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The Ultimate Fighting Championship continues to add bouts to its spring schedule, as the promotion’s announced that Misha Cirkunov is going to face fellow light-heavyweight contender Ovince Saint Preux next.

The fighters are going to battle at … Read More

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Recently there’s been speculation that a fight between Jon Jones and Anthony Smith was going to materialize, following UFC 232, and now it’s being reported the match-up is planned for UFC 235.

UFC President Dana White has … Read More

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After submitting Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Moncton on Saturday night, Anthony Smith had a message for potential challengers, who might call him out in the coming days.

Smith (31-13) defeated Oezdemir in the third round of their … Read More

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Here are the weigh-in results for Saturday’s UFC Moncton card.

All of the fighters hit their marks, except for Michael Johnson, who came in one pound over for his bout with Artem Lobov.

Main Card (FS1, 10 … Read More

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Following Zubaira Tukhugov’s reported involvement in the post-fight brawl at UFC  229, it appears as though Michael Johnson will likely replace the featherweight and face Artem Lobov on October 27th.

Tukhugov is a teammate of Khabib Nurmagmedov, … Read More

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Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are going to fight on October 6th, and recently the UFC announced that the star’s teammates, Artem Lobov and Zubaira Tukhugov  will battle October 27th.

The bout will be part of UFC … Read More

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Alexander Gustafsson’s team relayed that a “minor injury” pulled the fighter from UFC 227, but Dana White’s reporting that’s not the case.

The Swedish light-heavyweight was scheduled to fight Volkan Oezdemir at the August 4th card, but … Read More

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It remains to be see what’s next for Anthony Smith in his light-heavyweight run, but the former middleweight has named Jimi Manuwa as a possible opponent.

Smith quickly finished former champ “Shogun” Rua at UFC FN 134 … Read More

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Following the news that Alexander Gustafsson has withdrawn from next month’s UFC 227 card, Daniel Cormier was quick to criticize the light-heavyweight contender, and “The Mauler’s” team has responded.

Gustafsson was supposed to fight Volkan Oezdemir on … Read More

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Stipe Miocic turned to his wrestling to score a decision win over Francis Ngannou in January, but Daniel Cormier says if it had been him in that position, he would have finished the feared slugger.

Cormier is … Read More

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Shortly before Stipe Miocic halted the meteoric rise of Francis Ngannou, the heavyweight champ says the UFC approached him about fighting Daniel Cormier this summer.

Miocic battle Ngannou at UFC 220 in January, and proceeded to defeat … Read More

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Stipe Miocic has let it be known in the past that he wasn’t happy with his contract, or how the UFC was promoting him, but it looks like all those issues are settled.

Last year, Miocic sat … Read More

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Last month’s UFC 220 card in Boston featured two title fights, and it looks like the January 20th event pulled decent, but somewhat underwhelming, pay-per-view numbers.

The event saw heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic worked his way to … Read More

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The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation has released the payroll figures for UFC 220, and heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic lead the way.

According to the numbers that were disclosed to the department, by the … Read More

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Dana White relayed after UFC 220 that he wanted to book a bout between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier, and now the promotion’s announced the two will fight on July 7th, at UFC 226.

The bout will … Read More

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Daniel Cormier remains one of the top, most complete fighters in all of MMA, but the UFC’s light-heavyweight champ insists his career will not extend beyond, March, 2019.

Cormier took on Volkan Oezdemir this past weekend at … Read More

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Since Daniel Cormier has fought at heavyweight in the past, and due to the challenges he endures to make 205, talk about the champion moving up a weight class has been making the rounds. But, following Cormier’s … Read More

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Here are the results from UFC 220, which saw heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic and light-heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier defend their titles.

UFC 220 took place at the T-Garden Arena in Boston.

Stipe Miocic def. Francis Ngannou via … Read More

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All of the competitors scheduled for UFC 220 tomorrow in Boston have weighed in this morning, and both of the card’s title fights are official.

In the main event, heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will battle rising star, … Read More

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Following Khabib Nurmagomedov’s win over Edson Barboza at UFC 219, there’s renewed discussion about the lightweight fighting Conor McGregor, and Daniel Cormier’s weighed-in on the subject.

Nurmagomedov used his wrestling and grappling to score a one sided, … Read More