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Cage Warriors alum Luke Riley, with Paddy Pimblett in his corner, made his promotional debut at UFC Qatar on Saturday, in a competitive match-up on paper with Bodgan Grad. Grad opened the featherweight fight with heavy forward pressure, mixing in...

Nicolas Dalby welcomed ONE Championship alum Saygid Izagakhmaev to the octagon as part of UFC Qatar's preliminary card, in a welterweight fight. Izagakhmaev opened the bout by firing a right cross, but Dalby immediately clinched and pressed him to the...

Former title challenger Alex Perez returns to action at UFC Qatar on Saturday in a pivotal flyweight showdown against surging contender Asu Almabayev, a matchup that could reshape the division’s immediate future. Perez (25-9) entered the matchup looking to rebound...

Contender Series winner Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev made his octagon debut at UFC Qatar on Saturday, making it in style against Rafael Cerqueria in a light heavyweight fight. Style points had to be given for this one, with Yakhyaev getting the...

Bantamweight action at UFC Qatar on Saturday saw Aleksandre Topuria, brother of lightweight champ Ilia, take on Kazkhstan's Bekzat Almakhan. Topuria, with just seven pro fights to his name, entered with exactly half the experience of Almakhan. It was Topuria pressing...

Ismail Naurdiev and Ryan Loder delivered one of the standout matchups at UFC Qatar on Saturday, pairing Naurdiev’s veteran composure and dynamic striking against Loder’s grinding pressure and relentless wrestling. Naurdiev (24-8) entered the matchup looking to rebound from his...

Oktagon MMA veteran Shem Rock made his octagon debut on Saturday, taking on Nurullo Aliev at UFC Qatar. The UFC's debut in Doha, Qatar featured a preliminary card full of fresh talent, with featherweight Shem Rock arguably one of the...

A pair of debuting heavyweights kicked off the UFC's own debut in Qatar on Saturday, as Marek Bujlo took on Denzel Freeman in Doha. The UFC Qatar curtain jerker found Poland's undefeated 6-0 Bujlo as something of a question mark,...

Islam Makhachev had a chance to make history, earning a belt in a second weight class. Jack Della Maddalena, the newly crowned welterweight champ, had a chance to establish his name, and knock off one of the pound-for-pound best,...

Two champions. Two reigns for each. And for Weili Zhang, a chance to become a two-division champ at UFC 322, where the former strawweight Queen moved up in weight to challenge Valentina Shevchenko. "Bullet" had long been the most dominant...