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Sometime after his UFC 244 fight with Shane Burgos, Makwan Amirkhani had what you might call an epiphany. "I'm not here anymore for the money. That was the old me," he told Cageside Press of the fighter whose goal was...

Missing weight is something no fighter ever wants to do. To many, making weight is actually the job. Or at least the fight before the fight. So Raulian Paiva was none too happy when he missed weight for UFC...

It looks like Paul Felder has made the trip to Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, and he plans to make up for lost time. Felder, who missed out on his UFC 251 commentating gig because of a COVID-19 scare,...

A bantamweight bout between two promising prospects has been added to the UFC's September 26 card. Fight news that had been teased by Randy Costa all week on his social media and previously in an interview with Cageside Press is...

The women's bantamweight bout between ex-flyweight champ Nicco Montano and "The Raging Panda" Julia Avila is on the move. MyMMANews was first to report that noted MMA coach John Wood, of Syndicate MMA, had tested positive for COVID-19. Wood happens...

Bantamweight Karol Rosa stepped into the octagon for nearly the first time in a year at UFC 251. She left with her hand raised. Rosa (13-3) had be lined up with "The Raging Panda" Julia Avila over the past 11...

Deiveson Figueiredo is back on track for Fight Island. Figueiredo (18-1) was grounded, stopped from boarding a flight to Abu Dhabi following a positive COVID-19 test. The Brazilian was expected to meet Joseph Benavidez this coming weekend, in a rematch...

UFC 251 was a shaky night for the officials, according to UFC President Dana White. White took umbrage with both the stoppage in the Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo fight — late, in his opinion — and the judge's scoring...

"The King of Kung Fu" continued to build a foothold in the UFC welterweight division Saturday night. UFC 251 saw Muslim Salikhov (17-2) earn his fourth straight victory, this time against the always-tough Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. That split decision...

Despite a huge win is his octagon debut, UFC 251's Jiri Prochazka was not a fan of his own performance. A wildly entertaining slugfest with Volkan Oezdemir was just that: wild. The former RIZIN light heavyweight champion was rocked in...