Cageside Press

Salt Lake City, UT — Women's bantamwieght Lucie Pudilova returned to the octagon at UFC 278 on Saturday, fighting in the promotion for the first time since 2020. In her time away, Pudilova posted a 5-1 record under the Oktagon...

Salt Lake City, UT — Many were expecting a short fight in the UFC 278 co-main event on Saturday, which saw former middleweight champ Luke Rockhold paired up with Paulo Costa. Instead, the pair went a grueling three rounds, with...

Salt Lake City, UT — Like many others, Dana White was not happy to hear that Paulo Costa had been drug tested during his weight cut, just hours ahead of Friday's UFC 278 official weigh-in. At the least, it's annoying,...

Salt Lake City, UT — There's no question that Leon Edwards took the long road to the UFC's welterweight title. Nine straight wins. Multiple fight cancellations, including dates with Khamzat Chimaev and Tyron Woodley. The coronavirus pandemic getting in the...

In a somewhat shocking admission, UFC President Dana White has gone on record to say that mistakes were made in letting Shane Burgos slip away. Francis Ngannou, meanwhile, saw a million dollar sponsorship slip through his fingers thanks to...

Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson will be moving to welterweight to compete on September's UFC 279 card. Earlier in the day on Saturday, Ferguson (25-7) in true "El Cucuy" fashion had hinted that something was in the works...

Luke Rockhold may have been critical of the UFC's post-fight bonuses ahead of the UFC 278, but the retiring former middleweight champion pocketed one last $50,000 paycheck in what appears to be his final fight. Rockhold went the distance with...

Seven years on from the pair's first meeting, Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards ran things back at UFC 278. While neither man had lost a fight since their 2015 encounter, which saw Usman win a decision, the similarities ended there....

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...