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When the dust had settled at UFC 259 at the Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday, there were a number of big developments. But one takeaway from the card was that arguably, the preliminary portion of the event may...

The dust hadn't even settled at UFC 259 when a potential title challenger emerged for Amanda Nunes. Not at featherweight, mind you. Nunes defended her 145lb title Saturday with a brilliant albeit short display of striking and grappling against Megan...

Champ versus champ super fights don’t come around often in MMA. But in a sport known for its rather chaotic and mischievous deities, the MMA gods blessed UFC 259 with exactly that. Not to mention two other title fights,...

To be considered that fantastical beast known as the GOAT (the Greatest of All Time), Amanda Nunes has had to walk through some of the best women to ever step inside the UFC octagon. And through twelve consecutive wins...

Jan Blachowicz proved many people wrong, beating Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 with well-timed takedowns in the championship rounds. In a sport built on "what ifs" one of the biggest hypotheticals became reality at UFC 259. Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya...

When two hungry, young fighters are in the prime of their career, you knew that their paths are destined to cross. For Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling, that was the case Saturday — and there was no love lost...

In terms of the odds, Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson was a massive mismatch, with champ Nunes at times as much as a -1250 favorite. The UFC 259 co-main event had few siding with Anderson, despite the former Invicta...

Petr Yan looked to be on his way to his first title defense, then delivered a brutal illegal knee, crowning Aljamain Sterling the champion at UFC 259. The first of three title fights at the UFC 259 PPV was arguably...

Las Vegas, Nevada — The UFC 259 preliminary card bout between Jordan Espinosa and Tim Elliott took a dark turn at the end of the second round. That's when Elliott could be overheard accusing Espinosa of being a "woman beater." https://twitter.com/UFC_Obsessed/status/1368364739961626626 "You...

The future of the UFC's lightweight division was in action when Drew Dober took on Islam Makhachev at UFC 259. Dober, 6-1 in his past seven, had three straight finishes entering into the bout on Saturday night in Las Vegas....