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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. A...

Malik Lewis got his chance on the Contender Series in the fall of 2023. While the short notice fight was a dream come true in a lot of ways, it came at a nightmarish time in the lightweight's life....

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. A...

This past Saturday in Sydney, Australia, one of the biggest upsets in UFC title fight history went down as Sean Strickland shocked the world, dominating Israel Adesanya at UFC 293. Let's take a look at what could be next for...

A familiar crop of UFC hopefuls are set to throw down on DWCS 2023 Episode 6, with no fewer than four returning fighters in action. Among those returning faces is Julia Polastri, who had fallen to Jasmine Jasudavicius in 2021....

Women's strawweight action is set for next month's UFC Vegas 80. The Fight Night card will see former 115lb title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz (15-7), on a bit of a career resurgence of late, taking on Canadian-based Romanian Diana Belbita (15-7)....

Canadian women's flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius is 2-0 in 2023 and coming off a dominant win over Miranda Maverick that briefly had her ranked in the top 15. Now, Jasudavicius looks to add a third win against her biggest name yet,...

There were no follies or foibles at the scale on Monday ahead of Dana White's Contender Series Season 7, Week 6. All fighters booked for the card weighed in without issue, in orderly fashion after the weigh-in window kicked off...

Rampage Jackson is set to fight later this year, against a name from his TUF 10 coaching stint, while Charles Radtke put his foot firmly in his mouth at UFC 293. UFC 5's cover art has been revealed, McGregor...

UFC President Dana White knows, after 23 years running the ship atop the world's largest MMA promotion, that anything can happen in this sport. Still, he seemed as confused as anyone as to what happened with Israel Adesanya in the...