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Like it or not, weight-cutting is deeply rooted in mixed martial arts. MMA adopted its weight-cutting from the sport of wrestling, where it is presumed to be advantageous to be the biggest and strongest in your weight class. Known as...

Las Vegas, NV – With just over 10 years in the world’s largest MMA promotion UFC middleweight Derek Brunson is back at it when he faces Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 285 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. “I just...

Jon Jones finally makes his heavyweight debut this Saturday at UFC 285. Which, of course, means he'll hit the scales Friday morning in Las Vegas. While there's no chance Jones misses weight, a lot of eyes will be on the...

Las Vegas, NV — "There's a lot of things that I corrected and had to change in my life and my career," former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt admitted during this week's UFC 285 media day. Garbrandt has been on...

Las Vegas, NV — South African middleweight Dricus Du Plessis plans to some day bring a UFC championship to his home continent. Africa at one point had three champions in the UFC, at least in terms of heritage. Now they...

Jon Jones has not been dismissive of Ciryl Gane ahead of the pair's heavyweight title fight this Saturday at UFC 285. "Bones" has consistently complimented the French heavyweight's footwork, in particular, while questioning his cardio — pretty much standard pre-fight...

Las Vegas, NV - After having his fight pushed to UFC 285 welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov is ready to face Geoff Neal on the main card portion this Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. "It's a great big event. I'm in a...

Week 6 of the 2023 PFL Challenger Series goes down Friday night in Orlando, Florida, and a day earlier, all fighters successfully made weight for the card. It's featherweights in action this week on the Challenger Series, with a spot...

There is one key selling point to this Saturday's UFC 285: Jon Jones. That's not to say the card is thin (it isn't) or that there aren't other interesting storylines attached to the event (there are plenty). Still, after three...

Las Vegas, NV — In Valentina Shevchenko's opinion, her last title defence simply proved the difference between champion and challenger. The longtime UFC women's flyweight champ experienced what many believe was her toughest fight to date opposite Taila Santos last...