UFC 278: Dana White Promises No Further Drug Tests During Weight Cuts
Salt Lake City, UT — Like many others, Dana White was not happy to hear that Paulo Costa had been drug tested during his weight cut, just hours ahead of Friday's UFC 278 official weigh-in. At the least, it's annoying,...
UFC 278: Leon Edwards Believes Long Road to Title Was “Way It Was Meant...
Salt Lake City, UT — There's no question that Leon Edwards took the long road to the UFC's welterweight title. Nine straight wins. Multiple fight cancellations, including dates with Khamzat Chimaev and Tyron Woodley. The coronavirus pandemic getting in the...
Tony Ferguson vs. Li Jingliang Confirmed for UFC 279
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson will be moving to welterweight to compete on September's UFC 279 card. Earlier in the day on Saturday, Ferguson (25-7) in true "El Cucuy" fashion had hinted that something was in the works...
UFC 278 Sees Costa vs. Rockhold Earn Fight of the Night, Edwards Wins Performance...
Luke Rockhold may have been critical of the UFC's post-fight bonuses ahead of the UFC 278, but the retiring former middleweight champion pocketed one last $50,000 paycheck in what appears to be his final fight. Rockhold went the distance with...
UFC 278: Leon Edwards Topples Kamaru Usman with Fifth Round Head Kick
Seven years on from the pair's first meeting, Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards ran things back at UFC 278. While neither man had lost a fight since their 2015 encounter, which saw Usman win a decision, the similarities ended there....
UFC 278: Paulo Costa Defeats Luke Rockhold in Bizarrely Entertaining Fight, Ex-Champ Retires
Things had been heated between Paulo Costa and Luke Rockhold ahead of UFC 278. The co-main event middleweights had traded barbs on clothes, age, and weight, among other topics. They'd sparred verbally at the pre-fight press conference earlier in the...
UFC 278: Merab Dvalishvili Secures Biggest Win Yet Over Jose Aldo
Aging legend Jose Aldo looked to turn back the clock for a fourth consecutive fight against streaking Georgian prospect Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 278 in what may have proved to be a number one contender fight. Two interesting conflicts existed...
UFC 278: Lucie Pudilova Smashes Through Wu Yanan in Dominant Return
China's Wu Yanan welcomed the returning Lucie Pudilova back to the octagon at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City on Saturday. Pudilova was kicking off her second stint with the promotion, having gone 5-1 under the Oktagon MMA banner after...
UFC 278: Tyson Pedro Steamrolls Harry Hunsucker
An excruciating four-year injury layoff kept the well-rounded Samoan-Australian fighter Tyson Pedro out of the octagon until his emphatic return earlier in 2022. On Sunday, however, he was in search of his second victory of 2022, against former heavyweight...
UFC 278: Amir Albazi Questions Modern Black Belts, Says “Jiu-jitsu is Watered Down”
Salt Lake City, UT — After a year and a half on the sidelines, Iraq's Amir Albazi made a triumphant return to the octagon at UFC 278. "The Prince," an Iraqi-born Swede fighting out of England, made short work of...
























