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Las Vegas, Nevada — Light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Rakic came away from UFC 259 with the win he wanted. Rakic (14-2) went three rounds with Brazil's Thiago Santos. It was not the barn-burner fans expected, with Rakic instead controlling the...

Las Vegas, Nevada — UFC 259 marked the twelfth consecutive time Amanda Nunes has had her hand raised. The double champ, holding gold at bantamweight and featherweight, has torn through a murderer's row of opponents in the past several years....

Las Vegas, Nevada — Despite suffering his first defeat as a mixed martial artist, Israel Adesanya was in good spirits following UFC 259. His bid for a second title, against light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz, did not go Adesanya's way....

Marcin Tybura has both a new opponent and a new date. MMA Fighting was the first to report the news that Walt Harris will be replacing Tybura's original opponent Blagoy Ivanov. Tybura and Ivanov were originally supposed to fight at...

Las Vegas, Nevada — Enough people had written off light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz's chances against middleweight champ Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 that he entered the night a clear underdog. Following a full five rounds, however, it was...

Las Vegas, Nevada — At UFC 259 on Saturday night, lightweight Islam Makhachev certainly looked every bit the part of heir apparent to Khabib Nurmagomedov. After two full rounds of dominating Drew Dober with stifling wrestling and superior grappling, Makhachev...

Las Vegas, Nevada — If you weren't sold on undefeated welterweight prospect Sean Brady prior to UFC 259, there's a good chance you are now. Brady (14-0), a 28-year old Philadelphia native, dominated 15-fight UFC veteran Jake Matthews for the...

Las Vegas, Nevada — Now former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan did not have a good night at UFC 259. That, despite the fact that he was winning his first title defense on Saturday, against Aljamain Sterling. Winning, that is,...

Las Vegas, Nevada — After winning a hard-fought split decision against Casey Kenney at UFC 259, former bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz called out his next opponent. A man most fight fans have never heard of, Hans Molenkamp. Molenkamp is a...

Las Vegas, Nevada — Dana White didn't have an issue with end result of UFC 259's main event. Light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz won the fight, and the UFC President didn't dispute that following the event. What he did take...