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Whether UFC 279's main event, featuring breakout star Khamzat Chimaev against longtime veteran Nate Diaz, is a mismatch or not, there is no question that fight fans are intrigued by the pairing. Diaz is expected to exit the promotion following...

When the UFC was scrambling to add a fight or two to the previously thin UFC 279 card, they called up a pair of hard hitting featherweights. Julian Erosa and Hakeem Dawodu saved the day and bolstered the prelim...

Las Vegas, NV — UFC 279 welterweight Daniel Rodriguez is not overly concerned about opponent Kevin Holland's propensity for trash talk. The pairing will actually take place at a 180lb catchweight, given it was added to the card just a...

Las Vegas, NV — Bantamweight contender Irene Aldana returns to action at UFC 279 for the first time in over a year. "It feels like home again. I'm glad to be here, really glad," Aldana (13-6) told media outlets including...

Los Angeles, CA — Bellator women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will make her pro boxing debut later this month under the Fight Music banner in Brazil. Cyborg (26-2, 1NC) has long pursued a match in the ring, and that will...

Las Vegas, NV — UFC welterweight Kevin Holland jumps into something of a short notice fight this Saturday at UFC 279. But while his match-up with Daniel Rodriguez was a late addition to the PPV card, Holland (23-7, 1NC) is...

With the middleweight fight between Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland off the card, Alexa Grasso vs. Viviane Araujo has been promoted to the main event of the UFC's October 15 Fight Night card. Promotion officials announced the news on Wednesday....

Las Vegas, NV — This Saturday's UFC 279 main event is widely expected to be the last time Nate Diaz fights under the UFC banner. As such, he's been paired up in a "passing of the torch" match-up with Khamzat...

Las Vegas, NV — Former UFC interim lightweight champ and fan favorite Tony Ferguson moves to welterweight this weekend at UFC 279. It's a return to the weight class for "El Cucuy," who fought at 170 earlier in his...

Las Vegas, NV — Khamzat Chimaev is about the headline his first UFC Pay-Per-View, topping this weekend's UFC 279 card opposite Nate Diaz. It's a rare non-title PPV headliner, but the weight of the names involved afford the promotion some...