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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Undefeated Moldovan heavyweight Alexnader Romanov faced his toughest test yet when he squared off with Poland's Marcin Tybura at UFC 278. The massive pair capped off the preliminary card in Salt Lake City, and it wasn't long before "King Kong"...

Kamaru Usman was looking to match Anderson Silva's consecutive wins record at UFC 278 on Saturday. He was also looking to make yet another defense of his welterweight title, this time against Leon Edwards. A rematch of their 2015 meeting,...

Once hailed as one of the brightest talents in the rich UFC lightweight division after knocking out Kevin Lee, Leonardo Santos' prime passed him by with issues that led to inactivity. Coming into his UFC 278 bout with Jared...

Two unusually long featherweight strikers squared off on the UFC 278 prelims as Sean Woodson faced Luis Saldana. The former Golden Gloves boxer Woodson — whom often has fans quip that he looks like a player created character in a...

Welterweights A.J. Fletcher and Ange Loosa were both looking to get back in the win column at UFC 278. Both fighters were also in search of their first win inside the UFC octagon in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday...