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The future of the UFC's lightweight division was in action when Drew Dober took on Islam Makhachev at UFC 259. Dober, 6-1 in his past seven, had three straight finishes entering into the bout on Saturday night in Las Vegas....

Opening up the UFC 259 PPV card was a fight that would not have looked out of place in the main event of a Fight Night show. The light heavyweight throwdown in question had Thiago Santos paired up against...

On paper, Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney was something of a puzzle. The UFC 259 bantamweight scrap was the featured televised prelim, leading into the stacked PPV card. But what was the fight, exactly? Was it a changing of...

UFC 259 was one of the most stacked cards the promotion had ever put together. And shockingly, when it arrived on Saturday, not a single fight had fallen off the card. That led to a very deep event that...

Four bantamweight fights graced the UFC 259 card in Las Vegas on Saturday. Among the standouts, Song Yadong vs. Kyler Phillips, which saw China's Yadong coming off a win over Chito Vera, albeit up a weight class. Phillips, meanwhile,...

There were a lot of storylines surrounding Saturday's flyweight showdown between multi-time title challenger Joseph Benavidez and Askar Askarov at UFC 259. For starters, if you ask Benavidez, he'll tell you he's had his final title shot in the UFC....

The second of three flyweight bouts featured at UFC 259 on Saturday saw Brazil's Rogerio Bontorin go up against New Zealand's Kai Kara-France. With the pair actually in a tie for eighth spot in the UFC's official rankings, the...

The featured early preliminary bout at UFC 259 on Saturday had flyweights in the spotlight. With the division red hot, it was a big night for the smallest of men's weight classes. In the first 125lb bout of the...

Kennedy Nzechukwu returned to the octagon for the first time in over a year at UFC 259 on Saturady night. The light heavyweight prospect had last fought in August of 2019, defeating Darko Stosic in a unanimous decision. On...

Once upon a time, UFC 259 welterweight Jake Matthews was the youngest fighter on the UFC roster. A fresh faced rookie, having gone through The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia, a season where his native Australia did not...