A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC Fight Night 116 Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
Middleweight Jesse Taylor has been flagged for a potential violation of the UFC’s anti-doping policy.
The UFC has returned the light heavyweight belt to Daniel Cormier after his loss to Jon Jones was vacated by the California State Athletic Commission because of a positive drug test.
With Thiago Alves out of Saturday night’s fight, Mike Perry has a new opponent for UFC Fight Night 116 in Pittsburgh.
UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson will defend the belt against Ray Borg in the new main event of UFC 216 on Oct. 7 at T-Mobile Arena.
The California State Athletic Commission has changed Jon Jones’ win over Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 to a no-contest after testing on the “B” sample confirmed the presence of Turinabol in his system.
A test of the ‘B’ sample from urine provided by UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones to USADA has confirmed the star fighter had a banned substance in his system the night before a July fight in Anaheim, California.
Former UFC womens bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey made an appearance on the red carpet at the WWE Mae Young Classic event in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Amanda Nunes plans to take time off to address chronic breathing issues now that title defense against Valentina Shevchenko is finally in the past.
Valentina Shevchenko waited an extra two months to fight UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. When her chance finally came, she lost a split decision to Nunes on Saturday at UFC 215.