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Paris, France - The UFC lightweight division continues to boast some of the best talent in all of MMA and that was on display when John Makdessi and Nasrat Haqparast clashed in the octagon on the main card of...

Paris, France — Having arrived at UFC Paris following a successful stint on Dana White's Contender Series last year, Cristian Quinonez had all of ten days to prepare for his fight with Khalid Taha. Mexico's Quinonez (17-3) secured a first-round...

Debuting at UFC Paris was one of the more interesting prospects out of Cage Warriors of late, lightweight Michal Figlak. Figlak was paired up with Fares Ziam, a French fighter who had seemingly been let go by the promotional earlier...

Paris, France — The talk ahead of the women's featherweight fight between Stephanie Egger and Ailin Perez at UFC Paris was mostly about Perez's dance moves. Specifically, Perez had done a little twerking during Friday's ceremonial weigh-ins, something she's done...

With Christos Giagos out of his lightweight fight with Benoit St. Denis at UFC Paris, the UFC had brought in Brazilian Gabriel Miranda on short notice. In terms of name recognition, it was a downgrade, but for St. Denis, he...

Paris, France - Bantamweights Khalid Taha and Cristian Quiñónez faced off on the prelims of the UFC's first ever Paris card on Saturday, September 3rd. As the veteran with five fights in the promotion - but winless in his last...

UFC Paris was kicked off by a women's featherweight fight, featuring two bantamweights, including a promotional newcomer. The weight class had no doubt been more geared towards France's Zarah Fairn, but with Fairn out of the fight, it was instead...

The UFC heads to France for UFC Paris this Saturday night, in a historic first event in the country. The card is set to be headlined by France's own Ciryl Gane taking on Tai Tuivasa in a pivotal heavyweight...

A highly anticipated women's strawweight match-up has been pushed back, though only by a few weeks. Marina Rodriguez (16-1-2) had been expected to face Amanda Lemos (12-2-1) at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi on October 22, 2022. Instead, the pair...

RIZIN Fighting Federation are currently gearing up for RIZIN 38 and Super RIZIN on September 25 — but the promotion is also looking to finally hit American shores. Particularly, Hawaii. With that in mind, the Japanese promotion has enlisted the...