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Houston, TX — Vastly overshadowed (and admittedly feeling it) during the build-up to UFC 271 was women's flyweight Casey O'Neill. O'Neill (9-0) had been tapped as the final opponent of Roxanne Modafferi, who was retiring on Saturday after nearly two...

Houston, TX - What was expected to be a barn burner of a fight turned into a three round display of dominance by UFC light heavyweight Carlos Ulberg at UFC 271 on Saturday night. Ulberg (4-1) defeated Fabio Cherant (7-4)...

Houston, TX - The UFC middleweight champion came in to UFC 271 looking to defend his title and put on a show for the fans, but his opponent made sure it wasn't easy this time. UFC champion Israel Adesanya defeated...

Houston, TX — After 50 fights in total, 45 as a pro and five exhibition bouts as part of The Ultimate Fighter, Roxanne Modafferi wrapped up her career at UFC 271 on Saturday. "The Happy Warrior" left the sport of...

Houston, TX — Two and a half years on from their first meeting, Robert Whittaker had a better effort against Israel Adesanya. But it still wasn't enough. After five rounds, three judges scored the UFC 271 middleweight title fight for...

Houston, TX — Israel Adesanya wasn't the only middleweight to come out of UFC 271 with a big win. Arguably the most impressive performance of the night came from title hopeful Jared Cannonier (15-5). "The Killa Gorilla" survived Derek Brunson's...

Houston, TX — Submitting Marcelo Rojo in the third round at UFC 271, Kyler Phillips (10-2) once again looked like he'd mastered fighting in The Matrix on Saturday night. There were a lot of flashy kicks and spinning attacks thrown...

UFC 271 touching down in Houston, TX this week ensured that the spotlight would be on middleweights Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. While that pair prepared to run it back, however, there was smattering of other MMA happenings that...

Houston, TX — Despite an early scare care of a knockdown at the hands of Mana Martinez, bantamweight Ronnie Lawrence found his groove and secured his second win inside the octagon at UFC 271. The Nashville-based fighter was out nearly...

Tai Tuivasa is quickly becoming one of the UFC's most popular stars. That much was apparent at UFC 271, when even the fact that he was fighting, and knocked out, local favorite Derrick Lewis couldn't turn the Houston crowd on...