To start Saturday night, Mariya Agapova and Shana Dobson were two fighters on very different trajectories. Kazakhstan's Agapova had made her debut earlier this year, earning a submission over Hannah Cifers. Since losing to Tracy Cortez on the Contender Series,...

Friday morning, both Daniel Rodriguez and Dwight Grant hit the scales, making weight and ready to throw down at UFC Vegas 7. Against different opponents. But with Calen Born and Takashi Sato both falling off Saturday night's card, the promotion...

Amanda Lemos was a retired fighter before she got the call to face Leslie Smith in the UFC in 2017. On Saturday, she'll make her third trip to the octagon, looking for her second win against Japan's Mizuki Inoue,...

The "Beverly Hills Ninja" Jordan Wright made his UFC debut on Saturday night. Wright, who had appeared on the Contender Series last year (ending in a No Contest due to an Anthony Hernandez drug test failure), was undefeated in...

In welterweight action on the preliminary portion of UFC Vegas 7, two newcomers threw down. Carlton Minus and Matthew Semelsberger were both making their debuts, a booking of necessity given the struggles of putting together cards during the coronavirus...

At long last, Timur Valiev was set to make his UFC debut on Saturday night. The PFL standout had been booked to make his debut on August 1, on the Shahbazyan vs. Brunson card. He was pulled from his fight...

UFC Vegas 7 has been hit hard by injuries, illness, and just mishaps in general. Now, hours out from the event, it has lost its co-feature. That's after Ovince Saint Preux was removed from the card following a positive...

Shana Dobson is facing a motivated opponent at UFC Vegas 7 in Mariya Agapova. "She's young, she's excited. She's coming off a great win, an impressive win," Dobson observed, speaking to media outlets including Cageside Press. "I have to give...

On August 22 the UFC is back in action at the UFC Apex. The UFC Vegas 7 card is headlined by Frankie Edgar and Pedro Munhoz in a very important bantamweight bout — which is also Edgar's debut in...

Daniel Rodriguez grew up a boxing fan. But when boxing experienced a downturn and MMA took off, he set his sights on competing in the cage. A gym membership gifted to him set him on his path, and he...