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Dominick Cruz Announces Retirement After Injury Scuttles UFC Seattle Fight

Dominick Cruz has retired from active competition in mixed martial arts. The former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion made the announcement on social media on Thursday, just a day after word that an injury had forced him off this month's...
Colby Thicknesse, UFC 312video

UFC 312’s Colby Thicknesse: Aleksandre Topuria “Not His Brother,” Hasn’t Fought Anybody “Noticeable”

Syndey, Australia — There have been bigger debuts — Kai Asakura was granted a title shot in his first UFC fight late last year, after all — but still, Colby Thicknesse finds himself in one of the highest-profile fights...
Junior Tafa, UFC 312video

UFC 312’s Justin Tafa: “It’s Easy to Feel Like the Shark When You’ve Been...

Sydney, Australia — Australian heavyweight Justin Tafa (7-4, 1NC) was supposed to get back in action late last year, only to be forced to withdraw from a bout with Kennedy Nzechukwu. Instead, he returns to the octagon at UFC 312...
Olga Rubin and Mayra Cantuária, Invicta FC 60

Full Card Makes Weight for Invicta FC 60

There were no mishaps at the scale on Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, as the full card made weight for Invicta FC 60. 14 fighters will compete on the seven-fight card headlined by Olga Rubin, a former Bellator MMA featherweight title...
Manel Kape, UFC

UFC: With Royval Out, Asu Almabayev in Against Manel Kape

A fight many had looked at as a possible UFC flyweight title eliminator is off, and a new opponent has been found for Manel Kape. Brandon Royval was to have faced Kape at a UFC Fight Night event on March...
Tom Nolan, UFC 312video

Tom Nolan Says UFC 312 Feels “More Relaxed, More Calm,” Like an Apex Event

Sydney, Australia — Tom Nolan is getting what he sees as his first true test in the UFC when "Slava Claus" comes to town for UFC 312 in Sydney. Australia's Nolan (8-1) has been paired up with Viacheslav Borshchev at...
Dana White, UFC 304

$375 Million UFC Antitrust Settlement Gets Final Approval

Fighters involved in Le vs. Zuffa will begin to file for payouts after Judge Richard Boulware gave final approval for a $375 million settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against the UFC. The judgement ends the 11-year lawsuit seeking damages for...
Dricus Du Plessis headlines UFC 312video

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 Pre-Fight Press Conference Live Stream

To hear Sean Strickland tell it, he still doesn't care all that much about a UFC title — but he's fighting for just that in a rematch with Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia this Saturday. That's...
Jonathan Micallef, UFC 312video

New Pop Jonathan Micallef Wants Fight of the Night at UFC 312

Sydney, Australia — It's been a big six months for Australia's Jonathan Micallef, and that's not just because he won his way into the UFC on Dana White's Contender Series. Micallef (7-1), who makes his debut inside the famed octagon...
Jimmy Crute, UFC 312video

UFC 312: Returning Jimmy Crute Found Realization He Could Do “Anything I Wanted” While...

Sydney, Australia — It's been over a year and a half since MMA fans last saw Jimmy Crute, a stretch that saw the UFC light heavyweight mulling retirement. Instead, the Australian returns to action at UFC 312 in Sydney this...

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