The Brazilian choked out Las Vegas native Joseph Benavidez to capture the vacant flyweight title in the main event of Sunday morning’s UFC on ESPN+ 30 in Abu Dhabi.
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It took Conor McGregor 40 seconds to pick up his first win since 2016, as the former two-division champion defeated Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
The facility, which will be home to “Dana White’s Contender Series” and “The Ultimate Fighter,” is adjacent to the company’s global headquarters in Las Vegas.
UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis thinks that former division champion Stipe Miocic should’ve had a chance to compete for the belt before he did.
On May 4, Las Vegas-based fighter Gabriel Checco will compete at Legacy Fighting Alliance 39 for the promotion’s interim middleweight belt.
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.
Kevin Lee, who will battle for the interim lightweight championship on Oct. 7, says that’s why he considers McGregor the interim champion and his challenger, Tony Ferguson, as the real number one fighter of the 155-pound weight class.
UFC lightweight Kevin Lee talks about his preparation for fighting Michael Chiesa, headlining UFC Fight Night 112 and what it takes to standout with the promotion.
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is interested in moving up to 145-pounds soon. But she says she’d rather face the division’s current champion Germaine de Randamie instead of Cris “Cyborg” Justino.
UFC president Dana White said Wednesday during an appearance on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” that he had come to terms with Conor McGregor on a deal for the UFC lightweight champion to box Floyd Mayweather Jr.