The UFC hits Norfolk, Virginia, US this week for a Fight Night card headlined by Joe Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo, looking to crown the new flyweight champion. Though thanks to a weigh-in flub, only Joe B can really become champ....

The promotional push is done. UFC Norfolk is ready to go. The last stop ahead of Saturday night's Fight Night event, topped by a flyweight title fight, was the ceremonial weigh-in and face-off. Going down at the Chartway Arena in...

Weeks ago, Jessica Penne railed against a potentially career-ending suspension imposed by USADA. On Friday, a press release announced that the UFC strawweight had accepted a 20-month sanction, following her second positive drug test under the UFC's Anti-Doping Policy. It's...

Joseph Benavidez has a chance to usher in a new chapter in the flyweight division with a victory over Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Norfolk. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1232034282153005056?s=20 Perennial contender Joseph Benavidez has been on the cusp of championship gold for the better part...

It looks like Dustin Poirier has his sights set on Dan Hooker for his return to the Octagon. A recent exchange between the pair of lightweights on Twitter led to a verbal agreement for a main event showdown. Hooker shared...

UFC women's bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes is looking to return to the Octagon this May. MMA Fighting reports, following an initial report from Combate, that Nunes is looking to get back to work on the May 9 UFC...

The UFC is set to crown a new flyweight champion this weekend at UFC Norfolk. It might seem an odd couple of a pairing, but the UFC men's flyweights and women's featherweights are the stars of the show in Norfolk,...

Virginia Beach, VA — In a decade of competition as a mixed martial artist, Tom Breese has competed just a dozen times. The former welterweight, now middleweight, has hit the cage just once in the past four years. That's...

Virginia Beach, VA — There's never a dull moment in MMA. Deiveson Figueiredo reminded us of that Friday come weigh-in time. Although weigh-ins generally consist of an ongoing stretch of dull moments — fighter after fighter shuffles to the...

Virginia Beach, VA — The early and official weigh-ins for UFC Norfolk, unfolding in nearby Virginia Beach, were an orderly affair right up until they weren't. One by one, fighters hit the scales, and fighters made weight, starting with...