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Chris Barnett has long been a fan favorite on the regional MMA scene. A big man occasionally fighting at super heavyweight, "Beastboy" had become known as an agile fighter for his size with a tendency to throw spinning strikes...

Ultimate Fighter 11 winner Court McGee returned at UFC Vegas 27 on Saturday — with his back to the wall against Brazil's Claudio Silva. McGee had lost three straight, most recently to "The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit back in...

Coming off a Performance of the Night TKO of JP Buys in March, flyweight Bruno Silva was looking to make it two in a row at UFC Vegas 27 on Saturday. Standing in his way was Victor Rodriguez, looking...

One of a handful of debuting fighters on Saturday's UFC Vegas 27 card was China's Yilan Sha. The 27-year old known as "Wolverine," a pro since 2016, was paired up with Josh Culibao in what was, on paper, a...

David Dvorak entered the UFC Vegas 27 Fight Week prepared to face Raulian Paiva in a flyweight bout. He made it all the way to Friday's official weigh-in keeping the focus on Paiva — only to see Paiva forced...

Kicking off the UFC Vegas 27 card on Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, was a lightweight showdown. That saw Rafael Alves, returning from a scrapped fight with Pat Sabatini where he badly missed weight,...

A high stakes strawweight bout is being targeted by UFC President Dana White who said he plans to book Mackenzie Dern against Marina Rodriguez. UFC President Dana White told TMZ Sports that he was targeting a bout between surging strawweights...

Lightweights Damir Hadzovic and Yancy Medeiros were both in must-win territory at UFC Vegas 27, but that bout will no longer be happening. On Saturday, just hours out from the event, UFC officials announced that Hadzovic (13-6), a.k.a. "The Bosnian...

Bellator 259 saw Cris Cyborg going five rounds (or just under), Valerie Loureda suffer her first loss, and Austin Vanderford cement himself as a legitimate contender in the middleweight division. Cyborg's fifth-round finish of Leslie Smith paves that way for...

After both women had fights canceled this year, Erin Blanchfield will finally make her UFC debut, while Sarah Alpar will look for her first UFC win. MMA Junkie was first to report the news that Blanchfield will be making her...