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Luke Rockhold may have been critical of the UFC's post-fight bonuses ahead of the UFC 278, but the retiring former middleweight champion pocketed one last $50,000 paycheck in what appears to be his final fight. Rockhold went the distance with...

Salt Lake City, UT — After a year and a half on the sidelines, Iraq's Amir Albazi made a triumphant return to the octagon at UFC 278. "The Prince," an Iraqi-born Swede fighting out of England, made short work of...

Kamaru Usman was looking to match Anderson Silva's consecutive wins record at UFC 278 on Saturday. He was also looking to make yet another defense of his welterweight title, this time against Leon Edwards. A rematch of their 2015 meeting,...

Salt Lake City, UT — Bantamweight Aoriqileng notched his second straight win on the preliminary portion of UFC 278 in Salt Lake City on Saturday — though he came away just a little banged up. Through the first couple of...

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is on the cusp of tying the consecutive wins record in the promotion, but standing in his way is a dangerous contender eager for redemption in Leon Edwards at UFC 278. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1518223636645093378?s=20&t=EybSilC4McBPK5-bG6u8YQ For years, the gold...

Both Paulo Costa and Luke Rockhold have questions overshadowing their returns to action, but their bout remains a high stakes one at UFC 278. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1559924581976068096?s=20&t=EybSilC4McBPK5-bG6u8YQ Last October's situation, to put it mildly, did not come off well for Paulo Costa.  Were...

Salt Lake City, UT — After nearly four years out of action, light heavyweight Tyson Pedro got back to work this past April with a triumphant KO of Ike Villanueva. At UFC 278 in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Australia's...

Salt Lake City, UT — Polish heavyweight Marcin Tybura is the latest obstacle standing in the way of undefeated Moldovan Alexander Romanov. "16-0, quite impressive," Tybura (22-7) admitted during the UFC 278 media day this week, asked about his opponent's...

UFC legend José Aldo continues to work his way back to a shot at gold, but Merab Dvalishvili is looking to cut his renaissance short at UFC 278. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1559283795143974912?s=20&t=aEYino9LpMFyfMjwfRExtg The latest chapter of José Aldo's career is simultaneously awe-inspiring and frighteningly...

Paulo Costa is livid at having his weight cut interrupted early Friday morning in order for USADA to collect a drug test sample. During Friday morning's UFC 278 official weigh-in, attended by Cageside Press, Costa threw up double middle fingers...