The Fighting Nerds were MMA Junkie's 2024 Gym of the Year. As 2025 comes to a close, however, the team is in its worst moment yet. It was a September to forget for the Brazil-based team, with Caio ...

Mairon Santos has joined one of the most popular and up-and-coming gyms in MMA. Ahead of his featherweight matchup against Muhammad Naimov (13-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) at UFC 323 on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas, Santos ...

One of the most prominent MMA teams will need another pair of glasses. September was a difficult month for the Fighting Nerds, a Brazilian group that rose to prominence with unbeaten starts in the UFC ...

The fact that Jean Silva was invited to attend UFC London was viewed by some as a way to pressure Movsar Evloev and Lerone ...

Learn from defeats and keep the Fighting Nerds united. That's the main focus of head coach Pablo Sucupira. With four elite members of the team in or around the rankings in the Ultimate Fighting ...

Mauricio Ruffy won’t be backed by the Fighting Nerds when he steps back into the octagon in Australia, but he insists he’s still part of the team. Last year, it felt like everything was clicking for ...

Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Mauricio Ruffy wants to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture...and punch them. Ruffy is one of four main athletes to proudly ...

The Fighting Nerds used to feel unstoppable. With a strong team identity and a loud brand, this set of Brazilians carried themselves as if they were immune to momentum shifts. However, by 2025, this ...

Alright, we have a contender at 185 pounds, Cabarala on this card, we have Ra Raul Rosas Junior, who, he was signed to the UFC when he was 17 years old. So I was just talking to him and I was asking ...

The UFC is back home in "Sin City" for UFC 326, its third numbered event of the calendar year – and no longer on pay-per-view at the start of the Paramount+ era. The popular "Embedded" fight week ...