UFC interim lightweight champion. "It sounds pretty good," Justin Gaethje admitted in a virtual post-fight press scrum with reporters following UFC 249. In the cage, after an impressive dismantling of Tony Ferguson, Gaethje had thrown the belt to the floor....

Bryce Mitchell was nearly the first man in the UFC to have pulled off two twister submissions. Nearly. At UFC 249, Mitchell (13-0) put on a dominant showing against Charles Rosa. Mitchell's ground game was relentless. This, after Rosa had...

A near-finish in the opening round. A close call towards the end of the fight. But ultimately, in the first major MMA fight in well over a month, Ryan Spann got the job done. At UFC 249 on Saturday, in...

When all is said and done following UFC 249, there will be but one certainty: At least for one night, big league sports returned. MMA was back in town. There are those that would question the UFC's motivations for return....

Calvin Kattar's fight with Jeremy Stephens had been cancelled twice before finally coming together at this weekend's UFC 249. And even then, the bout hit a treacherous bump in the road when Stephens missed weight Friday morning. "Lil Heathen" missed...

Yorgan De Castro will walk into UFC 249 an undefeated prospect. At 6-0, he's not even close to knocking on the door of a title shot. Yet a win over the controversial Greg Hardy (following a victory against Mark...

Anthony Pettis is fighting a friend when he faces Cowboy Cerrone this weekend at UFC 249. That's not the problem. As "Showtime" pointed out Thursday, at the UFC 249 virtual media day, he once fought (and knocked out) Stephen "Wonderboy"...

At UFC 249, expect the debut of Triple C v2.0 "I've got cringier if you haven't noticed," Henry Cejudo explained when asked what the Triple C v2.0 was all about, at the UFC 249 media day. Cejudo, a former double-champ...

When Justin Gaethje enters the octagon at UFC 249, it will be under very different circumstances than normal. A Fight Week that is sparsely populated, with a private sauna. An empty arena, without fans to cheer on the man...

Francis Ngannou doesn't seem to lack any confidence when he enters the octagon. Confidence in his employer seems to be in short supply, however. Ahead of UFC 249, Ngannou, a former title challenger in the heavyweight division, expressed doubt that...