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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...

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,...