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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....

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...