The former bantamweight champ is still looking for a worthy follow-up to her stunning 2015 victory over Ronda Rousey when she meets Amanda Nunes at UFC 239 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
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The Professional Fighters League will host its three postseason events on the Las Vegas Strip.
The Las Vegan came to terms with her past after finding her estranged mother living on the streets and hopes to continue her winning streak Saturday at UFC on ESPN 3.
UFC president Dana White signed two fighters to the promotion: welterweight Miguel Baeza and bantamweight Miles Johns.
The president of the world’s largest MMA organization addressed a variety of topics after a tour of the new UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas resident is preparing for a No. 1 contender bout against former champion Junior dos Santos in the main event of UFC on ESPN3 on June 29 in Minneapolis.
The facility, which will be home to “Dana White’s Contender Series” and “The Ultimate Fighter,” is adjacent to the company’s global headquarters in Las Vegas.
The 29-year-old Rory MacDonald didn’t dish much punishment over five rounds but hardly absorbed any either from Neiman Gracie (9-1).
The lightweight champion said again this week that he thinks he was treated unfairly compared to Conor McGregor after a brawl broke out following their fight in October.
The women’s flyweight champion knocked Jessica Eye cold with a head kick early in the second round of the main event at UFC 238 in Chicago
Tony Ferguson’s path to the lightweight title is becoming clear. Ferguson won by technical knockout after a medical stoppage in a lightweight fight against Donald Cerrone at UFC 238 on Saturday night.
The flyweight champ, who will fight Moraes for the vacant bantamweight title Saturday, showed up to media day in a robe and crown before pulling a few items out of a hat.
The 40-year-old former World Extreme Cagefighting champion will fight in his hometown of Sacramento, Calif., against Ricky Simon in July.
The top women’s flyweight contender moved to Las Vegas several months ago ahead of her first UFC title opportunity against champion Valentina Shevchenko in Chicago on June 8.
UNLV basketball head coach T.J. Otzelberger made a stop at the UFC Performance Institute as part of the Runnin’ Rebel Caravan.