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LAS VEGAS – Michael Chiesa is putting any dialogue about a potential retirement behind him and setting some lofty goals for himself after UFC 310. After a three-fight losing skid from 2021-2023 that left questions about the state of his career, Chiesa (18-7 MMA,

If it was up to Dricus Du Plessis, he'd be defending his UFC middleweight title against Khamzat Chimaev. Instead, Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) will run things back with Sean Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) in the UFC 312 headliner Feb. 8 at Qudos Bank Arena in…

LAS VEGAS – UFC featherweight contender Josh Emmett hit the reset button on his career and is now ready to get going again. After taking a year away from fighting, Emmett is ready to pick up the gloves once again and start building toward title contention. Emmett,…

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LAS VEGAS – Bryan Battle has missed weight twice in his past five fights, yet he's not concerned about a pattern in the aftermath of his UFC 310 win. Battle (12-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) came in four pounds over the welterweight limit for this past Saturday

Shavkat Rakhmonov emerged from the battle of unbeaten welterweight contender against Ian Machado Garry on Saturday at UFC 310. Rakhmonov (19-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) kept his perfect streak alive at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with a unanimous decision win ov

Is Ilia Topuria about to voluntarily give up the UFC featherweight title? It appears he thinking about it. Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC), who earned his first 145-pound title defense with a knockout of Max Holloway at UFC 308 in October after claiming the

LAS VEGAS – Bryce Mitchell agrees that a fight with Dooho Choi would be a banger. After Choi (16-4-1 MMA, 5-3-1 UFC) finished Nate Landwehr in Saturday's UFC 310 main card opener at T-Mobile Arena, he called out Mitchell for an opportunity to re-enter the feather

LAS VEGAS – Chase Hooper isn't trying to go after the oldest names in the lightweight division, but it could be the way the stars align after UFC 310. Hooper (15-3-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) improved to 4-0 since moving up to 155 pounds from featherweight on Saturday when…

LAS VEGAS – Movsar Evloev won't complain about his long road to a featherweight title shot and is embracing his position more than ever after UFC 310. Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) added the biggest win of his career thus far to his undefeated record on Saturday…

Even though UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili received all the attention, his teammate and friend, Dennis Buzukja, was the one throwing punches with a fan at UFC 310. The incident happened after Aljamain Sterling's unanimous decision loss to Movsar Evloev

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Daniel Cormier wasn't a fan of the in-cage faceoff between Belal Muhammad and Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310. Rakhmonov (16-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) faced off with welterweight champion Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) aft

LAS VEGAS – Vicente Luque is looking at a marquee name or a spot in the rankings after UFC 310. Luque (22-10-1 MMA, 15-6 UFC) needed just 52 second to submit Themba Gorimbo on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. Luque has mixed results as of late but was once on a tear…