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Riding an eight-fight win streak into UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, Islam Makhachev had a chance to prove himself worthy of a title shot against the always game Dan Hooker. The heir-apparent to to Khabib Nurmagomedov had long...

The lone heavyweight scrap on the UFC 267 card found the surging Marcin Tybura of Poland taking on former Bellator MMA champ Alexander Volkov. Tybura entered the event on a five-fight win streak. He left it going back to the...

Khamzat Chimaev made his much anticipated return on the UFC 267 main card on Saturday. Chimaev was paired up with a fan favorite in "The Leech" Li Jingliang, but the Abu Dhabi crowd on Saturday was clearly in Khamzat's corner. Mere...

UFC 267 afforded Magomed Ankalaev an opportunity to break into contendership in the UFC's light heavyweight division. Ankalaev, on a six-fight win streak in the promotion, was paired up with former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir on the Abu Dhabi-based card. In...

November's Bellator 271 card has seen several fights added to its line-up this week. Bellator MMA officials announced earlier this week that Valerie Loureda (3-1) will return on the card, looking to bounce back from her first loss. She's been...

Amanda Ribas picked up a nice comeback win over Virna Jandrioba on the UFC 267 prelims. Strawweights Amanda Ribas and Virna Jandiroba faced off at UFC 267, in an all-Brazil battle between two top 15 fighters in the division. Ribas entered...

Zubaira Tukhugov picked up a big win over Ricardo Ramos on the UFC 267 prelims. Lightweights Ricardo Ramos and Zubaira Tukhugov threw down at UFC 267, part of the preliminary card at the Abu Dhabi event. While Ramos entered the night...

Albert Duraev picked up a huge UFC debut win over Roman Kopylov at UFC 267. Roman Kopylov had the privilege of welcoming recent Dana White's Contender Series winner Albert Duraev to the octagon at UFC 267. Duraev hadn't lost a fight...

In a very tough match-up for a first UFC fight, especially one that was not on short notice, Benoit Saint-Denis drew Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos for his debut opponent at UFC 267. Zaleski was 1-2 across his last three fights,...

Michal Oleksiejczuk handed Shamil Gamzatov the first loss of his career at UFC 267 in brutal fashion. Light heavyweight action at UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday saw Poland's Michał Oleksiejczuk take on Shamil Gamzatov of Russia. Gamzatov, a PFL...