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The Road to UFC 2 tournament wrapped up on Saturday night (or Sunday morning, depending on your locale) — in three of four weight classes at least. Unfortunately, due to an injury to Xiao Long, the bantamweight finale featuring Long...

Undefeated Dagestani wrestler Aliaskhab Khizriev wanted  to defend his perfect record in his second UFC fight against Makhmud Muradov at UFC Vegas 85. Inactivity has plagued Khizriev since signing with the UFC in 2020. He has had five fights canceled...

TUF alum Gilbert Urbina, whose brothers had also turned up on The Ultimate Fighter, was in search of his first UFC win when he faced Charles Radtke at UFC Vegas 85. The welterweight fight kicked off Saturday's main card at...

A rematch between "Meatball" Molly McCann and Diana Belbita at UFC Vegas 85 doubled as McCann's strawweight debut, while also serving as the featured preliminary card bout on the Fight Night card. Both fighters were coming off losses, with McCann...

Flyweight Charles Johnson was looking to get out of the Apex, but on Saturday he was back at the UFC's own private venue, paired up with Azat Maksum in a preliminary card fight at UFC Vegas 85. This marked Johnson's...

Thanks to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Themba Gorimbo is winning outside the cage, having been gifted a house by the wrestling superstar. He was winning inside the cage as well on Saturday. At UFC Vegas 85, Gorimbo was paired up...

"The Korean Tiger" Jeong Yeong Lee, a ROAD FC veteran returning to action at UFC Vegas 85 for the first time in a year, faced off with Blake Bilder in featherweight action on Saturday's preliminary card. Lee entered off a...

The UFC returned to the cozy confines of the Apex on Saturday, with UFC Vegas 85 putting the middleweight division in the spotlight. A pair of ranked 185'ers anchored the card, as Georgian Roman Dolidze clashed with France's Nassourdine Imavov. Both...

The plot thickens: ahead of UFC Vegas 85, Luana Carolina missed weight by a full three pounds for her would-be flyweight fight with Julija Stoliarenko. Whether the flub at the scales would have any bearing on the fight itself was...

TUF 31 alum Landon Quinones was looking for his first win inside the UFC octagon on Saturday, as he welcomed Marquel Mederos to the promotion at UFC Vegas 85. Mederos, a Contender Series veteran, was riding a six-fight win streak...