Champions Rose Namajunas and Kamaru Usman train together and will put their respective titles on the line against opponents they’ve beaten before on Saturday night.
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Khamzat Chimaev has outlanded his opponents 112-1 in significant strikes in his four victories and stole the show on a card that featured title wins by Petr Yan and Glover Teixeira.
Rising UFC welterweight Khamzat Chimaev burst onto the scene with three wins in a record 66 days, but has not fought in more than a year while recovering from COVID.
Police say UFC fighter Jon Jones smashed his head into the hood of a Las Vegas police patrol car, causing thousands in damage, during a domestic violence investigation Friday morning on the Strip.
Robbie Lawler waited 17 years to avenge his loss to Nick Diaz on Saturday on a card that saw Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko retain their titles.
Nick Diaz remains one of the UFC’s biggest draws despite not fighting since 2016 and will seek his first win since 2011 when he meets Robbie Lawler at UFC 266.
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Jon Jones was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Friday, jail records show.
At Robert Kraft’s Rolling Stones show, Dana White joined such dignitaries as Peter Wolf of J. Geils Band and former Pats linebacker Andre Tippett.
Conor McGregor should stick to fighting after throwing a wild pitch before the Cubs-Twins game Tuesday night.
UFC President Dana White will give command to start engines at NASCAR playoff race.
It was the fourth pro fight for Jake Paul, the internet sensation who has more than 20 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, and the boxing debut for Tyron Woodley.
A legal battle between UFC President Dana White and a man convicted of trying to extort him in a sex-tape scandal is now playing out in the state’s highest court.
Ciryl Gane, No. 3 in the UFC heavyweight rankings, is a heavy -370 favorite over Derrick Lewis, ranked No. 2, in their interim title fight Saturday in the main event of UFC 265.
Uriah Hall won his last fight in April at UFC 261 when former champion Chris Weidman suffered a gruesome broken leg throwing a kick. He’s a +170 underdog to Sean Strickland.
Two-division champion Amanda Nunes has tested positive for COVID and will be unable to defend her women’s bantamweight title against Julianna Pena at UFC 265.