor’s footsteps to superstardom, and the BAMMA/Bellator event at Dublin’s 3Arena on Friday night was his show – even with North American giant Bellator bringing one of their most recognisable international stars, ‘King Mo’ Lawal, to the Irish capital. However, the co-promotional event …

Following on from their massive success at the IMMAF World Championships back in July, from which they took home one gold, two silver and three bronze medals, Team Ireland had a another strong showing at the second ever IMMAF European Open Championships in Prague this week. Though they couldn’t quite match the six-medal haul that saw Ireland top the international …

Last month the UFC announced the signing of Conor McGregor’s SBG Ireland teammate Charlie Ward and revealed that the welterweight would make his debut at UFC Fight Night 102 in Albany, New York in December. With UFC Fight Night 99 set to take place in Belfast on November 19th, it seemed like a slightly strange decision to place the Irish …

The phrase ‘nothing was left to chance’ is something of a cliche but it’s becoming more and more apparent with each passing day just how appropriate it is to use that expression when describing Conor McGregor’s preparations ahead of his rematch with Nate Diaz at UFC 202. By now, almost three months on from McGregor’s redemptive majority decision victory, we …

“I think the facts stack up pretty well for me.” Will Fleury wants MMA fans and promoters to know a few things. “I was 7-0 as an amateur and I’m 1-0 as a pro,” the Tipperary middleweight recently told Pundit Arena. “I’ve dominated every fight that I’ve ever been in. I have six finishes in eight fights. I’ve barely even …

Conor McGregor hammered Nate Diaz with powerful left-hands from a variety of angles during the early stages of their welterweight bout at UFC 196, painting a violent claret picture across his face, but the Stockton native did not wilt. For a puncher of McGregor’s potency, this must have been a confusing nightmare and it became even more harrowing as the …