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"Slava Claus" was coming to town in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, as Vlacheslav Borshchev was set to face Marc Diakiese. The lightweight match-up kicked off the UFC Columbus main card at the Nationwide Arena. In the end, it wasn't a...

Long since removed from her title shot against Ronda Rousey in 2014, Olympian Sara McMann, at age 41, entered UFC Columbus for her first fight in over a year opposite Brazil's Karol Rosa. McMann's last fight had ended a submission...

Chris Gutierrez made it a memorable night at UFC Columbus — unless you were opponent Danaa Batgerel. In which case, the night wasn't exactly one for the memory pile. Undefeated since his promotional debut in 2018, bantamweight Gutierrez was paired...

With middleweight Aliaskhab Khizriev's original opponent Abusupiyan Magomedov pulling out of UFC Columbus, the UFC signed Russian Denis Tiuliulin to step in on short notice. Having last competed for UAE Warriors a year ago, Tiuliulin was taking a considerable step...

A new contender emerged in the women's flyweight division early on the UFC Columbus preliminary card. With Manon Fiorot undefeated in the promotion, she was looking to move past former title challenger and Invicta FC champ Jennifer Maia, and...

Flyweight action on the UFC Columbus preliminary card saw Matheus Nicolau paired up with David Dvorak. Nicolau had won the first two fights of his second UFC stint, after falling victim to the promotion nearly dropping the weight class a...

After dropping his promotional debut against Melsik Baghdasaryan last year, former LFA featherweight champ Bruno Souza was looking to get back on track when he kicked off the UFC Columbus preliminary card against Luis Saldana on Saturday. A Dana White's...

Former LFA champion Vanessa Demopoulos and former Invicta champion Jinh Yu Frey are set for a bout at a UFC Fight Night on June 25. One of the UFC's latest breakout stars has her next fight set.  UFC strawweight Vanessa...

Shortly before Saturday's UFC Columbus card was set to kick off, the Fight Night event lost a promising heavyweight match-up. As much as he had defied father time through a career spanning over 75 professional fights, Aleksei Oleinik (59-16-1) found...

UFC middleweight contenders Alex Pereira and Sean Strickland have verbally agreed to a high stakes bout at UFC 277 on July 30. A high stakes middleweight bout is being targeted for the second UFC pay-per-view of July.  Per ESPN, top...