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Headlining the fight card is a highly anticipated matchup for the vacant UFC lightweight title between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev, who come into the contest with a combined 21-fight unbeaten run. In the co-main event, bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling defends his title against the former two-time bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw. Don’t Miss A Moment

After taking Johnson to a decision, Mokaev had the entire flyweight top-15 on the tip of his tongue, but finding a fight proved difficult – a reality he found rather annoying. “I need to be the youngest UFC champion,” he said. “I need to fight top 15 guys, and I believe in top 15 guys,

Needless to say, everyone in the gym is pushing each other to be the best version of themselves. “We’re all in the same mindset together,” Muhammad said. “We’re all cutting weight together. You’re not on this lonely road. When we do cardio, we’re jogging together, shoulder to shoulder. We’re pushing each other to go harder.

Matt and Jim are joined by UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! Chandler begins the show sharing his honest thoughts on the state of his brewing rivalry with fellow lightweight title contender Dustin Poirier as the countdown to their meeting at UFC 281 is less than a month away. Order

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“It doesn’t matter who is the champion, who has the belt — just October 22, I’m going to be there, and whoever is in front of me, I’m going to beat this guy, take this belt, and go back home. “I just need this title,” he said sincerely. “I just want this belt because I

The unforgiving fanbase was harsh on Williams, who attempted to smooth things over by admitting his ignorance to the sport. Although he was just asking a question to confirm or reject his assumptions, the diehards swarmed. “Twitter’s Twitter,” Williams explained. “I have, like, 80-something thousand followers on Twitter. If I say something stupid, maybe 20

In the main event, Grasso showed why she belongs in the flyweight Top-5, showcasing her excellent boxing over 25 minutes en route to a Unanimous Decision (50-45, 49-46, 49-46) victory. In the co-main event, Jonathan Martinez earned himself a Performance of the Night bonus, spoiling Cub Swanson’s bantamweight debut with an impressive second round TKO

The UFC returns to Abu Dhabi on October 22 with a UFC 280 card headlined by a clash for the vacant lightweight championship between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev. The former UFC lightweight champion, Brazil’s Oliveira is on a remarkable 11-fight winning streak in one of the sport’s toughest divisions, and after a quartet of

This one didn’t last long at all. After landing on the business end of a first-round finish in his short-notice promotional debut earlier in the year, Rodriguez gave a better showing of himself in Saturday’s opener, running through Jackson in just over 90 seconds. The heavy-handed newcomer backed Jackson into the fence, and when “The

She’ll climb back into the APEX Octagon Saturday with the intent of creating more epic memories when she meets Sam Hughes on the prelims of UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs Araújo. “I didn’t know much about Sam Hughes before this fight, but I knew she fought with my friend Vanessa [Demopoulos, now a UFC fighter]

Following one of the most epic championship fights in UFC history, Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira will run it back on December 10 for the light heavyweight championship of the world at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas at UFC 282. In June, Prochazka and Teixeira battled tooth and nail for over four rounds before the

Despite his lack of experience, Malkoun showed no hesitation in executing his gameplan. Dragging Allen to the mat seven times over the course of the 15-minute bout, Malkoun amassed over seven minutes of control time. This wasn’t enough to impress the judges, however, with all three scoring the bout 29-28 for Allen. No, you never

“I’m a constant overthinker,” he laughs. “I overthink and over analyze everything. But fighting has always been such a weird little blessing for me. It’s the only thing that I’ve never just overthought completely. I can let my brain flow and go. I’ve always been able to trust my instincts in situations and go and

FIGHT PASS’ first live MMA event to be featured in Meta Horizon Worlds will be LFA 144, on Friday, Oct. 14, at 9 p.m. ET, from Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  The main event will feature a bantamweight world title fight between two of the division’s most exciting prospects, as top Tajik prospect

But 2022 has already been a bounce-back year for the Colorado-based “Raw Dawg,” as Royval halted his two-fight skid with a split decision win over Rogerio Bontorin in January and followed it up with a first-round submission finish of Matt Schnell at UFC 274 in May. Known for his all-action style and “devil may care”

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In the main event at UFC 274, former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira challenged Justin Gaethje. Missing weight by less than a pound, Oliveira was stripped of his title and unable to reclaim it with a win. However, that didn’t stop him from putting on an epic performance against “The Highlight.” RELATED: The 10: UFC Lightweight