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Stepping in to save a fight on the UFC 290 main card this weekend, Val Woodburn has the difficult assignment of going up against unbeaten middleweight prospect Bo Nickal. One of the most decorated NCAA wrestlers in years, Nickal...

Las Vegas, NV — Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has signed on to face an old rival in Junior Dos Santos this September. The catch is, the fight will come under the Gamebred Bareknuckle banner, the bareknuckle MMA promotion...

Las Vegas, NV — Attending the 2023 UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Las Vegas on Thursday night, Chinese strawweight Yan Xiaonan made clear to media outlets including Cageside Press that she believes she should have been fighting...

Las Vegas, NV — There was a time when Mike Goldberg was the voice of the UFC, alongside longtime color commentator Joe Rogan. These days, it's Jon Anik who seems as much a part of the promotion as Rogan...

Las Vegas, NV — Georgian featherweight Giga Chikadze has not competed since January of 2022, where he suffered a rare and particularly violent setback against Calvin Kattar. Now, the former kickboxer and winner of four straight post-fight bonuses is ready...

Las Vegas, NV — Former UFC and Strikeforce women's bantamweight champ Miesha Tate is looking to get back in the cage this fall. And she's still chasing her title aspirations, and a fairytale ending to her career. "I'm hoping to...

With Henry Cejudo previously announcing that a shoulder injury had taken him out of next month's UFC 292, where he had been booked against Marlon "Chito" Vera, a new opponent has stepped up. Replacing Cejudo in the fight will be...

The long-anticipated fight between Jon Jones and former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, still the promotion's heavyweight record holder for most title defenses in the weight class, is booked. On Friday, UFC President Dana White confirmed that Jones (27-1, 1NC)...

Welterweight prospect Jack Della Maddalena just can't catch a break this week. After originally scheduled UFC 290 opponent Sean Brady — the biggest name of JDM's career — was forced out of their International Fight Week pairing, Maddalena was kept...

All but one fighter successfully made weight for UFC 290 at Friday's official weigh-ins. The lone exception on the International Fight Week card was Jalin Turner, the last man to weigh in during Friday's window. He came in two pounds...