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When Anthony Smith returns to the octagon on Saturday night, it will once again be at 205lbs. Despite two straight losses, and having suggested after his last loss that he might return to his old stomping ground of 185,...

Tomorrow's main event between Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis has been cancelled due to a positive COVID-19 test for Blaydes. ESPN's Ariel Helwani was first to report Friday that the UFC Vegas 15 main event between Curtis Blaydes and Derrick...

The UFC's final card of November put the spotlight on the heavyweights. UFC Vegas 15 — or, if you prefer, UFC on ESPN 18 — was topped by Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis. It had all the markings of...

Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be very advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class....

Gina Mazany made a big move ahead of her UFC Vegas 15 fight this weekend. Mazany (6-4), originally from Anchorage, Alaska, had been training with Xtreme Couture out in Las Vegas. But now in her second stint in the UFC,...

Curtis Blaydes believes that a win against Derrick Lewis this weekend at UFC Vegas 15 should cement him as the next heavyweight title challenger. And should the outcome of the fight see the 29-year old Illinois native with his...

For the better part of two years, Rachel Ostovich has been on a roller coaster. One that predates the coronavirus pandemic. And even her USADA suspension from earlier this year. Dating all the way back to a domestic violence...

United Arab Emirates Warriors is back with more to give a day after Thanksgiving. A huge fourteen fight card at UAE Warriors 14 starts with the newcomers. So let's not waste any time, and take a look at the...

With several MMA promotions taking the week off, and the Tyson vs. Jones boxing spectacle this weekend likely to steal eyeballs, there aren't a lot of prospects in action inside the cage. But there are some. ACA 114 | Thursday...

At the start of his latest fight camp, Devin Clark had been sitting down with teammate Jon Jones to break down opponent Shamil Gamzatov. It was then that he got the phone call: Gamzatov was out. Former light heavyweight...