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Promising featherweights that have recently run into setbacks face off in this one as Sean Woodson and Youssef Zalal share the Octagon on Saturday night. A member of the Contender Series Class of ’19, Woodson won his promotional debut against Kyle Bochniak less than three months after earning his contract but faded hard and was ultimately

UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to have this opportunity? Gore: I don’t really like to call it an opportunity. Opportunity sounds like a place where you can lose or are only there for a minute. This is mine. I’m ready.   UFC: What do you bring

“If you’re with me — you’re sweating with me, you’re bleeding with me — I’m with you, and you’re my family. I’m going to treat you as so. If you’re my people, I ride for my people.” Growing up with The Ultimate Fighter on his own television, Ortega said he’s always admired the chance the

After defending his belt for the first time in a rematch against Max Holloway, the opportunity to build some more excitement and anticipation for his bout against Ortega appealed to the Australian. As far as how Volkanovski is approaching his role as coach, it’s as methodical and refined as you’d expect from the champ. “I

UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to be here? Turcios: It feels really cool. It feels badass. It feels awesome to be here fighting, on this show and on this stage. I feel blessed and thankful for this moment. It feels pretty freaking awesome. UFC: What is

UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to be here? Sholinian: I’m so excited, of course. A couple of years ago I couldn’t even think about The Ultimate Fighter. Five years ago, I watched the show for fun. I’m the first fighter from Ukraine in Ultimate Fighter history.

UFC: How does it feel to have the opportunity to be on The Ultimate Fighter? Battle: There’s really not many things cooler than this. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, being on the show, having your weight class and being picked. I’m very happy and grateful to be here. UFC: What is your fighting style? Battle:

UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to have this opportunity? Argueta: It’s really special. I feel honored. I’m one of the lucky ones. I waited my turn and I put in the hard work to cut the line. I needed to get ahead. I started at an

UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to be here? Raposo: It’s honestly a trip. I’ve been watching this show since I was a little kid and I used to joke with my friends that maybe one day I would be on it. To actually be on it

UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! What does it mean for you to be here? Lachinov: It means everything. It’s the most excitement you can have in the world and it’s one of the best feelings being a fighter. I can’t even put it into words UFC: What makes you an

UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to be here and to be part of this season? Petroski: I’m at a stage of my career where this is my shot. Not to say that I don’t have a lot to learn, but this is definitely my opportunity. Everything,

The wins are there and the names are there, but Roberts’ intuition tells him it’s better to attack a fighting style change early instead of late. If all else fails and Roberts needs to pivot back, he’s only 25 years old and yet to even enter his fighting prime, despite all his opponents being in

UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! You’re the third Urbina brother to be on the show. What does that feel like? Urbina: Following them and having older brothers that were doing great things kind of had me under looked, not overlooked. I’m excited to be the third Urbina brother on the

After Matt makes sure Jim didn’t have more fun with guest co-hosts Forrest Griffin and Phoenix Carnevale, UFC flyweight Andrea Lee joins the show. She shares why she believes having a crowd when facing Antonina Shevchenko at UFC 262 helped her win the fight, what it’s like to put the roof back on your Jeep

Those who follow fighting closely enough know how bright Allen’s future appears. He is technically proficient everywhere in his fight, but his offensive and defensive striking ability really showed up against Yusuff. That said, Allen knows he hasn’t yet shed that “dark horse” status in the division just yet on a grand scale. However, he

In his first UFC main event, Rob Font came up big, as he defeated former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt via five-round unanimous decision, guaranteeing that the New Englander will be a prominent name in the 135-pound title conversation. Scores were 48-47, 50-45 and 50-45 for the No.3-ranked Font, now 19-4. The No.4-ranked Garbrandt falls to 12-4. Garbrandt

UFC is set to deliver another entertaining card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, headlined by a bantamweight bout all but guaranteed to deliver action as No. 3 ranked contender Rob Font takes on former champion and No. 4 Cody Garbrandt. Also on the card, top five women’s strawweights collide with title aspirations on the line as No.

“It was rough, probably one of the hardest things I’ve done in a while, but it was one of those things where I tried to make the best of it,” he said. “It was definitely hard watching everybody fight, knowing I could beat these guys, and seeing the division move on and I’m sitting here