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UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili can't wait to shut down Umar Nurmagomedov's hype. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defends his title against Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) on Jan. 18 in the UFC 311 co-main event from Inglewood, Calif. (

Did you miss the debut of UFC 311 "Countdown" or just want to watch it again? Check out the main event preview now. The segment takes a special look at the lightweight title fight between champion Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) and challenger Arman Tsarukyan

Did you miss the debut of UFC 311 "Countdown" or just want to watch it again? Check out the co-main event preview now. The segment takes a special look at the bantamweight title fight between champion Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and challenger Umar Nurm

(This story was updated to add new information.) The UFC's first pay-per-view of 2025 is set for Saturday just outside Los Angeles. Here's how to watch UFC 311 with the bantamweight and lightweight titles on the line at the top of the card at Intuit Dome in…

Take a look at the 2025 betting upsets in the UFC. For an underdog to be included on this list, the favorite had to be a consensus minimum of -150 across major sportsbooks. That will keep the list from being populated with truly minor upsets from betting lines that…

Umar Nurmagomedov is tasked with being the opener in a month of three major championship fights for his team. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) is set to challenge Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) for the bantamweight title in Saturday's UFC 311 co-main event

LAS VEGAS – Marco Tulio beat Ihor Potieria with a first-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 249 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Tulio, whose UFC debut included 20 percent of Potieria's…

Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov confirmed Sunday he was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight Saturday. Video surfaced Sunday that showed Nurmagomedov sitting in a seat next to a window in a conversation with a crew member. The crew member appears to…

LAS VEGAS – Roman Kopylov doesn't really get all the hubbub. While opponent Chris Curtis and many viewers didn't agree with Mark Smith's stoppage of their fight Saturday at UFC Fight Night 249, Kopylov (13-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) doesn't see the ending as all

Usman Nurmagomedov doesn't think Paul Hughes is a viable threat to his Bellator lightweight title. With Nurmagomedov (18-0) short on fresh contenders, however, he accepts Hughes (13-1) as the challenger to his throne when they meet in the main event of PFL's Road to Du

The UFC's in-cage product got off to a strong start in 2025 on Saturday, with UFC Fight Night 249 seeing nine of 14 fights end inside the distance, inclu

LAS VEGAS – Eleven days into 2025, predictions were already being made that Cesar Almeida's UFC Fight Night 249 finish of Abdul Razak Alhassan could end up on the Knockout of the Year candidates list in a little less than 12 months. Almeida (7-1 MMA,…

Mackenzie Dern holds claim to the first UFC main event win of 2025 after emerging triumphant from her rematch with Amanda Ribas at UFC Fight Night 249. Dern (15-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) avenged the first loss of her career to Ribas (12-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) from O

Abdul Razak Alhassan exited the cage at UFC Fight Night 249 still a bit woozy Saturday after he suffered a scary knockout loss to Cesar Almeida. The knockout sequence, which is already being billed as a potential Knockout of the Year contender just o