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Former Bellator MMA double champ Patricio Pitbull was in search of his first win inside the octagon at UFC 318, where he took on Hawaii's "50K" Dan Ige. Pitbull had lost a lackluster decision to Yair Rodriguez in his debut...

Longtime UFC veteran Michael Johnson kicked off the UFC 318 card on Saturday, paired up with a young up-and-comer in Daniel Zellhuber. The lightweight fight found Zellhuber looking to bounce back from a loss to Esteban Ribovics at Noche UFC...

The featured prelim at UFC 318 in New Orleans on Saturday saw bantamweights Kyler Phillips and Vinicius Oliveira face off. Phillips, a.k.a. "The Matrix," had seen a three-fight win streak snapped by Rob Font last time out. As for Oliveira,...

Once the type of match-up that might have headlined a Fight Night card, the middleweight showdown between Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori instead arrived as part of the UFC 318 prelims in Saturday. The fight had been a long time...

UFC welterweights Franciso Prado and Nikolay Veretennikov met in the octagon at UFC 318 on Saturday night both needing a victory to snap losing streaks. Prado (12-3) has only fought once in each of the last two years, and has...

Coming off a spectacular UFC debut middleweight Ateba Gautier aimed to build more momentum as he faced Robert Valentin at UFC 318 on Saturday night. Gautier (7-1) made his debut against Jose Medina in March finishing that one in the...

After being forced out of the match-up back in February, Contender Series winner Islam Dulatov made his octagon debut at UFC 318, taking on Adam Fugitt in welterweight action. Dulatov had not lost since his professional debut in 2019; Fugitt...

UFC light heavyweights Jimmy Crute and Marcin Prachnio landed in New Orleans both needing a victory to get back on track at UFC 318 on Saturday night. Crute (12-4-2) has had the a strange run in the UFC with freak...

UFC heavyweight Ryan Spann looked to bounce back and find his footing in his new division when he took on Lukasz Brzeski at UFC 318 on Saturday night. Spann (22-11) had spent most of his UFC run at 205 pounds,...

After a false start last month during International Fight Week, Jackson McVey finally made his promotional debut at UFC 318, taking on Brunno Ferreira. McVey had been booked against SD Dumas for his debut, only for legal troubles on the...