UFC 290: Denise Gomes Comes Out Guns Blazing, Stops Yazmin Jauregui in 20 Seconds
The only women's fight on the UFC 290 card — something of an oversight, really — saw Yazmin Jauregui take on Denise Gomes in a preliminary card strawweight match-up. Mexico's Jauregui and Brazil's Gomes certainly reflected the international feel of...
UFC 290: Alonzo Menifield Subs Jimmy Crute in Rematch
Light heavyweight action kicked off the televised preliminary card at UFC 290, with Jimmy Crute and Alonzo Menifield running it back in a rare immediate rematch. Outside of title fights, such bookings are rarely put in place by the UFC...
UFC 290: Vitor Petrino Notches First Career Submission Over Marcin Prachnio
Undefeated Contender Series standout Vitor Petrino won a 'Fight of the Night' award in his UFC debut, but he faced a different challenge in veteran kickboxing specialist Marcin Prachnio on the prelims of UFC 290. At 8-0 with six finishes,...
UFC 290: Cameron Saaiman Improves to 3-0 in UFC, TKO’s Terrence Mitchell
Among the newcomers on Saturday's UFC 290 card, capping off this year's International Fight Week, was Terrence Mitchell, booked into a bantamweight match-up with South Africa's Cameron Saaiman. Saaiman was 2-0 to start his UFC run, while Mitchell, a veteran...
UFC 290: Jesus Aguilar Puts Shannon Ross Out Cold, Records Second Fastest KO in...
Contender Series alumni Shannon Ross and Jesus Aguilar squared off at UFC 290 on Saturday afternoon in each man's second bout with the promotion, having lost the first. Ross was one of only a handful of Contender Series bout losers...
UFC 290: Esteban Ribovics Overcomes Early Adversity, Storms Back Against Kamuela Kirk
Kicking off the UFC 290 card in Las Vegas on Saturday was a lightweight match-up, featuring the return of Kamuela Kirk against Esteban Ribovics. Kirk was both returning from a year-long layoff, and making the move to lightweight in the...
UFC Vegas 76: Sean Strickland Stops Abus Magomedov, Calls for Title Shot
A rather surprising middleweight main event topped UFC Vegas 76 on Saturday, with Sean Strickland facing the unranked Abus Magomedov. The popular belief was that a victory for Strickland would put him back in the mix for a title shot...
UFC Vegas 76: Grant Dawson Stays Unbeaten in UFC, Dominates Damir Ismagulov
Lightweight action was in the spotlight in the UFC Vegas 76 co-main event on Saturday, as Grant Dawson threw down with Damir Ismagulov. Dawson was undefeated inside the octagon coming into Saturday, with his biggest struggles coming at the scale...
UFC Vegas 76: Michael Morales Remains Undefeated, Beats Max Griffin in Toughest Fight Yet
Undefeated Ecuadorian phenom Michael Morales put his 14-0 record on the line against a 14-fight UFC veteran in Max Griffin at UFC Vegas 76. Max Griffin may be 7-7 in the UFC, but his losses and wins have come against...
UFC Vegas 76: Ariane Lipski Edges Melissa Gatto, Wins Split Decision
A pair of Brazilian flyweights faced off on the UFC Vegas 76 main card on Saturday, as Ariane Lipski took on Melissa Gatto. A former KSW champ, the "Queen of Violence" Lipski was 2-1 in her last three, while Gatto...