UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will move back up to heavyweight to challenge Stipe Miocic for the belt on July 7 at T-Mobile Arena, UFC officials confirmed Friday.
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After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered mixed martial arts and prep sports while helping coordinate online and social media coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
Conor McGregor still holds the belt for now even though Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Tony Ferguson will fight for the UFC lightweight title in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 7.
Former middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger advances with win over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in main event of Bellator 192 in Los Angeles.
Miocic and Daniel Cormier both retained their UFC titles with wins on the card.
Stipe Miocic can set the record for longest title reign by a UFC heavyweight champion with a win in the main event of UFC 220 on Saturday in Boston. Good luck finding anyone outside his circle of friends picking him to do so.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 220 on Saturday at TD Garden in Boston, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
UFC lightweight stars Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson again have been booked to fight. This time, the enigmatic bout is scheduled to headline UFC 223 on April 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Cynthia Calvillo’s postfight sample collected after a Dec. 30 loss to Carla Esparza at T-Mobile Arena on the main card of UFC 219 revealed a level of marijuana metabolites above the allowable limit of 180 ng/mL.
UFC president Dana White said McGregor may be stripped of the title should he not return to the cage in early 2018.
The Las Vegan picked up a win over Paige VanZant on the main card of UFC Fight Night 124 on Sunday, just days after her cat was euthanized due to injuries it sustained when her house was burglarized. Also, featherweight veteran Jeremy Stephens knocked out Doo Ho Choi in the second round of the main event.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC Fight Night 124 on Sunday at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
UFC featherweight Doo Ho Choi is racing the clock in a way not many fighters must do at age 26. He has about a year before he must take a hiatus from his thriving career and fulfill a two-year military term mandatory for South Korean males.
UFC fighter Jessica-Rose Clark’s Las Vegas home was robbed on Thursday with three suspects making off with an estimated $30,000 worth of electronics and clothes. The real damage was far more sentimental.
Yoel Romero will replace Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 221 as he takes on former champ Luke Rockhold for the interim middleweight title in Perth, Australia, on Feb. 11.
The undefeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion’s UFC debut against Ashley Yoder is official for UFC 222 on March 3 at T-Mobile Arena.
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