One of two newcomers on the UFC Vegas 40 card, strawweight Istela Nunes had been waiting to make her octagon debut since 2019. A USADA suspension had delayed that. But on Saturday, she finally arrived, with Ariane Carnelossi welcoming her...

Norma Dumont will welcome Aspen Ladd back to the Octagon as the two look to answer questions about their abilities to compete at featherweight at UFC Vegas 40. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1447684685539135492?s=20 Go back to January 2019 and it was clear that the UFC...

Aspen Ladd makes a short notice move to featherweight to take on Norma Dumont at UFC Vegas 40 and Cageside Press has its picks set. The main event of UFC Vegas 40 pits Aspen Ladd against Norma Dumont in a...

Every fighter has their go-to moves, especially specialists within certain martial arts disciplines. Their own signature styles can lead to spectacular finishes. Whether it’s a scary-good rear-naked choke that fighters just can’t seem to avoid once going to the...

The UFC is staying put at the Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC Vegas 40 this weekend. The card is headlined by a women's featherweight bout, with something of a twist. It will be the featherweight debut of...

Julian Marquez is out of his UFC Vegas 40 middleweight fight with Jordan Wright. Marquez did not hit the scale prior to the end of the two-hour weigh-in window in Las Vegas on Friday morning. Just ahead of the 11AM...

Jim Miller is the UFC's "Iron Man," a fighter who holds the record for most fights in Ultimate Fighting Championship history at 38 (as of this weekend, anyway). And who had never pulled out of a fight until last...

Manon Fiorot's flyweight showdown with Mayra Bueno Silva was supposed to take place three weeks ago, part of the UFC 266 card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It didn't happen. COVID-19 protocols, a now-dreaded label affixed to fights...

For the second week in a row, the UFC rolled into the Apex in Las Vegas with a Fight Night card of minimal depth. Sure, you had former heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski, still going strong at 42. And the UFC's...

Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be very advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class....