While UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley wants to prove he’s the best fighter to ever compete in the 170-pound division, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson has plans of usurping him from his throne at UFC 209 in Las Vegas on March 4, 2017.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson engaged in a verbal sparring session on the UFC 209 conference call Thursday.
Kevin Lee may hail from Detroit, but ‘The Motown Phenom’ has made Las Vegas his home for the past few years. If he can get past Francisco Trinaldo in Brazil, he wants to main event a fight card rumored to take place in Detroit in 2017.
A finalist of The Ultimate Fighter 19, Dhiego Lima returns to the UFC as part of the cast of TUF Redemption.
MMA fighter Ronda Rousey will appear on an upcoming episode of NBC’s “Blindspot” as a guest star.
Eddie Gordon won The Ultimate Fighter season 19 middleweight tournament, but was cut from the UFC following three straight losses. He’ll hunt for redemption as part of the cast of TUF 25.
UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis is looking to finish Travis Browne in the main event of UFC Fight Night 105 set for Halifax, Canada, on Feb. 19.
Championship fights in the newly minted UFC women’s featherweight division could be put on hold if Germaine de Randamie takes time off for surgery.
On Feb. 18, Matt Mitrione will face Fedor Emelianenko in the main event of Bellator 172. Mitrione, 38, believes a win could make him an immediate contender for the vacant Bellator heavyweight championship.
Combate Americas atomweight standout Kyra Batara says she’s dedicating her next fight to a family friend who is battling leukemia.
Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson will get a chance at redemption when he gets a rematch against UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier for the belt in the main event of UFC 210 in Buffalo, New York on Apr. 8.
Chan Sung Jung makes his return with a first-round knockout of Dennis Bermudez in the main event of UFC Fight Night 104 in Houston on Saturday night.
After putting on fight of the night performance against Angela Hill, Jessica Andrade called for a shot at UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Andrade defeated Hill by way of unanimous decision in Houston at UFC Fight Night 104.
UFC light heavyweight and Las Vegas-based fighter Khalil Rountree says hard work paid off for him. The former Ultimate Fighter finalist won his first fight with the promotion in Houston when he defeated Daniel Jolly via first-round knockout.
Several MMA fighters made appearances on Super Bowl 51’s radio row in Houston. So we asked them to give us their picks for the Big Game and had them explain why they picked either the New England Patriots or the Atlanta Falcons.