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By FCF Staff

Justin Gaethje has made it clear that if he isn’t tapped for another shot at the UFC’s lightweight title, chaos could ensue. But, Khabib Nurmagomedov isn’t backing off from pushing for Islam Makhachev’s title shot.

Gaethje is coming… Read More

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Here are the results from UFC 267, which took place today in Abu Dhabi.

In the main event, Glover Teixeira was victorious in his second crack at the UFC’s light heavyweight title, as the 42-year-old submitted Jan… Read More

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The fighters have hit the scales, in advance of UFC 267, and one of the scheduled bouts has been canceled.

The light heavyweight and interim bantamweight title fights are proceeding, as Jan Blachowicz, Glover Teixeira, Petr Yan… Read More

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Here are the results from UFC 266, which took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the thrilling, main event, featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski outscored a game Brian Ortega to receive a unanimous decision… Read More

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Here are the weigh-in results for UFC 266, which will take place Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

In the main event, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will battle Brian Ortega. The co-main will see flyweight… Read More

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Following the news that Dan Hooker was able to secure a visa, just in time for a September 24th fight with Nasrat Haqparast, the latter’s reporting he’s also set.

On Monday, Hooker announced that he had finally received… Read More

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Paul Felder had talked about hanging up the gloves in the past. But, on Saturday’s broadcast for UFC Vegas 27, the lightweight contender announced he is retiring from fighting.

After Felder lost via split decision to Dan… Read More

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Charles Oliveira has done nothing but win since 2017, and Beneil Dariush doesn’t see that changing at UFC 262 next month.

Oliveira is booked to fight former Bellator champ Michael Chandler at the May 15 card, in… Read More

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Charles Oliveira understands that Michael Chandler packs a heavy punch as well as top-tier takedowns. But, the lightweight has no intention of abandoning his pressuring style when he battles Chandler at UFC 262.

After winning eight straight… Read More

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The third fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor hasn’t been finalized yet. But, the UFC is targeting July for what will surely be, a massive bout.

Poirier and McGregor fought for the second time this past… Read More

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After months of speculation regarding the future of the UFC’s lightweight title, it’s been announced the promotion’s planning to have Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler battle for the now, vacated title.

Following Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement in October,… Read More

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Dana White has talked about holding a tournament to help clarify the UFC’s lightweight championship picture, and it looks like Justin Gaethje versus Michael Chandler is in those plans.

Ever since Khabib Nurmagomedov announced he was retiring… Read More

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Following Dustin Poirier’s stoppage win over Conor McGregor last month, the former interim lightweight champ shot down the idea of fighting Michael Chandler next.  Now ‘The Diamond’ is reporting that he would step back to face the… Read More

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Michael Chandler made the most of his Octagon debut at UFC 257, by quickly finishing Dan Hooker. But, following Dustin Poirier’s electrifying win over Conor McGregor, ‘The Diamond’ dismissed the possibility of fighting Chandler next.

Heading into… Read More

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Here are the results from UFC 257, which saw Dustin Poirier avenge his 2014 loss to Conor McGregor.

Poirier stunned McGregor in the second round with counter punches, and then finished the star with a follow up… Read More

Although Dustin Poirier is widely regarded to be one of the game’s top lightweights, he’s a fair-sized underdog, heading into his rematch with Conor McGregor. 

The first Poirier – McGregor tilt

Poirier and McGregor battled for the first time at… Read More

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The weigh-ins for UFC 257 have finished, and the rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier is all set.

McGregor came in at 155 pounds for the contest and Poirier was 156.

In the co-main event, Michael… Read More

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The UFC has found a top ranked lightweight for Rafael dos Anjos to face this Saturday, on just five days notice, as Paul Felder has agreed to battle the former champ.

Islam Makhachev was initially scheduled to… Read More

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The UFC was working on adding a lightweight fight between former interim champs Tony Ferguson and Dustin Poirier to its October 24th card. But, Poirier is reporting that he will not be facing Ferguson on that date.… Read More

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Dustin Poirier demonstrated once again at UFC Vegas 4 that he’s one of the planet’s best and most exciting lightweights, and his coach Mike Brown believes ‘The Diamond’ deserves to be compensated accordingly.

Poirier faced Dan Hooker… Read More