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Light heavyweight action kicked off the televised preliminary card at UFC 290, with Jimmy Crute and Alonzo Menifield running it back in a rare immediate rematch. Outside of title fights, such bookings are rarely put in place by the UFC...

Undefeated Contender Series standout Vitor Petrino won a 'Fight of the Night' award in his UFC debut, but he faced a different challenge in veteran kickboxing specialist Marcin Prachnio on the prelims of UFC 290. At 8-0 with six finishes,...

Among the newcomers on Saturday's UFC 290 card, capping off this year's International Fight Week, was Terrence Mitchell, booked into a bantamweight match-up with South Africa's Cameron Saaiman. Saaiman was 2-0 to start his UFC run, while Mitchell, a veteran...

Contender Series alumni Shannon Ross and Jesus Aguilar squared off at UFC 290 on Saturday afternoon in each man's second bout with the promotion, having lost the first. Ross was one of only a handful of Contender Series bout losers...

Kicking off the UFC 290 card in Las Vegas on Saturday was a lightweight match-up, featuring the return of Kamuela Kirk against Esteban Ribovics. Kirk was both returning from a year-long layoff, and making the move to lightweight in the...

Las Vegas, NV — Josiah Harrell's exit from the UFC 290 card this week was addressed by UFC President Dana White following Friday night's Power Slap event in Las Vegas. Harrell was pulled from a short-notice fight with Jack Della...

Las Vegas, NV — By flyweight Katlyn Chookagian's standards, it's been ages since she last fought, in an October match-up with Manon Fiorot. Chookagian (18-5) is a perennial contender in the women's 125lb weight class, so it does feel odd...

Contender Series and LFA veteran Kamuela Kirk makes the walk to the octagon for the third time this Saturday night at UFC 290 — and he's been waiting for this moment for several reasons. It's been a bit of a...

Capping off this year's International Fight Week, UFC 290 arrives on Saturday with a considerable amount of international flavor on the card. All four of the main and co-main event fighters, for starters, hailed from outside the United States: Australia's...

Dana White's Contender Series alum Edgar Chairez, who was defeated on the show, now gets another shot at the UFC, joining the promotion for this weekend's UFC 290. The International Fight Week card is headlined by Alexander Volkanovski vs....