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The former UFC light heavyweight champion will still compete at UFC 197 against Daniel Cormier on April 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, though UFC officials expressed their displeasure regarding his latest arrest in a statement released Thursday. MORE: 16 worst teammate feuds in pro sports history “UFC respects the decision made today by Judge Michael E. Martinez in New Mexico Second Judicial District Court regarding the probation terms of the case involving Jon Jones....

Nunes quieted the doubters when she stopped Tate by TKO at 3:16 of the first round Saturday to capture the UFC women’s bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 200. MORE: UFC 200 can’t-miss photos “I’ve worked so hard for this moment in my life,” Nunes told Joe Rogan. “I feel amazing. Now I’m going back to Brazil to visit my family.” It was the third title change in the women’s 135-pound division since UFC 193 when Holm beat Rousey....

Emanating from Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UFC 224 featured a collection of Brazilian talents at every stage in their careers — newcomers, contenders and veterans alike — and closed with one of the country’s two reigning champions, Amanda Nunes, defending her women’s bantamweight title against Raquel Pennington. UFC 224 delivered a ton of entertaining and exciting action on Saturday night. Here is a look at the key takeaways and talking points to emerge from this month’s pay-per-view offering....

Lewis, who will square off against the heavyweight champ at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden, isn’t a fan of Cormier. He revealed the hilarious reason why during a press conference in July, when the two fighters were on the same card: MORE: Best reactions to Derrick Lewis’ legendary post fight interview Lewis, who has one of the best Instagram accounts in sports, created his own amazing promo for the fight:...

At the start of last year, the 30-year-old Smith, who faces Jon Jones for the light heavyweight championship in the main event of UFC 235 this weekend at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, sported a 28-12 record crafted over a decade competing at middleweight in an alphabet soup of organizations throughout the United States. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Before he worked his way back to the UFC a little over three years ago, there were a pair of two-fight stops Strikeforce and a one-off inside the Octagon, as well as back-to-back appearances in the Bellator MMA cage, both of which yielded victories....

Well, Holloway didn’t have any issues with the move down to his natural weight class. He used his range and powerful strikes to beat Frankie Edgar by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 48-47) to retain the featherweight championship in the main event of UFC 240 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Sporting News had it scored 49-46 for Holloway. “Everybody said I wouldn’t be able to wrestle this guy,” Holloway said during his postfight interview with Joe Rogan....

Speaking to Niall McGrath on Talking Brawls ahead of the bout, Ian Garry revealed a couple of days ago that Conor McGregor had not reached out to him yet. It seems like ‘The Notorious’ got an inkling of Ian Garry’s concern as he took to Twitter to send a couple of motivating messages: The Irishman also shared a video of Ian Garry narrating how his mother passed the verdict that he did not have what it takes to be the ’next Conor McGregor’....

At UFC 272 on March 5 inside the T-Mobile Arena, Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal will face off in a fight years in the making. Who has the edge between the two? Sporting News’ Andreas Hale breaks down the welterweight matchup with the above video. MORE: UFC 272: How a Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington fight came to be When is UFC 272: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal? Date: Saturday, March 5 Start time: 6 p....

“I train hard, I worked a lot,” Arlovski said to Jon Anik after the fight. “It was very important for me. I definitely wanted to knock him out. Nothing personal.” Silva was returning to fight for the first time after serving a nine-month suspension for a drug test failure following his fight with Mark Hunt in December 2013. This fight was a rematch from 2010 under the Strikeforce banner, where Silva won by unanimous decision....

McGregor has taken the featherweight division by storm with his trash talk. He also is 4-0 in the UFC and is riding a 12-fight winning streak. Siver, the 10th-ranked featherweight, is 3-1-1 since moving to the division in April 2012. Henderson is looking to rebound after losing to Rafael Dos Anjos by first-round stoppage at UFC Fight Night in August. Cerrone is riding a six-fight winning streak. He defeated Myles Jury by unanimous decision at UFC 182 on Jan....

