The 26-year-old Las Vegan figured to take one fight at welterweight until realizing how good he felt during training camp as he prepares for UFC Fight Night 152.
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The Miami Herald reports the fan, Ahmed Abdirzak, dropped his civil lawsuit with McGregor after reaching a settlement.
Jessica Andrade stunned Rose Namajunas with a second-round knockout to win the UFC 115-pound strawweight championship in her home country in the main event of UFC 237 on Saturday night.
UFC has held two previous events in the United Arab Emirates capital, but will now make it an annual stop with at least one title fight for the next five years.
Dustin Poirier bloodied Max Holloway and won a unanimous decision for the UFC interim lightweight title on Saturday night, denying Holloway his chance to become only the fourth fighter to hold two belts at the same time.
The former lightweight champion feels he has done enough to warrant a shot at the 145-pound belt after going 8-1 in non-title bouts at featherweight.
The light heavyweight star has competed just once per year in each of the last five years.
UFC president Dana White joined Adam Hill and Heidi Fang to discuss UFC 235 following a press conference that took place at the MGM Grand on Thursday.
Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and challenger Kamaru Usman trade jabs on stage at the MGM Grand ahead of the March 2 event at T-Mobile Arena.
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been granted a license to fight by a unanimous vote of the Nevada Athletic Commission at a Tuesday meeting at the Sawyer Building.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former champ Conor McGregor each had settlement agreements approved by the Nevada Athletic Commission on Tuesday for their roles in creating a chaotic scene after their UFC 229 bout at T-Mobile Arena.
Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have reached agreements with the Nevada Athletic Commissions on disciplinary action ahead of Tuesday’s scheduled hearings for their involvement in a post-UFC 229 brawl.
The 21-year-old middleweight will take on Charles Byrd at T-Mobile Arena on March 2.
Former NFL player Greg Hardy’s UFC debut didn’t go as well as he hoped on Saturday night as the heavyweight was disqualified for landing a vicious illegal knee on Allen Crowder in the second round of their UFC on ESPN-Plus 1 bout in Brooklyn, New York.
The former UFC women’s champion revealed she is still hoping for a rematch of her first loss in 13 years when she was in Las Vegas to attend Saturday night’s boxing event at the MGM Grand.