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Check out this week's "Spinning Back Clique," MMA Junkie's weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week's panel of Brian "Goze" Garcia, Mike Bohn and Danny S

UFC CEO Dana White fully supports Dominick Cruz's decision to retire from MMA. Former UFC and WEC champion Cruz (24-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) was scheduled to compete in his final fight on Feb. 22 against Rob Font, but sustained another serious shoulder injury that forced hi

At this stage of his career, it's not likely Sean Strickland will head back to welterweight. But if he does ... UFC 170-pound champion Belal Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC), it's safe to say, is no fan of Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC), who Saturday was dominated…

Dricus Du Plessis thinks he has a good idea what the UFC will do with Sean Strickland after he fell short in their rematch. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) failed to recapture the middleweight title from Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) on Saturday with a unanimous decis

(ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard's Shoes: What's next for Dricus Du Plessis after UFC 312 title defense?) Sean Strickland spent the past 13 months claiming he was "robbed" in his first fight with Dricus Du Plessis and their UFC 312 rematch would be d

If time permits, the MMA world might get tio witness a clash between all-time greats Zhang Weili and Valentina Shevchenko. Weili (26-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC), champion of the UFC women's strawweight division, is interested in going up a weight class and challenging Shevchenko for…

The UFC made its return to Australia on Saturday with UFC 312, which went down at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney and saw two champions retain their titles.

(ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard's Shoes: What's next for Sean Strickland after bloody UFC 312 loss?) Dricus Du Plessis made it 2-0 in head-to-head competition when he successfully defended his middleweight title in Saturday's

Sean Strickland's unanimous decision loss to Dricus Du Plessis in their UFC 312 middleweight title rematch at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney proved to be one of the bloodiest fights of his career. (Fight and venue photos by UFC, Getty Images, Reuters)

What mattered most at UFC 312 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney? Here are a few post-fight musings …

Din Thomas has seen enough out of Sean Strickland after UFC 312 to vocalize frustrations about his fighting style. Prior to his unanimous decision loss to Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in Saturday's middleweight title rematch, Strickland (29-

Dricus Du Plessis wants a champion vs. champion super fight against Alex Pereira. However, he first has some things to take care of. Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) has been clear about wanting to move up to light heavyweight and challenge "Poatan" for his title, but he wants…

As the blood sprayed out of Sean Strickland's nose and all over his chest and the fight surface, UFC CEO Dana White realized something from cageside. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) lost the UFC 312 main event to Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC), who

The rumors are true: the UFC is headed back to South Florida. UFC 314 will take place April 12 at Kaseya Center in Miami, the promotion officially announced during Saturday's UFC 312 broadcast. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami and Kaseya Center hav

Fighters from Saturday's UFC 312 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $254,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces…