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Nathanial Wood got back in the win column Saturday at UFC Fight Island 3. Not that he'd been gone for long. Wood (17-4) had suffered the first loss of his UFC tenure earlier this year. Yet it had come in...

It's not often you see commentators get into a heated discussion with a ref during a live event. Yet that's what went down Saturday on "Fight Island" (Yas Island, Abu Dhabi) as the UFC's well-publicized stint there came to...

Now that the historic events in Abu Dhabi have come and gone, we look back on the Fight Island experience that set a benchmark for mixed martial arts forever. The planes are in the air.  The cage on the beach...

Wilson wins split decision in Bellator's return on Friday night. Undefeated featherweght prospect Jay Jay Wilson took home a split decision victory over dominant wrestler Tywan Claxton at Bellator 242. However, the bout came at a catchweight — Wilson had...

While the retirement of Little Nog (Antonio Rogerio Nogueira) perhaps overshadowed it, it shouldn't be forgotten that Saturday night may have been the last time we see Fabricio Werdum in action. At the very least in the UFC. Leading up...

Even the most casual of fights fans could have recognized the chess match that transpired over the course of five rounds in the UFC Fight Island 3 main event. Ex-middleweight champ Robert Whittaker and Darren Till went back and...

When the fight between Robert Whittaker and Darren Till was first announced, fan excitement level was turned way up. Not only because of the skills that would be tested between the two middleweight contenders inside the Octagon, but because...

On a night that saw the UFC bid farewell to Fight Island, a number of strong showings stood out from the pack. And the UFC chose to recognize pretty much all of them. Forgoing a Fight of the Night...

Shogun Rua made it 3-0 against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on Saturday night at UFC Fight Island 3. In what was Minotouro's retirement bout, Rua (27-11) picked up a split decision win. It was a hard-fought contest, with both men...

With Saturday night being the final Fight Island card (at least for now) as the UFC returns to Vegas in August, fight fans were treated to a legends fight between Mauricio Shogun Rua and Antonio ‘Lil Nog’ Rogerio Nogueira. ...