Welterweight contender Carlos Condit eased back into competition in his return from a torn ACL with a relatively even first round against Thiago Alves.
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Perennial UFC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone has developed a little tradition with coach Greg Jackson before each fight.
Ronda Rousey, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s women’s bantamweight champion, appeared Saturday at the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd. to sign copies of her new memoir, “My Fight / Your Fight.”
Chris Weidman retained the middleweight belt with a first-round stoppage of Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, and Daniel Cormier won the light heavyweight title that was stripped from Jon Jones last month with a third-round submission over Anthony Johnson.
John Dodson comes back from a serious knee injury Saturday night to face Zach Makovsky on the UFC 187 preliminary card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. “I’m going to knock somebody out and do a flip off the cage,” says the ever-confident Dodson.
Here’s a breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 187 Saturday at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Three years after Vitor Belfort beat Anthony Johnson, the two are training partners and fighting for titles Saturday in Las Vegas. Belfort challenges Chris Weidman for the middleweight title. Johnson faces Daniel Cormier for the light heavyweight belt. The road Johnson took to this point was set in motion when he was s
Chris Weidman, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight champ, is squarely focused on becoming one of the organization’s best fighters ever. He will defend his title Saturday against Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 at the MGM Grand Garden.
Jon Jones was scheduled to defend his light heavyweight title at UFC 187 on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden. But he was stripped of the crown and suspended indefinitely after another incident outside the cage, and now Anthony Johnson and Daniel Cormier will fight for the vacated belt.
Asked about the possibility of fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. during a press junket for the upcoming “Entourage” movie, UFC star Ronda Rousey responded with a knockout blow.
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone waslooking forward to fighting undefeated contender Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 187 on Saturday night at MGM Grand. But when Nurmagomedov was injured, he didn’t think twice about taking on John Makdessi, who has a vastly different style.
Former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar won all five rounds over Urijah Faber on his way to a unanimous decision Saturday in the main event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first card in the Philippines.
The Nevada Athletic Commission on Friday approved sweeping changes for dealing with drug cheats in combat sports, ratcheting up the suspensions and fines and ultimately calling for lifetime bans for repeat offenders.
A featherweight bout between Frankie Edgar and Urijah Faber will serve as the main event for an Ultimate Fighting Championship card Saturday in Manila, the first time the organization has held an event in the Philippines.
Stipe Miocic landed 361 total strikes, the most by any fighter in UFC history, in his pummeling of Mark Hunt in the main event of an Ultimate Fighting Championship card Saturday in Australia. Fans were critical of referee John Sharp for not stopping the fight until the fifth round.
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