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A pair of top 15 light heavyweights will collide in the main event of the UFC's September 18 card. No. 6 ranked light heavyweight Anthony Smith announced during UFC Live this past week that he will be fighting No. 11...

UFC matchmakers paired two of the heavyweight division's powerhouses against each other at UFC Vegas 28. Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Augusto Sakai took centre stage inside the UFC Apex on Saturday night. Both heavyweights looked to connect hoping to deliver...

Hyperbole being an intrinsic part of UFC events, you'll have to forgive the promotion's broadcast team bequeathing Fight of the Year to Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza at UFC Vegas 28. It was a good fight. A very good fight....

Intimidation can be a game-changer in MMA. Look no further than current UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou for a lesson in what a dominant aura can do for a fighter. Opponents may not "fear" him precisely, but they are...

What Walt Harris and his family has had to endure over the past year and a half is unthinkable, and quite obviously tragic. The murder of his step-daughter, Aniah Blanchard, and the ongoing effort to make her death mean...

Following back-to-back losses to Muslim Salikhov and Tim Means, Laureano Staropoli was moving up to middleweight at UFC Vegas 28. That, after missing weight in the Means fight. Welcoming him to the division, hard-hitting Georgian Roman Dolidze — who...

Just where Argentina's Santiago Ponzinibbio stood in the welterweight division was the question heading into his fight against Miguel Baeza at UFC Vegas 28. A seven-fight win streak that had put Ponzinibbio on the brink of title contention had evaporated...

Just two weeks ago, Gregory Rodrigues was celebrating his win over Josh Fremd at LFA 108, which saw him win the promotion's 185lb tournament and capture championship gold. His reign would last all of twenty-four hours, brought to a...

The featured preliminary card bout at UFC Vegas 28 on Saturday saw "The Queen of Violence" Ariane Lipski return against Montana De La Rosa. At least, that was expected to be the featured prelim. Due to a medical issue...

Middleweight action at UFC Vegas 28 was expected to kick off the main card, as Tom Breese was due to make the walk to the octagon for the second time in 2021. That, however, did not happen. England's Breese had...