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Francis Ngannou was a man coming off a huge knockout win at UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday night. So it was a tad surprising to see Ngannou in what can only be considered a downtrodden mood post-fight. That,...

Henry Cejudo did the improbable at UFC 249 on Saturday night in Jacksonville, FL. He knocked out Dominick Cruz (a TKO, more accurately). It was the first knockout of any kind the former WEC and UFC bantamweight champion had...

UFC interim lightweight champion. "It sounds pretty good," Justin Gaethje admitted in a virtual post-fight press scrum with reporters following UFC 249. In the cage, after an impressive dismantling of Tony Ferguson, Gaethje had thrown the belt to the floor....

Bryce Mitchell was nearly the first man in the UFC to have pulled off two twister submissions. Nearly. At UFC 249, Mitchell (13-0) put on a dominant showing against Charles Rosa. Mitchell's ground game was relentless. This, after Rosa had...

Justin Gaethje has made a habit of cashing extra checks at his UFC fights. "The Highlight," through his first six fights in the promotion, had won seven post-fight bonuses. Following UFC 249, and his seventh appearance, he now holds...

All-time great and two-weight class UFC champion Georges St. Pierre is finally going to the Hall of Fame. Promotion officials announced during UFC 249 that Canada's GSP, who held gold at welterweight, and later middleweight, will be inducted into their...

There was no way the UFC 249 main event battle between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje could disappoint. And it didn't. Not by a long shot. Justin Gaethje put on a masterful performance, absolutely dominating Tony Ferguson, battering "El Cucuy"...

After nearly four years away, former WEC and UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz returned to the cage at UFC 249. Quite frankly, we held our breath until they closed the door behind him. Facing the improbable task of dethroning...

When all is said and done following UFC 249, there will be but one certainty: At least for one night, big league sports returned. MMA was back in town. There are those that would question the UFC's motivations for return....

Calvin Kattar's fight with Jeremy Stephens had been cancelled twice before finally coming together at this weekend's UFC 249. And even then, the bout hit a treacherous bump in the road when Stephens missed weight Friday morning. "Lil Heathen" missed...