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The ever-popular "Karate Hottie," Michelle Waterson-Gomez, returned to action at UFC 287, paired up with surging Brazilian Luana Pinheiro. Undefeated in the UFC, Pinheiro was looking for her third win inside the octagon, and ninth straight win overall. Waterson-Gomez, meanwhile, was...

Consummate veteran Gerald Meerschaert was the opponent for 26-year old Joe Pyfer's sophomore effort in the UFC. Meerschaert has built an impressive career for himself as he had his fiftieth pro fight and his tenth UFC win in his last...

Once a talent talked of in terms of title contendership, Cynthia Calvillo found herself in dire straits at UFC 287, where she was paired up with Lupita Godinez. Calvillo, since November of 2020, had found herself in a tailspin, losing...

With two straight finishes to his name, Ignacio Bahamondes entered UFC 287 looking for another big night against LFA and Bellator MMA vet Trey Ogden. Ogden, a.k.a. "Samurai Ghost," was entering the fight off his first win in the promotion,...

Chaotic featherweights clashed on the UFC 287 prelims as Shayilan Nuerdanbieke faced off with Steve Garcia. China's Nuerdanbieke, in his fiftieth pro fight, was looking for a fourth straight UFC victory. Meanwhile, Garcia was looking to build a winning streak...

Former LFA women's strawweight champion Jaqueline Amorim was the lone debuting fighter on Saturday's UFC 287 card, kicking off the prelims against Sam Hughes. Now a six-fight veteran of the UFC, Hughes was an Invicta FC veteran who had seen...

UFC 287 has lost a heavyweight match-up the day of the event. As the preliminary card broadcast kicked off on Saturday night in Miami, Florida, promotion officials announced that Karl Williams vs. Chase Sherman had fallen off the card. A undisclosed...

Featherweight Steve Garcia returns to action at UFC 287 on Saturday night in Miami, where he takes on China's Shayilan Nuerdanbieke. When Garcia enters the cage at the Miami-Dade Arena, he'll do so off a big performance in his last...

The UFC's return to Canada this June will feature a plethora of Canadian talent. Among them, Canada's Aiemann Zahabi (9-2) will face Aoriqileng (24-9) in a bantamweight match-up at UFC 289 on June 10, 2023. The card takes place at...

For the fourth time in combat sports as a whole, and second time inside the octagon, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya will throw down atop UFC 287 in Miami, Florida on Saturday. Just about every fighter, arguably, has their Achilles...