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The streaking Tyson Pedro took on Modestas Bukauskas in the latter's return to the UFC as part of Saturday's UFC 284 preliminary card. Pedro had been on a two-fight first round finish streak since his return from a four-year hiatus...

Regardless of outcome, UFC 284 in Perth, Australia was going to be a historic night. Either Alexander Volkanovski was going to dethrone Islam Makhachev to become the UFC's next double-champ, or Makhachev was going to notch his first title defense—...

Featherweights Josh Culibao and Melsik Baghdasaryan faced off on the UFC 284 preliminary card, with Culibao enjoying home field advantage in the fight. Baghdasaryan was undefeated in the UFC, but had missed all of 2022. He looked to make up...

Despite a loss on the Contender Series last year, Shannon Ross was jumping straight to the UFC, starting with his UFC 284 match-up with Kleydson Rodrigues. Rodrigues, in his sophomore outing with the promotion, had missed weight for the bout,...

20-year-old Francisco Prado made his octagon debut at UFC 284, matched up with the hard-hitting Jamie Mullarkey. A tough out for any newcomer, but Prado certainly had a puncher's chance if not more. In a fight that would go the...

One of five newcomers on the UFC 284 card in Perth, Australia on Saturday, Jack Jenkins looked to build on a seven-fight win streak against "Shameless" Don Shainis. Having picked up a UFC deal on Dana White's Contender Series last...

Women's strawweights Loma Lookboonmee and Elise Reed squared off early on the UFC 284 preliminary card in Perth, Australia on Saturday. Lookboonmee vs. Reed was the lone women's bout on the UFC 284 card, and found both fighters entering the...

One of several newcomers making their debut at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia was Blake Bilder, a former Cage Fury FC featherweight champ who won his way into the UFC on Dana White's Contender Series last year. Bilder was up...

Just a week out from the card, UFC Vegas 69 has undergone another change to its main event. The Fight Night show scheduled for the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on February 18 was originally set to be headlined by...

Promotional newcomer Elves Brenner was getting a tough out in his debut at UFC 284 on Saturday, against Dagestani Zubaira Tukhugov. Tukhugov, however, had made sure that the 25-year old talent, still raw and young in his career, was well...