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Kicking off the UFC 289 Pay-Per-View card was a middleweight match-up between Canada's Marc-Andre Barriault, and former LFA champ (and not to mention Calgary Stampeders linebacker) Eryk Anders. Both fighters came in off wins in their most recent bouts, and...

The featured preliminary card bout at UFC 289 found ranked middleweights Nassourdine Imavov and Chris Curtis facing off. Both fighters were looking to bounce back from recent losses — Curtis against Kelvin Gastelum, and Imavov opposite Curtis' teammate Sean Strickland. Imavov...

A women's flyweight fight put together by a smartly timed callout, #15-ranked Miranda Maverick faced Canada's Jasmine Jasudavicius as part of the UFC 289 preliminary card on Saturday night. Jasudavicius, coming off a win over Gabriella Fernandes earlier this year,...

Vancouver, Canada — A Romanian who has adopted Canada as her home, Diana Belbita received the hometown treatment at UFC 289 in Vancouver on Saturday night. Belbita (15-7) kicked off the main card in a strawweight scrap with Brazilian Maria...

After eleven months of trying to land a fight, Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi finally returned to action at UFC 289 on Saturday night — finally competing in his home country after several years away. Opposite Zahabi for this homecoming was...

Canadian Kyle Nelson looked to return to the win column at UFC 289 in Vancouver when he faced undefeated Contender Series vet Blake Bilder in a featherweight match-up that kicked off the televised preliminary card. With a 1-4-1 record in...

Flyweight newcomer Steve Erceg made the trip to Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada from the other side of the world, with the Australian placed opposite #10-ranked David Dvorak on the UFC 289 preliminary card. Dvorak had lost two straight, while...

Diana Belbita returned after a year off to face Maria Oliveira at UFC 289, a battle of athletes who have losing UFC records in a fight for their jobs. This women's strawweight fight opened the prelims of the UFC's...

Vancouver, Canada — As fight fans prepare for Amanda Nunes' latest title defense, a former foe of "The Lioness" and ex-UFC flyweight champion arrived in Vancouver to talk about her quest to reclaim gold. Valentina Shevchenko was a dominant force...

Vancouver, Canada — The UFC's long-awaited return to Canada, over three years in the making, arrives on Saturday with UFC 289 touching down at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. Coincidentally, that was the site of the promotion's last...