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UFC’s White glad for healthy fighters, big shows

UFC President Dana White has healthy fighters, pleased television partners and a tantalizing slate of upcoming fall fights. It’s a big change from last year, when White spent untold months scrambling to replace injured stars and plugging holes in an ambitious schedule that devolved into a patchwork slate for mixed martial arts’ dominant promotion.

Johnson retains flyweight title with submission win over Moraga

It took UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson awhile on Saturday night, but he put some of that talk to rest by submitting John Moraga in the main event of UFC on Fox 8 in Seattle to retain the belt.

Ellenberger enjoys hype for UFC bout

Jake Ellenberger thinks he has won the battle against Rory MacDonald in the buildup to their fight on tonight’s UFC on Fox 8 card in Seattle.

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Former champ Brian Stann retires from cagefighting

UFC middleweight Brian Stann, the former World Extreme Cagefighting light heavyweight champion, announced his retirement as a fighter on “The MMA Hour” radio show on Thursday.

UFC extends reach with fights planned in Macau, Singapore

Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts promotion company, has expanded its global reach in the Asian market with planned MMA fight shows in Macau and Singapore in 2014.

Weidman’s win causes ripples throughout UFC

One punch created a new sensation in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and changed the fortunes of three of the organization’s biggest superstars.

Weidman knocks out Silva at UFC 162, wins middleweight title

Anderson Silva has toyed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight division for seven years. All of that playing finally caught up with him in the main event of UFC 162 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night.