Former two-time heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez suffered a knee injury and was knocked out by Francis Ngannou in just 26 seconds on Sunday night in his return after more than two years away from the cage.
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The middleweight champion issued a video statement to fans from his hospital bed after emergency surgery on a collapsed bowel and an internal hernia.
Robert Whittaker provided most of the early drama at UFC 234 in Australia and Israel Adesanya quite a lot at the end.
UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will not be able to defend his belt in the main event of UFC 234 in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday night.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card for UFC 234 on Saturday at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
The light heavyweight star has competed just once per year in each of the last five years.
UFC president Dana White joined Adam Hill and Heidi Fang to discuss UFC 235 following a press conference that took place at the MGM Grand on Thursday.
Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and challenger Kamaru Usman trade jabs on stage at the MGM Grand ahead of the March 2 event at T-Mobile Arena.
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been granted a license to fight by a unanimous vote of the Nevada Athletic Commission at a Tuesday meeting at the Sawyer Building.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former champ Conor McGregor each had settlement agreements approved by the Nevada Athletic Commission on Tuesday for their roles in creating a chaotic scene after their UFC 229 bout at T-Mobile Arena.
Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have reached agreements with the Nevada Athletic Commissions on disciplinary action ahead of Tuesday’s scheduled hearings for their involvement in a post-UFC 229 brawl.
The 21-year-old middleweight will take on Charles Byrd at T-Mobile Arena on March 2.
Former NFL player Greg Hardy’s UFC debut didn’t go as well as he hoped on Saturday night as the heavyweight was disqualified for landing a vicious illegal knee on Allen Crowder in the second round of their UFC on ESPN-Plus 1 bout in Brooklyn, New York.
The former UFC women’s champion revealed she is still hoping for a rematch of her first loss in 13 years when she was in Las Vegas to attend Saturday night’s boxing event at the MGM Grand.
Henry Cejudo needed only a record 32 seconds to defend his 125-pound title in New York. Cejudo’s next defense was a passionate one for the flyweights — and the hope that the pounding he put on T.J. Dillashaw early Sunday was enough to keep a sparkling new UFC title belt around his waist for more than one fight.
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