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Due to injury, Giga Chikadze has been removed from his featherweight bout with Sodiq Yusuff. As a result, Yusuff will now face UFC newcomer Don Shainis on UFC Fight Night: DERN vs XIAONAN on October 1. Shainis makes his UFC debut riding a five-fight win streak, with his last three victories coming via first-round KO.

When you speak to Sandhagen about fighting, the words “beauty” and “creativity” are bound to come up more than a few times. To Sandhagen, mixed martial arts is as much a vessel for self-discovery and expression as any other creative art. Often while he watches fights, Sandhagen usually shuffles them into the categories of: “beautiful,

For 15 minutes, the two men battled it out, Collier frequently being the one initiating the engagements and appearing to get the better of the exchanges, while Arlovski was content to look for counters and complain to the referee about the two men frequently clashing heads as they looked to exchange. “That really pissed me

“That Chad Anheliger would have said the same thing,” said the Canadian veteran when we spoke ahead of this weekend’s clash. “He expected the same thing.” Some will say there is no way that is true or that Anheliger is playing the results; reframing how he felt at the time now that he knows things

“I did almost get to France,” he laughs. “We’ll have to wait until next time, I guess.” Welcome to the fight game, a place the Missouri welterweight is quite used to after 19 amateur and seven pro bouts, so when a September 3 fight in France against Cedric Doumbe turned into a September 10 fight

In a historic whirlwind turn of events, UFC 279 is set to now feature fan favorites Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson in his return to the welterweight division in the main event. The co-main event will now be contested as a five-round catchweight bout between Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland. Welterweights Li Jingliang and Daniel

“The Mongolian Knight,” Alatengheili, impressed in shutting out game Canadian Chad Anheliger over three rounds. Scores in the bantamweight bout were 30-27 across the board for Alatengheili, now 16-8-2. Anheliger falls to 12-6. After getting stung early, Anheliger got rocked midway through the round by a left hand from Alatengheili. Anheliger fired back with both

“I called for this guy, I called for that guy, I was trying to fight everybody the whole time and get the show on the road,” said Diaz. “And they offered me him, but Khamzat is a new guy who’s new on the scene, and obviously a problem and obviously a hard fighter for anybody

EARLY PRELIMS Women’s Featherweight Bout: Norma Dumont (146) vs Danyelle Wolf (146) Bantamweight Bout: Chad Anheliger (135.5) vs Alatengheili (135) Fight By Fight Preview | UFC 279: Diaz vs Ferguson Women’s Strawweight Bout: Melissa Martinez (113.5) vs Elise Reed (115.5) Welterweight Bout: Darian Weeks (170.5) vs Yohan Lainesse (171) *Khamzat Chimaev weighed 7.5 lbs over the

Not a soul in T-Mobile Arena stayed seated when Aldana finished Kunitskaya. That moment has been on Aldana’s mind during her training camp for UFC 279, where she will face rising contender Macy Chiasson. Not too long ago, Aldana, who sports the No. 4 ranking next to her name, was in a similar position as

“I feel like I have such a high level of skill,” Dawodu said. “I honestly feel like I’m one of the best fighters in the UFC. I feel like I’m the best fighter, I’ve just been plagued by a couple of injuries. This fight camp has been all about staying healthy and preventing injuries. Of

The 155-pounders were swinging hard from the start, with Bonfim’s leg kicks and body shots getting Abassov almost immediately. Midway through the opening round, a right hand upstairs stunned Abassov and a left sat him down, but he got up immediately and used his grappling attack to buy some time and clear his head. Once

UFC 279: CHIMAEV vs DIAZ Updates Due to a visa issues, Shamil Abdurakhimov has been removed from his light heavyweight bout against Jailton Almeida. Replacing Abdurakhimov will be undefeated Dana White’s Contender Series veteran Anton Turkalj. As a result, this bout will now take place at a catchweight of 220 pounds. UFC 279: CHIMAEV vs

UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and IRL (“in real life”), the leading group messaging social network app aimed at bringing people together through authentically shared online and offline experiences, today announced a first-of-its-kind, global partnership that unites both athletes and fans through live group messaging leading up to and during   UFC’s biggest

Lawson’s emergence and re-introduction to the world has given Penn State wrestling fans the excitement of seeing a long, lost cousin unexpectedly re-appear in a Hollywood blockbuster. He’s gone from a football player who never panned out to a wrestler who was comfortable living in the shadow of some of the pillars of the sport

Hakeem Dawodu vs Julian Erosa Fixtures in the featherweight division Hakeem Dawodu and Julian Erosa close out the preliminary slate on Saturday in what should be an entertaining clash from start to finish. Dawodu has been on the cusp of breaking into the rankings for the last couple of years, but has never quite gotten

The Stockton-based welterweight out-struck his opponents 112-1, pitching three consecutive shutouts after allowing Phillips to catch him with a single strike in his promotional debut. For good measure, he added in four takedowns, five submission attempts, and one knockdown, which was actually a knockout. He spent less than 13 minutes in the Octagon in his

MAIN CARD Main Event – Heavyweight Bout: Ciryl Gane (247) vs Tai Tuivasa (266) Co-Main Event – Middleweight Bout: Robert Whittaker (186) vs Marvin Vettori (186) Fight By Fight Preview | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs Tuivasa Middleweight Bout: Alessio Di Chirico (186) vs Roman Kopylov (186) Lightweight Bout: John Makdessi (154.5) vs Nasrat Haqparast (155) Featherweight