Founded in 2001, the site is notable for its breaking news coverage, podcast series, and The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani.

MMAFighting.com was launched by Ray Hui in 2001, initially as an Angelfire site.

[4] In 2011, it was sold to their current owners, Vox Media, where they now are a part of SB Nation.

[5] A 2 million unique users per month website reported in 2011,[6] and currently the #3 most popular MMA media & news website worldwide according to Alexa Internet.

[9] MMA Fighting hosts The MMA Hour, a twice-weekly show hosted by Ariel Helwani, that features interviews with various names in mixed martial arts, including fighters, promoters, agents, coaches, and journalists.