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Dana White’s Contender Series began back in 2017. Since then, the Contender Series has produced some big-name upcoming stars like Dan Ige, Sean O’Malley, Geoff Neal, Maycee Barber, and Edmen Shahbazyan. In short, it has been a huge success...

Ahead of his light heavyweight semifinal with Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, 2022 PFL 205lb champ Rob Wilkinson says he isn't doing much different these days. After all, if it's not broke, don't fix. Or, as he put it, "I've done it before...

UFC Vegas 95 was heavily derided heading into the Fight Night card, with little to offer on paper and a number of fighters dropping off due to injury. You'd be forgiven if you checked out early, had you tuned in...

The main event of UFC Vegas 95 arrived with a couple of interesting angles. For one, Marcin Tybura was the underdog in his rematch with Serghei Spivac, despite winning the first fight. For another, Tybura told Cageside Press heading into...

A UFC Vegas 95 card ravaged with injury and withdrawals found its co-main event in Damon Jackson vs. Chepe Mariscal. At least the fight held together, despite Mariscal missing weight by 3.5 pounds on Friday, one of three fighters to...

Nikolay Veretennikov made his promotional debut at UFC Vegas 95, a little under three years on from his 2021 Contender Series appearance, taking on Danny Barlow. While it was Veretennikov stepping in to replace Uros Medic in the fight, Barlow...

LFA standout and undefeated 8-0 bantamweight Quang Le made his octagon debut on Saturday, taking on Chris Gutierrez as part of the main card at UFC Vegas 95. Le, from Vietnam, was replacing Javid Basarat in the fight, which had...

The #12 and #14-ranked women's bantamweights in the UFC faced off on the main card of UFC Vegas 95, with Yana Santos taking on Chelsea Chandler. "Bantamweight" might have been a misnomer for Chandler, who while talented, had missed weight...

Bantamweights Toshiomi Kazama and Charalampos Grigoriou faced off at UFC Vegas 95, each man in search of their first UFC win. While Japan's Kazama had been knocked out in his first two UFC bouts, Cyprus' Grigoriou had only lost a...

Women's bantamweights Karol Rosa and Pannie Kianzad closed out the preliminary card at UFC Vegas 95 on Saturday. The Fight Night event at the UFC Apex found both fighters looking to return to the winner's circle. Kianzad had lost two...