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Heavyweight action kicked off the UFC 279 televised prelims, with a pair of heavyweights pushing the upper limit of the weight class in action. In fact, one man had pushed straight past it: Chris Barnett, who at 267.5lbs on Friday...

U.S. amateur boxing champ Danyelle Wolf, who won her way into the UFC on Dana White's Contender Series a couple of years back, finally made her promotional debut Saturday at UFC 279. Wolf was paired up with Norma Dumont in...

Canadian bantamweight Chad Anheliger was in search of yet another victory in the octagon as part of the UFC 279 early prelims. Matched up with Alateng Heili, both men were looking for their second consecutive win inside the octagon. Heili...

While Combate Americas (now Combate Global) alum Melissa Martinez was making her octagon debut Saturday at UFC 279 against Elise Reed, she was doing so off a significant layoff. "Super Mely," undefeated at 7-0 to start the night, had not...

Two recent additions to the welterweight division opened the prelims at UFC 279 on Saturday, as Darian Weeks and Yohan Lainesse faced off. Both had dealt with a rough start to their respective UFC careers after impressive, undefeated runs on...

Joe Riggs would no doubt be familiar to UFC fans, and was still marching on in his combat sports career at BKFC 29 on Saturday. But it was the inaugural women's strawweight title fight that topped the card at...

Khamzat Chimaev will need a signature performance against Kevin Holland if he is to begin to undo the fiasco he caused after missing weight and shuffling the deck at UFC 279. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1567546845572005890?s=20&t=WB94hOXLvWf2d3NwdTGR-g On Thursday morning, Khamzat Chimaev was the darling of...

After one of the wildest weeks in UFC history, Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson will now face each other in hopes of writing different chapters for their respective careers at UFC 279. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1563556952218763264?s=20&t=WB94hOXLvWf2d3NwdTGR-g Let's address the obvious first. Nate Diaz, after more...

UFC 279 wasn't the only game in town for MMA fans on Saturday, as Poland's KSW brought a solid card to fight fans earlier in the day. KSW 74 saw heavyweight champ Phil De Fries looking to make the seventh...

Don't look now, but UFC 279 just became a better fight card. Leading into September's UFC Pay-Per-View, the biggest criticism of the card was the blatant mismatch of the main event. To borrow a pro-wrestling term, Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate...