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2025 Contender Series winner Adrian Luna Martinetti made his UFC debut on Saturday, a week after his DWCS opponent, Mark Vologdin, made his own first walk to the octagon, facing Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 116. Grant, now 40, was...

Rising bantamweight Montel Jackson faced off against Raoni Barcelos as part of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 116 main card. Jackson has been one to watch, putting together a 9-3 record in the UFC and most recently competing against ex-flyweight champ Deiveson...

Heavyweights Marcus Buchecha and Ryan Spann opened up the UFC Vegas 116 main card on Saturday. Buchecha (properly Marcus Almeida) was a ONE Championship transplant and decorated BJJ star looking for his first UFC victory after dropping his promotional debut....

BJJ standout Rodolfo Vieira took on Eric McConico at middleweight in the featured preliminary card fight at UFC Vegas 116. With a treasure chest of gold medals from the jiu-jistu world, Vieira was looking to find consistency in MMA, after...

Middleweights Jackson McVey and Sedriques Dumas faced off at UFC Vegas 116 in preliminary card action at the Meta Apex on Saturday. "SD" Dumas has been a magnet for controversy throughout his UFC career thanks to multiple arrests including robbery...

Former teammates Mayra Bueno Silva and Michelle Montague faced off in bantamweight action at UFC Vegas 116. Silva, who once challenged for the UFC's vacant women's 135lb title after Amanda Nunes had retired, had not won since 2023. She'd gone...

A move up to bantamweight saw Cody Durden looking to hold onto his job when he faced Jafel Filho at UFC Vegas 116 at the Meta Apex on Saturday. Durden had lost four straight and six of his last seven,...

Longtime Bellator prospect Lucas Brennan made his UFC debut on Saturday, taking on Francis Marshall at UFC Vegas 116 in lightweight action. Marshall was returning to the lightweight division for the first time since 2021, prior to joining the UFC....

Victor Valenzuela made his octagon debut Saturday, drawing a tough first text in veteran welterweight Max "Pain" Griffin. Chile's Valenzuela had suffered a loss on the Contender Series last year, but bounced back with a regional scene victory in March,...

Kicking off the UFC Vegas 116 card at the Meta Apex on Saturday was a women's strawweight fight featuring Talita Alencar and Julia Polastri. Alencar was the last fighter to step on the scales at Friday's official weigh-in, but she...