WHAT WE’RE WATCHING The Smashing Machine — a takedown of sporting movie tropes 4 min 1 By Noelle Adams
BEST OF THE BAY Gqeberha MMA fighter ‘Shorty’ Biko builds a better life, one bout at a time 4 min 0 By Riaan Marais
A WRESTED DEVELOPMENT Dricus du Plessis loses UFC middleweight belt to powerful Khamzat Chimaev 3 min 1 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
CHICAGO SHOWDOWN Stillknocks vs the Russian machine — Chimaev has point to prove against unbeatable Du Plessis 5 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
FIGHTING CHANCE Professional Fighters League aims to make MMA ‘the second sport of Africa’ as fandom surges 5 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
BLOCKBUSTER EVENT Unprecedented MMA action as PFL Africa hosts elite fighters in Cape Town’s Grand Arena 3 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
GOAT AMBITION UFC champ Dricus du Plessis aims even higher — ‘I want to be the greatest to ever do this’ 4 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
TRADING BARBS Strickland begins psychological warfare with Du Plessis as title fight beckons 4 min 2 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR RUNNERS-UP Pieter-Steph du Toit and Dricus du Plessis push themselves to the top of their games 2 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
WORDS ON THE STREET Battle rapper Tee Starz’s verbal war is pure musical mixed martial arts 4 min 0 By Mick Raubenheimer
THE STILLKNOCKS FACTOR Dricus du Plessis sparks explosion in MMA popularity as he blazes a trail for future South African stars 5 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Dricus du Plessis eyes history as South Africa’s first UFC champion 4 min 3 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Dricus du Plessis’s fight to bring the belt back home 6 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
‘UNDERDOG’ BITES BACK Adesanya seeks his ‘8 Mile’ moment at UFC 287 against middleweight champion Pereira 4 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
DONNERED IN THE DESERT Dricus du Plessis hammers his way up UFC rankings – and now ‘I’m coming for the No 1 spot’ 4 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
COMBAT SPORT How the Ultimate Fighting Championship went from being banned to the world's biggest pay-per-view event 6 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis is ready for UFC 276 bout 3 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis victorious against Brad Tavares in UFC 276 bloodbath 3 min 1 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
BUSINESS MAVERICK 168 Mixed martial arts company won’t go down without a fight in battle with South African media firm 4 min 4 By Unknown Author
