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Saturday’s monumental show featured Amanda Nunes in the main event stunning Miesha Tate in the first round to become the UFC women’s bantamweight champion. In the co-main event, former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE star Brock Lesnar returned after a four-year layoff to beat Mark Hunt by unanimous decision. MORE: Best UFC 200 photos, including Nunes’ upset win Other action included Daniel Cormier defeating Anderson Silva by unanimous decision....

In case you didn’t know… Khabib Nurmagomedov completely dominated Conor McGregor on the ground, and on the feet, and submitted him with a super-tight RNC (rear naked choke) in their historic fight on Saturday Night. The Dagestani jumped the cage after his first successful title defense against the biggest star in the sport, McGregor, and attacked his teammate Dillon Danis. McGregor got sucker punched by Khabib’s teammate who found his way into the octagon....

UFC’s only remaining “Double Champ” Daniel Cormier leads the list pound for pound No.1. followed by the undisputed lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. In case you didn’t know… Khabib Nurmagomedov completely dominated Conor McGregor on the ground, and on the feet, and submitted him with a super-tight RNC (rear naked choke) in their historic fight on Saturday Night. The Dagestani jumped the cage after his first successful title defense against the biggest star in the sport, McGregor, and attacked his teammate Dillon Danis....

In case you didn’t know… The build-up to the final card of the year has been marred by the revelation of Jon Jones’ most recent failed drug test. The former Light Heavyweight Champion tested positive for small amounts for Turnibol which was said to be residues of his ingestion from July 2017. The entire card was subsequently moved to California and despite the inconvenience caused to the fighters, their families, the fans and of course the UFC, the show is thankfully going forward as scheduled....

With Francis Ngannou currently at odds with the UFC, heavyweights Lewis and Ciryl Gane do battle for the interim UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 265 from the Toyota Center in Houston. Lewis has only been awarded the opportunity to capture the UFC heavyweight crown once, but regardless, he’s already amassed one of the better heavyweight résumés in MMA; With a knockout over Gane on Saturday, he would move into sole possession for most knockouts in UFC history....

Despite succumbing to her first loss in the UFC, ‘Magnum’ feels the pressure will be on the champion for their upcoming bout. Watch Zhang Weili speak about her upcoming bout against Namajunas below: Zhang Weili trains with Henry Cejudo ahead of rematch against Rose Namajunas Ahead of her upcoming fight, Zhang Weili began training with former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo and current Bellator lightweight champion Patricio Freire at the Fight Ready MMA gym in Phoenix, Arizona....

MORE: UFC 268 PPV information, start time, full card Namajunas became a two-time titleholder in April when she stopped Zhang in just 78 seconds of their title match. This came two fights after she lost the title to Jessica Andrade in 2019. Zhang burst on the scene and tore through the division before obliterating Andrade in 42 seconds to become champion. She made one title defense in a Fight of the Year barnburner against Joanna Jedrzejczyk....

The two elite bantamweights previously competed at UFC 259 in a clash that saw Petr Yan disqualified after landing an illegal knee on Sterling. DQs often receive huge amounts of scrutiny and this was no different. Petr Yan had been pulling ahead on the scorecards and many fans believed that Sterling overacted in order to make the referee stop the fight. The referee’s DQ of Petr Yan meant that Sterling was crowned champion....

While moving back calmly, Reyes caught Weidman with a straight left hand that dropped the “All-American” with a thud. “The Devastator” then surgically stepped between Weidman’s legs and hit him with three straight hammer fists before Herb Dean rushed to protect the veteran. Just like that, Reyes was awarded with the first-round TKO in just one minute and 43 seconds into the main event of UFC Boston at the TD Garden on Friday night....

The show, which takes place in Rochester, New York, has some fun-sounding fights – but it has lost its semi-main event to injury as Neil Magny pulled out of his fight with Vicente Luque yesterday due to some USADA issues, giving us a thrown-together fight second from the top instead. Here are the predicted outcomes for UFC Fight Night 152: Dos Anjos vs. Lee. #1 Rafael Dos Anjos vs. Kevin Lee This Welterweight fight is a pretty fascinating one for a number of different reasons....

