The Global Fight League is preparing to launch with back-to-back events on May 24 and 25, 2025, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Meant to ...

Frank Mir has experienced a fair share of injuries during his fighting career. But one in particular could have been his worst nightmare if it had come true. Mir is one of the most accomplished ...

That’s because early Monday morning, Mir revealed on Instagram that he recently “underwent an emergency spinal fusion and laminectomy of (his) entire thoracic spine.” According to Johns Hopkins ...

Fabricio Werdum is out of the 2025 GFL season. GFL announced the former UFC heavyweight champion is no longer competing “due ...

Werdum won the UFC heavyweight title in June 2015 in a title unification bout with Cain Velasquez, but he lost it to Stipe Miocic in his first attempted defense. His last standard rules MMA fight was ...

News of Werdum’s retirement comes nearly four years removed from his final, traditional MMA fight. In 2021, Werdum fought ...

The 47-year-old announced his withdrawal from GFL’s inaugural season yesterday after his upcoming fight was torpedoed a couple of weeks ago. “Frank Mir was a fight that motivated me to return.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has announced that he will not participate in the GFL after his opponent, Frank Mir, withdrew from their match due to health issues.

One of the first matchups that was announced to be taking place in GFL would’ve seen two former top heavyweights meet for the first time. Fabricio Werdum and Frank Mir are two of the greatest ...

UFC and Bellator veteran Frank Mir's comeback with the GFL has been put on hold. That's because early Monday morning, Mir ...

GFL announced the former UFC heavyweight champion ... that he didn’t feel motivated to go on with the plan following Frank Mir’s recent withdrawal from their expected matchup.