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UFC 285 was all that seemed to matter in mixed martial arts over the past week, and for good reason. The return of Jon Jones was worth tuning in for, and he made short work of French heavyweight Ciryl...

UFC President Dana White was in a giving mood following UFC 285, and Geoff Neal was on the receiving end of that. Neal's ultimately losing effort against Shavkat Rakhmonov was a lock for Fight of the Night, but given he...

The UFC's vacant heavyweight title was on the line when Jon Jones returned from a three-year absence from competition at UFC 285 in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday night. Welcoming Jones back was neither Francis Ngannou (having exited the promotion)...

As is well-known by now, UFC stars Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are coaching the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter. What hasn't been known until this point is just who would be fighting on the show. That changed on...

Valentina Shevchenko was looking to secure the eighth straight defense of her women's flyweight title at UFC 285. Challenger Alexa Grasso, meanwhile, was hoping to become the third Mexican UFC champion in as many months with an upset of...

Undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov was looking at his toughest test to date as part of the UFC 285 PPV card on Saturday. At 16-0 to start the night, Rakhmonov was moving from a win over Neil Magny to Geoff Neal —...

Lightweight Jalin Turner had been expected to face Dan Hooker on the UFC 285 main card on Saturday. But thanks to a Hooker hand injury, it was Poland's Mateusz Gamrot stepping up on short notice — looking to return...

Perhaps the most anticipated debut of the year arrived on Saturday at UFC 285, as wrestling standout Bo Nickal arrived in the octagon against Jamie Pickett. Nickal was a three-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion, and captured both the U.S....

Cody Garbrandt entered UFC 285 looking for redemption — and to snap a three-fight skid — in his fight with short-notice replacement Trevin Jones. Jones had stepped up in place of Julio Arce in the fight, which saw Garbrandt looking...

A key middleweight scrap at UFC 285 saw longtime veteran Derek Brunson set to face off with surging South African contender Dricus Du Plessis. Du Plessis, a former KSW champion in two weight classes, entered the fight off a win...