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Still clouded in controversy, former champion TJ Dillashaw looks to regain gold against the current king Aljamain Sterling who is at the height of his powers going into UFC 280. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1511018256043175937?s=20&t=NpqqnBYu8qX1s8sajHRDxA If the bubble was supposed to pop earlier this April,...

Sean O'Malley has been lauded as the potential next generation superstar for the UFC, but he must overcome his toughest test in the returning former champion Petr Yan at UFC 280. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1578467699830804493?s=20&t=NpqqnBYu8qX1s8sajHRDxA If setbacks are the source of great comebacks, then...

Abu Dhabi, UAE – UFC flyweight Katlyn Chookagian has faced the who’s who of the women’s flyweight division at this point, but she gets a fresh face when she takes on Manon Fiorot at UFC 280 on Saturday night. “I...

Abu Dhabi, UAE – Former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan looks to work his way back up the ladder as he takes on Sean O’Malley at UFC 280 on Saturday night. “I think it’s an interesting matchup. I can’t wait...

After a patient route up the lightweight rankings, Beneil Dariush has a chance to lock in a title shot as he faces a hungry upstart in Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 280. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1392147738280747017?s=20&t=NpqqnBYu8qX1s8sajHRDxA The stage was set beautifully for Beneil Dariush this...

ONE Championship brings another double header to fight fans this weekend, kicking the acion off with ONE 162: Zhang vs. Di Bella. Going down in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the promotion had positioned a strawweight kickboxing title fight atop the card....

Weight management issues have led to the loss of a featherweight fight from Saturday's UFC 280 card. Just prior to Friday's official weigh-in in Abu Dhabi, UFC officials announced that Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Lucas Almeida has been removed from the...

LFA 145 goes down this Friday in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and we caught up with main event light heavyweight Jesse Murray ahead of the fight. Murray (8-4) is a 2021 Dana White's Contender Series alum who, while coming up short on...

UFC 280 unfolds this weekend in Abu Dhabi, with two extremely compelling title fights topping the PPV card. Charles Oliveira will enter this Saturday's main event an uncrowned king, victim of a allegedly tampered with scale when weighing in for...

Bantamweight star Sean O'Malley arrived in Abu Dhabi a couple of weeks out to adjust to the time difference, and to hear him tell it at this week's UFC 280 media day, he'd do it all again. "They offer you...