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UFC 261 turned out to be one hell of a card. Plenty will be written in the next few days about the dominance of Valentina Shevchenko, the resurgence of Rose Namajunas, and the continual improvement of Kamaru Usman. But what...

Some fans may have felt that the UFC 261 main event should have been Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington. Fair enough. Covington bounced back from a loss to Usman with a dominant win; Jorge Masvidal had not fought since...

Kamaru Usman put a stamp on UFC 261 with a perfect knockout in the second round, defending his title against Jorge Masvidal. When it comes right down to it, Kamaru Usman hand picked his latest opponent. The champ called for...

Weili Zhang vs. Rose Namajunas is one of those dream match ups that don’t come around that often. But of late, the stars have aligned on big PPV cards like UFC 261. The fight between Zhang and Namajunas featured...

The first of the three title fights for UFC 261 kicked off with Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jéssica Andrade, live from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Jéssica Andrade’s dismantling of Katlyn Chookagian at UFC Fight Night: Ortega...

Rose Namajunas did it again. The first time she won the title, it was via stunning first-round knockout. It was the same case at UFC 261, stopping Weili Zhang in just over a minute. It wasn't the rematch with Joanna...

The first of three title fights on the UFC 261 card saw Valentina Shevchenko put her flyweight title on the line against Jessica Andrade. The Brazilian's status as a former champ (at strawweight) who, like Shevchenko, had previously competed at...

A rather interesting rematch took place at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday — and no, it was not Usman vs. Masvidal 2 in the main event. While that rematch would draw eyeballs, another pair of fighters ran it...

With a high profile fight against Johnny Walker falling through earlier this year, light heavyweight prospect Jimmy Crute found himself in arguably a bigger match-up. At UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, Crute was booked opposite Anthony Smith....

Ahead of UFC 261, Randy Brown had likened opponent Alex Oliveira to a cornered animal. Brazil's "Cowboy" Oliveira was entering his 20th UFC fight on Saturday. But his back was indeed against the wall, having lost four out of the...