When the former UFC middleweight champ broke his leg in the cage Dec. 28, it could have ended his career. But he battled through the rehabilitation process — and depression — and says he’ll be 100 percent against Nick Diaz at UFC 183 on Jan. 3.
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UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has won each of his past three times in the first round. He expects his first title defense, against Gilbert Melendez in UFC 181 on Dec. 6 at Mandalay Bay, to be another brief experience.
Sources: Pettis vs. Hobar to fight in UFC 181
The Canadian welterweight made a statement with a third-round knockout of former Strikeforce champ Tarec Saffiedine on Saturday night in Nova Scotia. It was MacDonald’s third straight win.
UFC veteran Cung Le suspended nine months after positive HGH result
Light heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson was suspended indefinitely on Sept. 19 by the UFC. The organization has hired an independent law firm to investigate abuse allegations by the mother of Johnson’s children.
As he watched his son play football, Dana White smiled. He did not have an episode with the referees. He did not use swear words. He was the ideal father, like Mr. Cunningham in “Happy Days.”
Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighting Championship card at the MGM Grand without question served as a sort of unofficial coming out party for the organization’s anointed future superstar, Conor McGregor.
Demetrious Johnson retained the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title with a second-round submission of Chris Cariaso in the main event of UFC 178 at MGM Grand on Saturday night.
Tonight marks what just about everyone associated with the Ultimate Fighting Championship hopes will be the official beginning of the Conor McGregor era.
Regardless of how much success Dominick Cruz experiences the rest of his career and what he has already accomplished as a UFC champion, the past three years always will be an empty hole on his career resume.
Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight stars Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier each took a slightly different approach in answering to the Nevada Athletic Commission for their roles in a brawl in the lobby of the MGM Grand last month during a Tuesday morning meeting at the Grant Sawyer Building.
Two years ago, Conor McGregor was collecting a welfare check in his native Ireland. Now he’s one of the UFC’s hottest stars.
While so much attention has been focused on the NFL’s handling of domestic violence cases, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has released two fighters.