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Houston, TX — Vastly overshadowed (and admittedly feeling it) during the build-up to UFC 271 was women's flyweight Casey O'Neill. O'Neill (9-0) had been tapped as the final opponent of Roxanne Modafferi, who was retiring on Saturday after nearly two...

Houston, TX — After 50 fights in total, 45 as a pro and five exhibition bouts as part of The Ultimate Fighter, Roxanne Modafferi wrapped up her career at UFC 271 on Saturday. "The Happy Warrior" left the sport of...

Houston, TX — Two and a half years on from their first meeting, Robert Whittaker had a better effort against Israel Adesanya. But it still wasn't enough. After five rounds, three judges scored the UFC 271 middleweight title fight for...

Houston, TX — Israel Adesanya wasn't the only middleweight to come out of UFC 271 with a big win. Arguably the most impressive performance of the night came from title hopeful Jared Cannonier (15-5). "The Killa Gorilla" survived Derek Brunson's...

Houston, TX — Submitting Marcelo Rojo in the third round at UFC 271, Kyler Phillips (10-2) once again looked like he'd mastered fighting in The Matrix on Saturday night. There were a lot of flashy kicks and spinning attacks thrown...

Houston, TX — Despite an early scare care of a knockdown at the hands of Mana Martinez, bantamweight Ronnie Lawrence found his groove and secured his second win inside the octagon at UFC 271. The Nashville-based fighter was out nearly...

Tai Tuivasa is quickly becoming one of the UFC's most popular stars. That much was apparent at UFC 271, when even the fact that he was fighting, and knocked out, local favorite Derrick Lewis couldn't turn the Houston crowd on...

A rematch over two years in the making topped UFC 271, as Israel Adesanya looked to defend his middleweight title against the man from whom he won the belt, Robert Whittaker. That upped the stakes of an already high-stakes bout:...

Houston, TX — Russian Maxim Grishin got a lot of credit for taking a heavyweight fight at UFC 271 after opponent William Knight blew past the light heavyweight limit by a full 12 pounds. In the end, Grishin (32-9-2) earned...

A middleweight championship rematch headlines an excellent UFC 271 card and Cageside Press has its picks set. Back in 2019, Israel Adesanya won the middleweight title by dominating then-champion Robert Whittaker on the feet. Now two and a half years...