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Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be very advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class....

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Trevor Wittman's star pupil has the biggest fight of his career on his hands this weekend. At UFC 249, interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje will take on the undefeated, 28-0 Khabib Nurmagomedov. When it comes to...

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Daniel Cormier, now retired as a fighter, is in an interesting situation at this weekend's UFC 254. On Saturday, he'll be calling a teammate's fight. The American Kickboxing Academy heavyweight (or former heavyweight now) has broadcast...

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Pandemic era MMA has given a few fighters in dire straights something of a reprieve. Among them, Tai Tuivasa, who will look to snap a three-fight skid at UFC 254 when he takes on the...

There is a lot to love about the lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. For starters, this fight is Mixed Martial Arts in its purest form. There is no fabricated, out of the...

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Former Bellator champion Alexander Volkov has been flirting with the top of the UFC's heavyweight division for a while now. But whenever he has seemed ready to break through to a title shot, the Russian...

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Middleweight contender Jared Cannonier was all set to give the standard answer to the question of "is this the biggest fight of your career?" during UFC 254's media day this week. At the last minute, he...

The crown jewel of this second Fight Island run, UFC 254 goes down this weekend in Abu Dhabi. The card is headlined by the reigning lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov going against the number one contender/interim champ Justin Gaethje. Also...

Anderson Silva has confirmed what has been something of an open secret for a while now: his fight at UFC Vegas 12 later this month will be his last. The 45-year old Brazilian is the UFC's former middleweight champion and...

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Justin Gaethje, the UFC's explosive and exciting (and all sorts of other adjectives) interim lightweight champion, has the toughest fight of his career this weekend at UFC 254. Of course, the next fight is always the...