UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson is on the mend after tearing his LCL just six days before he was expected to face Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 223 in April.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters Adam Hill and Heidi Fang are in studio to recap UFC 226 Co-main and main events.
Bevon Lewis and Jordan Espinosa earned UFC contracts following their standout performances at Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.
Middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum will get his first title shot after coaching against champion Robert Whittaker on Season 28 of ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ a show in which he hopes to help breathe new life in what could be its final season.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will have to enter the random testing pool and serve the remaining six months on his suspension before any fight can be booked, but heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier may want even more.
Cormier knocked out Miocic at 4:33 of the opening round to become join Conor McGregor as the only two fighters to simultaneously hold UFC belts in two weight classes.
Two of the most powerful and aggressive heavyweights in the world stepped in the cage together for what figured to be a very short fight on the UFC 226 main card at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.
Las Vegas will host two pay-per-view events and “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 28 Finale in the final third of the year as part of a schedule unveiled on Saturday night.
The kickboxing star improved to 14-0 overall and 3-0 in the UFC with a dominant win over Las Vegan Brad Tavares in the main event of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 27 Finale card at Palms on Friday night.
A pair of Las Vegas-based fighters will look to make waves at UFC 226.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of Saturday’s UFC 226 card at T-Mobile Arena, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang:
Light heavyweight champion will return to heavyweight to challenge Stipe Miocic for the belt in the main event of UFC 226 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.
The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion has rarely mentioned mixed martial arts or even acknowledged her career since suffering two devastating knockout losses to essentially end her days of real fighting, but used the occasion of her induction into the UFC Hall of Fame at Palms on Thursday night to show her appreciation to her fans.
A welterweight matchup between Mike Perry and Paul Felder was moved up to the main card when Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega was scratched from UFC 226.
Chuck Liddell discusses coming out of retirement to face Tito Ortiz for a third time.
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