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Mario Bautista Deserves the Mic: A Star-Making Performance at UFC 316 It was a statement win against Patchy Mix for Mario Bautista at UFC 316. Bautista had the tall task of beating former Bellator bantamweight champion Patchy Mix in his UFC...

Being blunt, Phil Rowe vs. Ange Loosa was arguably a stronger contender, but the UFC Atlanta main event between Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley took home Fight of the Night honors in the end. Saturday night's Usman vs. Buckley marked...

Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman returned to action for the first time since 2023 at UFC Atlanta, where he took on the surging Joaquin Buckley in the night's main event. Usman had not been seen since a loss to...

Former two-time UFC strawweight champion, now a flyweight Rose Namajunas looked to find her way to a title shot at 125 starting with Miranda Maverick at UFC Atlanta on Saturday night. Namajunas (13-7) is the former queen of the 115ers...

In a classic matchup of striker versus grappler, Edman Shahbazyan took on Andre Petroski at UFC Atlanta on Saturday. Edman was coming off a knockout win over Dylan Budka while Petroski was riding a three fight win streak of his...

Former UFC bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt returned to action at UFC Atlanta, looking to bounce back from a loss against Deiveson Figueiredo opposite Brazil's Raoni Bracelos. Barcelos was looking to secure his biggest win to date, off back-to-back victories over...

UFC middleweight Cody Brundage has seen a lot in his three years in the UFC taking on some big names, but at UFC Atlanta he gets a big heavy-hitter in the form of Mansur Abdul-Malik on Saturday night. Brundage (11-6)...

Light heavyweights Alonzo Menifield and Oumar Sy kicked off the UFC Atlanta main card at the State Farm Arena on Saturday. Menifield was entering the night off a victory over Julius Walker; Sy was a perfect 11-0 in his professional...

UFC light heavyweight Paul Craig and Rodolfo Bellato were set to fight back in May, but a medical issues took Bellato out of the fight until UFC Atlanta on Saturday night. Bellato (12-2-1) withdrew from the bout on fight night...

The Ultimate Fighter 15 winner Michael Chiesa faced The Ultimate Fighter 11 winner Court McGee on the preliminary card of UFC Atlanta on Saturday, a fight that placed two welterweight veterans opposite one another. Given their lengthy tenue in the...