By Mike Heck An exciting bantamweight showdown looks to be heading to the Great White North and will feature a hometown fighter.

It’s not uncommon for fighters to have a little gap between the end of their amateur career and the beginning of their professional career—a little time to figure out the when and the where in order to be as successful as possible. Plus, some like to shore up the gaps in their skill sets and get familiar with the often different rule sets which, depending on the state, can include different padding, round lengths, and illegal strikes. 

Mixed martial arts is a rapidly evolving sport with an unbelievably high rate of turnover. Today’s stars will soon be yesterday’s, and tomorrow’s will soon be today’s. At FloCombat, we’re committed to showcasing some of the best young talents the sport has to offer. We want to introduce you to the next wave of MMA superstars — which we've done with names such as Deron Winn, Luis Pena, Manny Bermudez and countless others over the years of streaming live events from across the U.S. 

If Aljamain Sterling wants a fight with the winner of Saturday’s UFC 238 main event between Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes, he knows he needs to first defeat Pedro Munhoz—and look good doing it. 

UFC bantamweight Vince Morales isn’t the same fighter he was eight months ago—at all. 

One half of Cage Titan’s electric commentary duo, Richie Santiago is on the verge of UFC notoriety. 

Post-fight bonuses can be life-changing for fighters. It affords some the opportunity to train full-time, others go on big vacations. After his Fight of the Night with Sean O’Malley, Andre Soukhamthath’s life changed too, but more so in the way that he saw things rather than what he did with the money. 

Saturday's UFC 236 card in Atlanta features the debut of FloCombat veteran Randy Costa. The Joe Lauzon underling will be taking on high-action striker Brandon Davis in the opening fight of the night.

Bantamweights Shanna Young (6-1) and Sarah Alpar (8-4) are bound for Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series.

Brian Kelleher will have to wait a little longer to return to the UFC Octagon. Tuesday, the 32-year-old bantamweight was forced to pull out of his UFC Fight Night 150 bout in Ottawa against Mitch Gagnon, FloCombat has learned.

The UFC's flyweight division is dismembered, but Cage Titans' Mitch Raposo doesn't care.

Randy Costa is sending it to the UFC.

With Matt Mitrione’s kick to Sergei Kharitonov’s groin ending Friday night’s Bellator 215 and a lackluster affair between Michael Page and Paul Daley headlining Saturday’s Bellator 216, there weren’t as many highlights to Bellator MMA’s back-to-back as MMA fans expected.

In a total of 69 seconds of professional competition time, Bellator MMA bantamweight Mike Kimbel has made quite the statement.

Friday night could prove life-changing for New England bantamweight John Douma (3-1).