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"Over the moon" is how strawweight Cory McKenna put the feeling of winning a UFC contract. Tuesday night on Dana White's Contender Series, McKenna pulled off a close win over LFA champ Vanessa Demopoulos, a fight that turned into...

Adrian Yanez stood out head and shoulders above the rest at week two of Dana White's Contender Series this year. That's thanks to a thunderous finish against Brady Huang. It was one of three stoppages on the night, but...

Without a finish, Impa Kasanganay wasn't sure he'd done enough to earn a UFC contract at the Contender Series on Tuesday. "We were wondering," Kasanganay admitted. "Anthony Adams is a tough opponent, good guy. I like to get in...

Middleweight Dustin Stoltzfus (13-1) might have been just a wee bit nervous about whether he was getting a UFC deal after a freak injury ended his Contender Series fight on Tuesday. After slamming opponent Joe Fyfer to the mat, Fyfer's...

UFC Vegas 6 had some brutal fights and plenty of stoppages, and the medical suspensions handed down by the NSAC reflect that. When all was said and done, four fighters were determined to have injuries significant enough to put...

Windsor, Ontario native T.J. Laramie became the first Canadian to pick up a win on Dana White's Contender Series on Tuesday night. And given he also earned a UFC contract thanks to a doctor's stoppage TKO of Daniel Swain,...

Dana White had his Oprah Winfrey moment at week two of this year's Contender Series run. All five winners on Tuesday night earned UFC contracts, including Impa Kasanganay, who was making his second attempt to impress the UFC boss. It...

A highly anticipated middleweight fight is off the UFC on ESPN 15 card. Yoel Romero has withdrawn from the event, where he was expected to face Uriah Hall. The event takes place August 22. BJPenn.com was first to report the...

A highly anticipated rematch between Ion Cutelaba and Magomed Ankalaev is off the UFC 252 card. That's a result of Cutelaba testing positive for COVID-19. Russia's TASS was first to report the news. Ankalaev has been pulled from the event...

Week two of Dana White's Contender Series 2020 had a number of promising names on its five-fight card. LFA strawweight champion Vanessa Demopoulos, who won gold just last month, was looking to break into the UFC against "The Hobbit"...