Casey wraps it up quickly Mara Romero Borella came out fast, taking control of the center of the octagon. She pressured “Cast Iron” back to the fence. There she grinded her landing multiple knees. She secured a take down, which she has now gotten at least one in every fight. But from there Casey had the Italian in her guard and started working for a submission. It took her just a few minutes to finally lock in an arm bar....

For his sake he took time off and let some of the old injuries heal up. Thankfully he kept the thoughts of retirement on the shelfe as he stopped Silva winning by knockout at 1:40 of the first round. MORE: Astonishing UFC photos | UFC 187 to feature two huge title fights The opening round began with both heavyweights circling each other. Mir backed Silva into the cage with a combination before Silva was able to circle out of trouble....

The night begins at 6:30 p.m. ET at Bridgestone Arena. MORE: Classic images of Ronda Rousey | Rousey vs. Bethe Correia | Odds Saint Preux is No. 6 in the UFC media rankings and fighting in his home state; Teixeira is No. 4. Saint Preux won his past two fights by knockout over Patrick Cummins and Shogun Rua. Teixeira is riding a two-fight losing streak, against Phil Davis and former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones....

Overeem (40-14, one no contest) has won three in a row and seems to be in great form coming into this fight. A knockout win over top contender and former champion Junior dos Santos in December 2015 leaves him probably just one win away from a title shot. Overeem, 35, has always been one of the most explosive strikers in the heavyweight division, and now he seems to have finally improved his cardio....

Speaking to TMZ Sports, ‘The Iron Lady’ discussed her association with the popular American magazine. Moroz revealed how the new opportunity gave her a boost in confidence and inspired her to be a completely different person: Moroz added: Watch Maryna Moroz’s interview with TMZ Sports below: With her latest deal with the publication, Maryna Moroz became the first UFC fighter to appear on the Playboy centerfold. ‘The Iron Lady’ can be seen in a number of pictures since the announcement....

What is this fight and how to watch it? In case you didn’t know… The Irishman and his squad are literally in a war state with the Dagestani fighting squad led by Khabib. McGregor and his teammates had trespassed into Barclays to retaliate against the Dagestani after he assaulted Artem Lobov. They will face each other on October 6, 2018, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This fight will go into history as the biggest grudge match in combat sports, and will most likely be the biggest MMA event of all time....

Upon returning, Holloway successfully defended his UFC Featherweight Championship against Brian ‘T-City’ Ortega. Holloway won the fight after a Doctor’s Stoppage, which drew some attention from the audience. Now, Brian Ortega has come out and commented on the stoppage. In his Instagram post, he also revealed what sort of injuries he had suffered during the course of the fight. In case you didn’t know… Brian Ortega and Max Holloway faced each other at UFC 231, after their previously scheduled fight had to be postponed....

Sharing a screenshot of this year’s Forbes list of The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes, which he topped with total annual earnings of $180 million, Conor McGregor wondered what he would look like at a weight matching that figure. At the same time, he reiterated that the 170-pound division is good for him. Conor McGregor has a 2-1 record in the 170-pound division. The last time he competed at welterweight was against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone at UFC 246 in his return fight last January....

In case you didn’t know… Jorge Masvidal has been on a good run lately. He was able to knock out Darren Till in one of the biggest upsets in UFC. He came to the notice of the entire world with that knockout. He then followed that up with an even more high profile knockout of Ben Askren. In the fight, he started off with a flying knee to the head of Askren, which was enough to knock him out....

It appeared that the line was crossed when Dana White announced she was ‘free and clear’ to do what she wanted and that he would not be matching any offers for her. There is now, already an offer for Cyborg’s services. Bellator President Scott Coker has made it public that he would love to sign Cyborg and that he was going to be reaching out to her according to a report by MMA Junkie....