While his sudden rise is surprising to some, the man who’s finished 13 of his 16 opponents knows he’s in for a fight. “The fans want to see good fights. This is why the UFC put me in such a high profile position,” Till told Sporting News. “All the fans and the UFC want to see this striking battle between me and Thompson. There will be a winner on Sunday and to be honest, I’m coming to fight and I can’t wait....

Commenting on the fight in an episode of his Beyond The Fight YouTube series, Sonnen praised Chandler’s performance. He also credited the former Bellator champ for continuing to fight hard despite seemingly damaging his hand mid-fight. Sonnen also commended Justin Gaethje for his performance. He claimed ‘The Highlight’ was the best version of himself at UFC 268. Catch Chael Sonnen’s latest episode of Beyond the Fight below: Chael Sonnen believes Islam Makhachev should fight Justin Gaethje next In another edition of Beyond the Fight, Chael Sonnen suggested that Islam Mahachev should fight Justin Gaethje....

White stated that Cyborg was free and clear to go and that the ‘UFC were out of the Cyborg business’. He shared many past instances of the UFC’s differences with Cyborg and confirmed that he won’t match any offers from rival promotions to sign her. This comes after Cyborg posted a video in the aftermath of her UFC 240 win, in which she was seen telling White to stop lying....

Dana White on Conor Mcgregor wanting to face Jorge Masvidal After an absence from Octagon competition for almost over a year, Conor McGregor is set to make his return to the UFC in early 2020, as ‘The Notorious One’ is set for a clash against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone in the main event of UFC 246. With McGregor now in the same division as of Masvidal, UFC President Dana White has said that the former is willing to face Gamebred in the welterweight division at some point down the line....

Not only was it broken, but according to Dana White there was so much wrong with it, that there was a possibility that it could not be fixed at all. MMA Fighting reported on White’s comments. Dana White outlines the problem with Boxing Dana White was asked about Tyson Fury’s next opponent, Otto Wallin. White talked about how Wallin was not well known, and how it did not make sense for Tyson Fury to be facing him after coming out off a fight against Deontay Wilder....

According to UFC legend Chael Sonnen, DC’s loss has put all talks of a third fight between Cormier and Jones to bed. As a result, Jones will miss out on one of the biggest potential paydays of his career. In case you didn’t know… Daniel Cormier’s future is clouded with uncertainty following his loss to Miocic at UFC 241, many suspect the former two-weight champion may walk away from the sport now....

‘Vai Cavalo’ recently spoke to Combate to discuss his current relationship with the UFC, and admitted that he isn’t sure if he wants to re-sign with the major fight promotion due to the nature of their current standing with one another: He further went on to talk about entertaining offers from other promotions: However, when it’s not reciprocal, there’s no way I can be the company man. When I’m happy, I do everything for things to turn out the best way they can, but when I’m unhappy, and I’m not happy at all with the UFC, at the moment, it’s hard to be like that....

Pauley Pavilion, UCLA’s storied basketball arena where John Wooden coached teams that won eight of his 10 national championships, was drying out Wednesday after its court was deluged by 10 inches of water when a 93-year-old pipe burst near the campus in Westwood. MORE: 15 incredible flood photos | 8 million gallons flooded UCLA’s campus The 49-year-old building containing precious artifacts from the Wooden era was renovated for $136 million less than two years ago....

Uconn first unveiled new uniforms in April, but hinted at new, gray alternates. Well, here they are. MORE: Vandy unveils new ‘Deep Water’ uniforms | Notre Dame shows off the Shamrock series These uniforms feature gray pants, jerseys and helmets, that latter which feature a metallic decal of a husky on both sides. Still no word on when the Huskies might don the unis.

After a 7-0 defeat in the reverse fixture in Champions League this season, the focus was on how Brendan Rodgers will get his team to raise their game at their home ground and keep the MSN trio of Barcelona quiet. While the Hoops did put in an improved performance, it wasn’t enough as a Lionel Messi brace meant that the team was eliminated from Europe (with Gladbach confirming the Europa League spot)....