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Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker couldn't help but laugh when assessing UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. The former rivals formed an unlikely duo when they recently spent time training together at Adesanya's gym, City Kickboxing, in New Zealand. Both…

Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen will go from friends to rival coaches on the newest season of "The Ultimate Fighter." Cormier and Sonnen will coach "TUF 33," which debuts May 27. Both UFC Hall of Famers have coached the competition twice before but will now go…

Merab Dvalishvili is one title defense in and yet, it looks like he's basically cleaned out the bantamweight division. Against the odds, Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC), who came in as the underdog, proved doubters wrong this past Saturday by outpointing Umar Nurm

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Ibragim Ibragimov is another undefeated prospect who is paying major credit to Khabib Nurmagomedov for his current career success. Ibragimov (8-0) is an undefeated featherweight who looks to add another winning result to his record on Saturday when he takes on…

Javier Mendez revealed that Umar Nurmagomedov hid his broken hand from the team at UFC 311. Nurmagomedov broke his hand in Round 1 of his title fight against bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili on Saturday at UFC 311 from at Intuit Dome in Inglewood,…

Henry Cejudo has often touted himself as the greatest combat sports athlete of all time given his accolades as both a former UFC two-division champion and Olympic gold medalist wrestler, but he's willing to concede one title to Merab Dvalishvili. Dvalishvili showed why…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Tagir Ulanbekov beat Clayton Carpenter with a unanimous decision Saturday to open the preliminary card at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Take a look inside the fight with Ulanbekov, who fought for the first time since…

Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor the MMA industry has thrived and survived throug

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Azamat Bekoev beat Zach Reese with a first-round knockout Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Take a look inside the fight with Bekoev, who won his UFC debut on less than a week's notice when he…

UFC 311 didn't go Jamahal Hill's way, but he feels richer for the experience. This past Saturday, Hill engaged in a war with fellow former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka that nearly went the distance before Prochazka earned a TKO win with

Paddy Pimblett was angered by Renato Moicano's loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 311. Moicano (20-6-1 MMA, 12-6 UFC) was quickly submitted by lightweight champion Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) in Saturday's main event at Intuit Dome. Pimblett, who was previously angl

Islam Makhachev has broken the record for most consecutive title defenses in the UFC lightweight division. Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) notched his fourth title defense this past Saturday, quickly submitting veteran Renato Moicano in the main event of UFC 311 in

Merab Dvalishvili didn't lie when he said he was compromised going into his successful UFC 311 bantamweight title defense against Umar Nurmagomedov. Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) sustained multiple gashes to his right leg after colliding with a set of stairs ahe

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Bernardo Sopaj beat Ricky Turcios with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Take a look inside the fight with Sopaj, who was supposed to fight Turcios this past November…