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UFC 255 will host two championship fights. Deiveson Figueiredo will defend his flyweight title against Alex Perez, and Valentina Shevchenko will defend her flyweight title against Jennifer Maia. Also on the card is Tim Means vs Mike Perry, Katlyn Chookagian vs Cynthia...

Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be very advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class....

For years the knock on the lighter weight divisions was that there was plenty of fast-paced action with a high volume of strikes, but that there weren't any finishers. But the current UFC flyweight champion, Devison Figueiredo, has completely...

Alex Perez is the unlikely challenger for the UFC's flyweight title this Saturday at UFC 255. Unlikely only because that main event fight with Deiveson Figueiredo was supposed to be against Cody Garbrandt. The booking of Garbrandt, a former bantamweight champ,...

The UFC 257 card is starting to grow. Joining Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier at the event will be another lightweight fight, between prospects Nasrat Haqparast and Arman Tsarukyan. MMA Junkie was first to report news of the fight on...

A women's bantamweight fight has been added to the UFC's January 16, 2021 event. Sara McMann and Julianna Pena will face off on that date, at a location yet to be confirmed. Former title challenger McMann announced the news on...

A "very happy, motivated" Jennifer Maia returns in the co-main event at UFC 255, in the biggest fight of her career. Maia (18-6-1) is in a very different spot now than she was just a year ago. On Saturday, she...

It's official. Conor McGregor (22-4) will face Dustin Poirier (26-6, 1NC) for the second time at UFC 257 in January. Per McGregor's own website, The Maclife, the former double-champ signed his bout agreement on Thursday. With Poirier already having signed...

Where Mike Perry goes, a whirlwind of trouble seems to follow. Inside the cage and outside of it. At UFC 255 this weekend, Perry (14-6) takes on Tim Means. Of course, it was supposed to be Robbie Lawler, until Lawler...

There's no extra pressure for Valentina Shevchenko to put on a dominant performance against Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 — because fighting alone is pressure enough UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko returns at UFC 255, defending her title against...