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Heading into UFC on ESPN 12 this weekend, where he faces Dan "The Hangman" Hooker, Dustin Poirier is already a winner. On Friday, the UFC announced that Poirier is the inaugural recipient of the promotion's Forrest Griffin Community Award. The...

There's a reason Luis Pena and Khama Worthy are sitting in the featured prelim spot at UFC on ESPN 12. It's a fight that holds a lot of promise, between two young and superbly talented lightweights. Pena, affectionately known as...

Another short-notice change has hit the UFC on ESPN 12 card. On Thursday, UFC officials announced that promotional newcomer Ramiz Brahimaj had been forced off the card, following a positive COVID-19 test from one of his cornermen. “Due to a positive...

The UFC has one last event in Las Vegas prior to making the trip to Fight Island. This weekend, it's UFC on ESPN 12, a card headlined by a fan-friendly pairing between ex-interim lightweight champ Dustin Poirier, and the...

Mickey Gall returns this weekend for his first fight since a scrap in his own backyard last August at UFC Newark. That fight, against Salim Touahri, saw Gall (6-2) improve to 5-2 in the UFC. This time out, his opponent...

You'll be hard pressed to find a more fan-friendly main event than the fight topping UFC on ESPN 12 this Saturday. Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker is a fight that fans have looked forward to ever since it was...

There is only one 'Platinum' Mike Perry. Though to be fair, two might cause the MMA world to explode. After all, Perry (13-6) is one of the sport's characters, a throwback to another time perhaps. He's uncensored, raw, and generally...

Dustin Poirier's last trip to the octagon did not go the way he'd hoped. In a title unification bout last September at UFC 242, against the ever-dangerous Khabib Nurmagmomedov, Poirier came up short. Just like so many others have. He returns...

Dana White’s Contender Series is back for season four and set to run from August to September — with the first event going down on August 4. With more fights rolling in daily, sources have confirmed to Cageside Press that...

It took a while, but Chas Skelly has finally seen his loss to Bobby Moffett at UFC Denver overturned. The November 2018 fight ended with what appeared to be a submission victory for Moffett, via Brabo choke. The only problem,...