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The UFC's return this weekend has hit a snag, as middleweight star Jacare Souza tests positive for coronavirus. Brazilian middleweight and former Strikeforce champ Jacare Souza (properly Ronaldo Souza) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, ESPN has reported. As...

When Justin Gaethje enters the octagon at UFC 249, it will be under very different circumstances than normal. A Fight Week that is sparsely populated, with a private sauna. An empty arena, without fans to cheer on the man...

The previously scheduled scrap between UFC heavyweights Blagoy Ivanov and Augusto Sakai has found a new home. Originally booked for UFC 250 in Brazil, Ivanov vs. Sakai was left in limbo due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mass gathering bans and travel...

In a time of crisis, major players need to step up. And both the Professional Fighters League and embattled UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones did just that this week. In separate donations, the PFL donated 25,000 meals to the...

Francis Ngannou doesn't seem to lack any confidence when he enters the octagon. Confidence in his employer seems to be in short supply, however. Ahead of UFC 249, Ngannou, a former title challenger in the heavyweight division, expressed doubt that...

A very different sort of Fight Week unfolded in Jacksonville, Florida ahead of UFC 249. A lack of media. A lack of fans. A quieter hotel, from all accounts. And on Friday morning, an official weigh-in. There would be ceremonial...

It's been a little while since Dominick Cruz participated in a UFC fight week. And that might just be the understatement of the month, at least in MMA. Maybe the year. Cruz (22-2) last competed in 2016, when he lost...

While the world's largest MMA promotion returns after nearly two months away this weekend — forced by the coronavirus pandemic — the sport's biggest star is eyeing his own return. Conor McGregor is reportedly looking at a July date....

Heading into UFC 249, Greg Hardy admits that he's terrified. Not of opponent Yorgan De Castro. But of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — to which Hardy is theoretically more susceptible, due to an underlying condition, asthma. "I'm terrified. But you know...

At UFC 249, main card heavyweights Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Francis Ngannou are throwing down in what has of late been billed as a title eliminator. Of course, we've been here before. Any number of fights throughout UFC history have been...