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Count Jasmine Jasudavicius as the latest Canadian fighter to make it to the UFC, following a gruelling fight on Dana White's Contender Series one week ago. The St. Catharines, Ontario-based Jasudavicius (6-1) joins fellow flyweight Gillian Robertson, who also hails...

The return of Nick Diaz has been a long time coming. After over six years away from competition, Stockton's favourite son makes his long-awaited, triumphant return at UFC 266, against Robbie Lawler. The rematch that's been 17 years in the...

UFC 266 is down a fight thanks to positive COVID-19 tests from flyweight Manon Fiorot and her team. Fiorot had been expected to face Mayra Bueno Silva at the event this Saturday. However, per a report by ESPN Deportes, both...

Bantamweight contender Miesha Tate is out of her October 16 fight with Ketlen Vieira after testing positive for COVID-19. A high stakes women's bantamweight bout that was scheduled for this fall will have to wait.  Late Wednesday, Sherdog was first...

Las Vegas, NV — It's been a long road back to the octagon for UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski. At times, a treacherous one, after the Australian contracted COVID-19 earlier this year. There's been a layoff of over a year,...

Las Vegas, NV — UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is looking to make her sixth consecutive title defense this weekend at UFC 266. Opposite "Bullet" will be the gritty Lauren Murphy, who has clawed her to a title shot,...

Las Vegas, NV — There's no fight week quite like a Nick Diaz fight week, and for the second time in his career, Robbie Lawler is along for the ride. It's been over fifteen years since the pair first fought....

Flashback to the summer of 2018. Lauren Murphy was coming off an unanimous decision loss to Sijara Eubanks. That, combined with a stint of the Ultimate Fighter that resulted in an 0-1 record on the show, left her at...

Las Vegas, NV — Heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik enters this week's UFC 266 battle with Curtis Blaydes coming off a June win over Augusto Sakai. That TKO win saw Rozenstruik (12-2) bounce back from a loss to current interim champ Ciryl...

Las Vegas, NV — Flyweight Kleydson Rodrigues was one of four contract winners on the latest episode of Dana White's Contender Series. Following the fight, a unanimous decision win over Santo Curatolo, the realization that he was now a UFC...