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When Ovince Saint Preux hits the scales on Friday morning, it will be his second cut to 205lbs in two weeks. The light heavyweight and opponent Alonzo Menifield had been expected to serve as the co-main event at UFC...

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....

Maybe it should come as no surprise, given they're fighting this weekend. But don't count August Sakai among fans of longtime heavyweight legend Alistair Overeem. The pair meet atop the UFC Vegas 9 card on Saturday, which marks Sakai's first...

Strawweight action has been added to the UFC's November 14 card, as Ashley Yoder is set to take on Miranda Granger. It's a fight that will see both women looking to get back in the win column. MMA Fighting was...

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has handed down a number of suspensions to UFC athletes for failed drug tests. The NSAC met Thursday, with Deron Winn, Luis Pena, Tim Elliott, and Jamahal Hill on the docket. And while Pena, Elliott,...

UFC Vegas 8 was the first event in some time that involved zero knockouts, but that doesn't mean there wasn't plenty of hurt passed out this past weekend. In fact, thirteen fighters in all saw their name on the...

Top light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira has tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in his headlining bout with Thiago Santos being moved from September 12 to October 3. Late Wednesday night, ESPN reported that top light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira was...

Growing up in Squamish, British Columbia — a small, coastal town of just under 20,000 people — Cole Smith never really dreamed that he’d be training and competing in Muay Thai in Thailand. However, while competing for local promotion...

Oleksandr Doskalchuk, who wore flyweight gold for M-1, has been waiting months to make his UFC debut, with two fights falling through in July. Now, he'll be waiting even longer, after having been handed down a 14-month suspension by...

Former UFC fighter and current Bellator contender Leslie Smith will return to the cage later this month. At Bellator 245 in Connecticut, Smith will take on Amanda Bell. The card goes down September 11, and is the first of...