Mackenzie Dern made a little UFC history on Saturday night.  At UFC Vegas, she became the first woman in the promotion's existence to win a fight via leg lock. The kneebar submission, in the opening round of her main card...

It's been a while since we've heard any mention of discretionary bonuses in the UFC. But when the post-fight bonuses were handed out Saturday night following UFC Vegas, there was a glaring omission. Somehow, Billy Quarantillo and Spike Carlyle...

On a night full of impressive performances, the UFC chose to award some of its budding stars for their efforts. UFC Vegas started with four straight finishes, any number of them bonus-worthy on a normal night. Yet the event —...

Gilbert Burns came out firing out of the gate in the UFC Vegas main event. The Brazilian dropped former champ Tyron Woodley early, and swarmed, opening up a cut on the "Chosen One" and threatening with submissions. Woodley survived what...

Gilbert Burns notched the biggest win of his career in the main event of UFC Vegas, dominating former champion Tyron Woodley. A sacrificial lamb, that he'd drag into deep waters. That was how former welterweight champ Tyron Woodley portrayed Gilbert...

The UFC Vegas co-main event saw Augusto Sakai and Blagoy Ivanov go the distance, only for an unpunished foul and a questionable scorecard to mar the outcome. The co-main event of UFC Vegas (UFC on ESPN 9), the promotion's return...

Carlyle vs. Quarantillo was everything we'd hoped and then some; a wildly entertaining fight on one of the UFC's better cards this year A rare planned catchweight bout graced the main card of UFC Vegas on Saturday night. "The Alpha...

Brok Weaver missed weight for his UFC Vegas bout with Roosevelt Roberts, leaving Roberts fuming — but he'd have the final word. Brok Weaver called his UFC Vegas match-up with Roosevelt Roberts his redemption fight. If that was the case,...

With the UFC returning to its home base of Las Vegas this weekend, that a card was happening in the "fight capital" seemed more important than what the card actually consisted of. The promotion had not been on home...

Mackenzie Dern got back into the win column at UFC Vegas, with a quick submission against Hannah Cifers. When it comes to writing about MMA fights, there's a constant search for meaning. Why does a given fight matter? Why should...