UFC lightweight Kevin Lee is chasing his dream of becoming a champion in the promotion. To achieve everything he’s wanted, he’ll have to get through Tony Ferguson who has been on a 9-fight win streak.
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Some UFC 216 fighters hadn’t arrived in Las Vegas, others were already in town when the mass shooting took place on Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip.
UFC 216 main card fighters squared off at a media day Wednesday.
UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis ended his brief retirement and returns to the cage Saturday, but his thoughts are with those affected by tragedy in his hometown of Houston and Las Vegas.
Review- Journal reporter Adam Hill and videographer Heidi Fang discuss UFC’s response to the Las Vegas Strip shooting and how it will effect UFC 216.
UFC flyweight title challenger Ray Borg has parted ways with a nutritionist he was working with before falling ill and withdrawing from UFC 215.
UFC president Dana White said Monday that the organization will donate $1 million to families affected by Sunday’s mass shooting on the Strip. He also said Saturday’s UFC 216 card at T-Mobile Arena will go on as scheduled.
At UFC 216 in Las Vegas, Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee will face off for the interim UFC lightweight belt.
One of the UFC’s hottest prospects will get the toughest test of her young career Dec. 30. Cynthia Calvillo will meet former women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza at UFC 219 at T-Mobile Arena.
Hill and Fang give a quick recap of Bellator 183 and host a live Skype interview with Aaron Pico talking about his fight.
Paige VanZant will be unable to make her flyweight debut at UFC 216 on Oct. 7 at T-Mobile Arena against Jessica Eye because of a back injury.
Patricky “Pitbull” Friere edged former UFC champ Benson Henderson in the main event of a Bellator card on which Las Vegan Roy Nelson won his debut in the organization and prospect Aaron Pico notched his first win.
Saint Preux and Andrade solidify status as contenders with big wins on UFC Fight Night 117 card in Saitama, Japan, on Friday.
Roy Nelson will face his first battle in the Bellator cage on Sept. 23 when he takes on Javy Ayala.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC Fight Night 117 Friday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
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