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Cameron Smotherman Replaces Brady Hiestand Opposite Jake Hadley at UFC Vegas 99

There's been a little switcheroo at this weekend's UFC Vegas 99, and it's a bit of a crazy journey for one fighter. With Brady Hiestand out of his fight with Jake Hadley (11-3), it's Cameron Smotherman (11-4) stepping in as...
Dana White, UFC 304

Dana White: “The media will no longer control the rankings in the UFC”

UFC CEO Dana White insists that the media will no longer control fighter rankings following his disagreement with Khalil Rountree Jr's #8 ranking after falling to Alex Pereira at UFC 307. Dana White goes in on media coming up with...
Preston Parsons UFC

Preston Parsons Meets Andreas Gustafsson at UFC’s January 11 Fight Night

The UFC has begun assembling its first card of 2025, and that includes a welterweight fight featuring Andreas Gustafsson taking on Preston Parsons. Octagon Update was first to report the news on social media on Tuesday. Parsons later confirmed the...
Dana White, UFC 307

Dana White To Address UFC Rankings, Media Voters

UFC CEO Dana White is fed up with the rankings. In a video posted to his Instagram story the UFC boss revealed that he has a meeting scheduled this week to "fix the rankings."   Safe to say Dana White is still...
Cowboy Cerrone UFC

Cowboy Says He’s Coming Out of Retirement, But There’s a Catch

Retirements in MMA last about as long as they do in professional wrestling. Exhibit #9999, fan favorite Cowboy Cerrone says he's returning to action, chasing 50 fights in the UFC (well, under the UFC/WEC/Zuffa banner). Cerrone, who retired following a...
David Onama UFC

David Onama vs. Lucas Almeida Set for UFC 309

Featherweight action is on tap for next month's UFC 309 in New York, New York. David Onama will face Lucas Almeida (15-3) at the event, which will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. News of the...
Bryan Battle UFC

Battle vs. Brown Banger Booked for UFC 310

Bryan Battle will look to keep the ball rolling when he returns to action at UFC 310 later this year. Battle (11-2, 1NC), who won The Ultimate Fighter 29 at middleweight before dropping down to 170lbs, was in action just...
Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira, UFC Vegas 98

Flyweight’s Got Fight: The Remarkable Recovery of the UFC’s Smallest Weight Class

MMA is a roller coaster. Fighters know that, fans know that, and the media covering the sport most certainly does as well. The highs are high, the lows are low, and the burnout is real. Yet there are moments that...
UFC Vegas 98 Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira

Flyweight Headliner Named UFC Vegas 98 Fight of the Night

There was a time when the flyweight division was persona non grata in the UFC, a period when the promotion was set on dissolving the men's 125lb division. Which makes Saturday's frankly thrilling UFC Vegas 98 main event all the...
Chris Barnett UFC

Chris Barnett Gets New Booking, Faces Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC 308

Heavyweight Chris Barnett didn't get to make the trip to Las Vegas for UFC Vegas 98 this weekend, where he was to have faced Junior Tafa. Barnett (23-8), who was forced to pull out of the fight as Hurricane Milton...

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UFC Return to Saudi Arabia Officially Announced for Feb. 1, 2025

Riyadh Season is back, and the UFC is likewise set to return to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on February 1, 2025. Promotion officials announced...