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China's Weili Zhang will look to become the latest fighter to reclaim strawweight gold at UFC 281 on Saturday night. "Thug" Rose Namajunas did it. Carla Esparza did it after that. Eight years on from defeating Namajunas to become the...

UFC 281 brings with it the return of Liverpool's Molly McCann, fighting without Paddy Pimblett by her side for a change. Pimblett will fight later this year in Las Vegas, but for McCann (13-4), she plans to "bring some European...

An interim lightweight title was on the line at KSW 76 on Saturday when featherweight champion Salahdine Parnasse made the move to claim a second belt. Parnasse, originally expected to face 155lb champ Marian Ziołkowski, drew Sabastian  Rajewski instead after...

Saturday saw U.K. promotion Cage Warriors return to action, with two title fights stacked atop the Cage Warriors 146 card. In the main event, Christian Leroy Duncan was set to make the first defense of his middleweight title against Bulgarian...

Israel Adesanya's motivation to finally get his hand raised against a familiar foe will be his fuel as he takes on highly touted knockout machine Alex Pereira at UFC 281. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1586855472556122113?s=20&t=P506L3jiEF0PHbQQqfkBighttps://twitter.com/ufc/status/1586855472556122113?s=20&t=P506L3jiEF0PHbQQqfkBig Let's look beyond the Twitter and Instagram clips. You've seen it...

Reigning champion Carla Esparza is looking to change the conversation from her uneventful last outing while Zhang Weili is looking to make the most out of her second chance to reclaim gold at UFC 281. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1590741356359536646?s=20&t=ugX7c2SMP7BQfNndfERArg "You are only as good...

After an aggressive run-in this past summer, Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler will finally collide in a high stakes bout in the lightweight division at UFC 281. https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1514662682653171752?s=20&t=aF5uwwBXWa2bBWGyYKGcaQ Dustin Poirier has been in this position before.  "The Diamond" has become a...

The cross-promotional showdown between Bellator MMA and RIZIN Fighting Federation this New Year's Eve has added another fight to its line-up. In a press release on Friday, Bellator officials announced that Gadzhi Rabadanov, representing the American fight promotion, would take...

After defending his featherweight belt earlier this year, Salahdine Parnasse will look to become the next KSW double-champ at Saturday's KSW 76. Parnasse, the Polish promotion's reigning featherweight king, will look to collect a second title at lightweight. Thanks to...

Frankie Edgar will hang up the gloves following UFC 281 this Saturday. It's been a long road for "The Answer," who debuted in 2005 in New York, and will wrap it up in the very same city, albeit it inside...