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Paulo Henrique Costa, or “Borrachinha”, has confirmed he’ll no longer fight Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 128 due to injury.

The promising fighter recently confirmed via Instagram that a biceps injury has forced him to drop… Read More

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The UFC has announced that Garreth McLellan will take on newcomer Paulo Henrique Costa at its March 11th card in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Initially, it was announced that Costa would face Alex Nicholson; however, the reason for the… Read More

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Not only is Luke Rockhold intent on fighting again, it looks like he’ll do so, outside of the UFC.

The former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champ announced last August that he was hanging up the gloves, after… Read More

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Main Card:

Leon Edwards def. Kamaru Usman via knockout (head kick) – Round 5, 4:04

Paulo Costa def. Luke Rockhold via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Merab Dvalishvili def. Jose Aldo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)… Read More

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The UFC officially announced Marvin Vettori versus Robert Whittaker is set for their September 3rd event. Bout will be contested at middleweight(185). Location will be at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.

Both fighters are looking to… Read More

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Marvin Vettori has a lot of work to do before he books another fight with Israel Adesanya. But, the middleweight has no doubt he can defeat the reigning champ, despite failing twice before.

Vettori battled Adesanya for… Read More

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Although Kelvin Gastelum has dropped four of his last five bouts, the fighter remains confident he is one of the UFC’s top middleweights.

Gastelum agreed to step up as a replacement for Paulo Costa this past weekend at… Read More

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It hasn’t taken the UFC long to find a new opponent for Robert Whittaker, as it’s being reported Kelvin Gastelum has agreed to fight the former champ, April 17th.

Whittaker was originally scheduled to fight Paulo Costa… Read More

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Kelvin Gastelum understands he recorded a pivotal win at UFC 258. But, the middleweight also believes his winning performance over Ian Heinisch was nothing “special”.

Gastelum was looking to end a three-fight losing skid heading into Saturday’s… Read More

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The expected, champion versus champion fight between Israel Adesanya and Jan Blachowicz has finally been booked, as it’s being reported the fight will take place at UFC 259.

Recently UFC President Dana White confirmed to the promotion’s… Read More

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Recently there’s been no shortage of talk regarding who Israel Adesanya will fight next, and it looks like the star will face new, light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz.

After Adesanya defended the middleweight title at UFC 253… Read More

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Chris Weidman has been trying to make the case that he would pose a serious threat to Israel Adesanya’s reign, and recently the UFC’s middleweight champ fired back.

Recently Weidman argued that Adesanya is “tailor-made” for him… Read More

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Now that Jon Jones is apparently preparing for a run at heavyweight, one would think the odds of him facing middleweight champ Israel Adesanya now have reduced, considerably. But, the stars continue to trade verbal shots.

For… Read More

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Khamzat Chimaev isn’t currently ranked in the top 15 of the UFC’s middleweight division. But that hasn’t stopped the fast-rising star from calling for a bout with middleweight champ, Israel Adesanya.

Since Adesanya stopped Paulo Costa in… Read More

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Saturday’s UFC 253 card will see two championship belts on the line as scheduled, as the fighters for the card’s headliners have made weight.

Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya weighed in at 184 pounds for the main event… Read More

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Chris Weidman knows he has some work to do before he gets a chance to fight Israel Adesanya. But, the former middleweight champ’s confident he has the skill set to hand the star his first MMA defeat.… Read More

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Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones have seemed to have formed quite the rivalry. So much so, “The Last Style Bender” wants to face “Bones”, even if he loses the light-heavyweight belt.

The stars have been feuding since Adesanya… Read More

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Following UFC 248, which saw both Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero land less than 50 strikes each respectively, Dana White blamed the challenger for the disappointing bout.

Romero was extremely tentative throughout much of the bout, and… Read More

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Yoel Romero is going to do his best to knock out Israel Adesanya at UFC 248. But, the perennial middleweight contender’s grateful to the champ for calling him out, and giving him another shot at the 185… Read More

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Since Yoel Romero had trouble making 185 pounds in 2018, and because the powerful wrestler turns 43 in April, there’s been debate about whether he should move to light-heavyweight. But, as Romero gets set to face middleweight… Read More