After finishing Paul Craig in the first round at UFC 209, UFC light heavyweight Tyson Pedro explained to the media that he comes into each fight honoring his cousin, who died in Afghanistan serving in the army.
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Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley spent about 90 seconds of a 25-minute fight aggressively attacking Stephen Thompson. It was enough for him to retain his belt at UFC 209 on Saturday.
Some disappointments are too profound to hide, so there is no use trying to minimize the effect losing the co-main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson had on UFC 209.
David Teymur improved to 3-0 in the UFC with a unanimous decision over Lando Vannata in the penultimate bout of UFC 209 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Johnson will meet contender Wilson Reis in one of two fights added to UFC on Fox 24 in Kansas City.
UFC 209 takes place at T-Mobile Arena tonight with preliminary action getting underway at 3:30 p.m. PST. The main card features a welterweight bout between Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson. We’ll be live-blogging from the arena.
Though Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern admits that she has a long way to go before being considered an elite MMA fighter, she is confident that she will fight in the UFC in 2017.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 209 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
All 22 fighters competing at UFC 209 squared off one last time before trading leather on Mar. 4 at the T-Mobile Arena. UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson also spoke to the fans about his canceled interim lightweight title fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Former welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre will return to the UFC and will first face UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping for the belt. The two squared off at a press conference on Mar. 3 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
AEG and MGM Resorts, the operators of T-Mobile Arena, announced Friday that the UFC will be an anchor tenant. The agreement calls for the UFC to hold at least four events per year at the arena.
Former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans never stopped craving for his next challenge long enough to digest the ones that helped define his greatness.
UFC 209 was dealt a major blow Friday about 24 hours before the event at T-Mobile Arena. One of the most anticipated — and snakebitten — fights in UFC lightweight division history again was canceled.
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate retired from MMA at UFC 205 following a pair of losses. At the 2017 World MMA Awards, Tate spoke about some of her latest endeavors.
When Australia’s Tyson Pedro and Scotland’s Paul Craig go to war in the octagon at UFC 209 on Saturday, one undefeated fighter will walk away without their unblemished record.