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The MMA leader ended their Pay-Per-View era (in the US) with a bang. Seven of the nine prelims fights at UFC 323 ended in a finish, five of which came in the first round. The main card then gave...

In what was the last Pay-Per-View card in the UFC's ESPN broadcasting contract era, UFC 323 boasted a fittingly exciting night of fights. The 14-fight card featured nine finishes with two of those finishes coming on the five-fight main card....

Joshua Van’s coronation as flyweight champion came faster than anyone could have imagined at UFC 323, as Alexandre Pantoja suffered a freak arm injury seconds into the fight, handing Van the belt in a stunning twist. "This whole week it...

Petr Yan reclaimed his place atop the bantamweight division on Saturday night, outdueling Merab Dvalishvili in a gritty five-round battle at UFC 323 to capture the title and silence lingering doubts about his trajectory. "I'm very happy that the belt...

UFC CEO Dana White may be keeping details close to the vest for the promotion’s anticipated White House event in June 2026, but President Donald Trump is doing the opposite, ramping up expectations as the spectacle draws nearer. "We’re going...

Alexandre Pantoja lost his flyweight title at UFC 323, after suffering a horrific arm injury in his co-main event fight with Joshua Van. Pantoja, 35, fell to the canvas after landing a head kick on Van, helped along a little...

UFC CEO and President Dana White isn't going anywhere in the short term. For the past several years, talk has swirled around just when White, 56, might choose to walk away from his position as MMA's most recognizable and successful...

A well-deserved Fight of the Night bonus was awarded to Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan 2 in the wake of UFC 323 on Saturday. The rematch, the final main event of the UFC's numbered events on ESPN, was a thriller,...

Merab Dvalishvili was looking to make history at UFC 323, taking on Petr Yan for the second time, in the bantamweight champ's fourth title defense of 2025. No UFC champion had ever defended their title four times in a single...

Alexandre Pantoja was looking for flyweight title defense number five when he took on Joshua Van in the co-main event of Saturday's UFC 323 in Las Vegas. The fight was second-to-last on the final Pay-Per-View card of the ESPN era...