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That sentiment rang true when the native of Liverpool, England told media members at UFC 227 that becoming an all-time great meant more to him than becoming rich and famous. Till’s mindset hasn’t changed as he heads into the biggest fight of his career on Saturday, when he challenges welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 228. “With greatness comes everything else,” Till told to Sporting News....

Nate was originally scheduled to fight Dustin Poirier, who has been forced out of his co-main event fight due to an undisclosed injury. In case you didn’t know… Nate Diaz is the younger brother of the UFC Legend Nick Diaz. Both the Diaz brothers fight out of Stockton, California. Nate is returning to the Octagon for the first time since he faced Conor McGregor. It has been more than two years since Diaz has fought in the UFC Octagon....

Taking place at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, the UFC 234 main event of the night will be a fight for the Middleweight Championship between the Champion, Robert Whittaker and challenger, Kelvin Gastelum. While Whittaker has a seemingly unbreakable streak going at 9 fights at the moment, Kelvin Gastelum is not a slacker either. He will be looking to earn his first title in the UFC taking on Whittaker....

The Brazilian tore his ACL, MCL, PCL and meniscus in his left knee during the UFC 239 main event Saturday in Las Vegas, but still fought through his light heavyweight title bout with Jon Jones, his manager Alex Davis confirmed to ESPN. Adding insult to injury, Santos’ coach Phillip Lima told ESPN Brazil that the fighter also has a partial ligament tear in his right knee, which had previously been operated on....

Entering the Octagon with Conor McGregor is never easy, and it was definitely not easy for ‘Cowboy’ either. He took several vicious shots during the fight, with the headshots and the head kick all appearing extremely vicious. However, the shoulders from Conor McGregor was what proved to be fatal as they had enough force behind them to actually rebreak the nose of ‘Cowboy’. The move disorient4ed him for everything that followed to be a case of simply hitting the target....

Many have recognized her potential, with Dana White labeling her as a future Champion. She was given a big step-up in competition at UFC 246 - headlining the prelim card against the 37-year old veteran Roxanne Modafferi. The 16-year age gap and experience played a factor in all of it - but the biggest story was how Barber busted her ACL during the fight. The physician examined it and determined it to be a “partial ACL tear” and allowed her to continue, but according to her father Bucky Barber - it’s far more serious than that....

UFC lightweight fighter Nasrat Haqparast recently announced in his Instagram post that his beloved mother has passed away just days ahead of his bout at UFC 266 against Dan Hooker. Hooker offered his condolences to Haqparast for his tragic loss. The bout between these lightweight fighters at UFC 266 was at a point a few days back where it wasn’t likely to happen. Hooker was unable to get an appointment at the US Embassy due to the lockdown imposed in Auckland....

Alexander Volkanovski will defend his UFC featherweight championship against Brian Ortega in the main event. Ortega and Volkanovski were linked for the past year but the champion was forced to postpone the fight due to testing positive for COVID. The two coached opposite of each other on the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter where their rivalry grew even more intense. The two will settle their differences inside of the Octagon....

It will be Volkanovski’s second title defense following his narrow decision victory over Max Holloway last July. He’ll be facing an incensed Ortega who coached opposite him on The Ultimate Fighter. They were originally slated to face each other at UFC 260, but the fight was postponed after Volkanovski tested positive for COVID. Ortega made a successful return to the Octagon last October with a dominant victory over Chan Sung Jung after taking nearly two years off following his loss to Max Holloway....

The card will also featured a UFC women’s strawweight title bout between champion Rose Namajunas and former titleholder Weili Zhang as well as a mouth-watering lightweight battle that is sure to provide fireworks between Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler. MORE: Sign up to watch the UFC 268 PPV, exclusively on ESPN+ Usman returns to action with a familiar face across the Octagon in Covington. The last time these two met, it was one of the most exciting welterweight title fights in recent memory that saw Usman emerge victorious with a fifth-round stoppage....

Inside the T-Mobile Arena, Diaz will face Tony Ferguson in the main event. The co-main event will see Chimaev face Kevin Holland. Chimaev and Holland got into an altercation at the pre-fight press conference, which gave this event a spark. Everything else following that has been a bonus. MORE: Sign up to watch the UFC 279 PPV, exclusively on ESPN+ Diaz made his pro debut in 2004 for WEC. The 37-year-old won “The Ultimate Fighter” in 2007....

Javier Mendez, Cormier’s coach, was not happy about it. “He had no business being interviewed,” Mendez said in a text message to USA TODAY Sports. “Bad move. Rogan probably feels bad.” MORE: Jon Jones stops Daniel Cormier, calls out Brock Lesnar Rogan first asked Cormier to share his thoughts on the fight. “I don’t know man,” said Cormier, who had just taken several vicious hits to the head. “I thought the fight was going well....

Walker has now slammed MMA fans for making jokes and memes about his loss without any consideration for his health. What further upset him was the fact that people were sending him memes personally via DMs. In a video posted to his YouTube channel, the 29-year-old said: He added: Watch Johnny Walker open up after his knockout loss to Jamahal Hill below: Johnny Walker details his loss to Jamahal Hill Johnny Walker landed a few decent combinations on Jamahal Hill before the fight came to an abrupt end in the first round....

Mir holds a 17-9 career record and recently ended a four-fight losing streak with a KO victory over former top contender Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva at UFC Fight Night 61 in February. Across The Octagon from Mir will stand Duffee, a 6-3, 250-pound physical specimen who is 3-0 in his second stint with the UFC and holds a career record of 9-2. Duffee burst onto the scene in 2009 following a 7-second knockout of Tim Hague, but was sent packing following a flash KO loss to Mike Russow in 2010....

The Russian striker scored the biggest win of his career in a dominant performance Saturday night that ended with a second-round knockout of Alistair Overeem. Although Overeem has earned significant accolades for his kickboxing, Volkov put together a master class of striking as he steamrolled Overeem from the start of the fight. Volkov used pressure early as Overeem went into a shell defense whenever his back was along the fence....

Fellow welterweight Darren Till took the bait and the charismatic welterweights began exchanging a flurry of insults. About five months later and Till is well aware that Askren will be in attendance to see him fight Jorge Masvidal as the main event of UFC London on Saturday. But don’t even try to suggest that Till will be concerned with Askren. “I don’t give a f—k what people think,” Till told Sporting News....

‘The Spider’ was featured on a TV show Combate News, where according to MMAFighting.com, he joined the list of fighters and experts who criticize the UFC champion Conor McGregor for being one dimensional. On that show, Anderson Silva pointed towards the obvious flaws in McGregor’s skill set, In case you didn’t know… Anderson Silva has a professional MMA record of 33-8-0 (W-L-D) and has a record 10 successful title defenses....

Having said that, Smith is interested in watching Jake Paul and Jorge Masvidal exchange leather inside the squared circle. At UFC Vegas 37 media day last week, Anthony Smith said the following about a potential matchup between ‘The Problem Child’ and ‘Gamebred’: Catch Smith’s prediction in the video below: Anthony Smith wants Jake Paul to fight someone his own size Anthony Smith also pointed out that Jake Paul fights guys who are way smaller than him....

The 21-year-old is now looking for his first UFC fight and it appears he has his sights set on Cody Durden. Taking to his social media, Muhammad Mokaev challenged Durden for his UFC debut. Here’s how the American responded: A fight between Muhammad Mokaev and Cody Durden would have certainly been a sizzling match-up, especially after the controversy Durden stirred up with his racist remarks in the octagon last weekend....

What’s the story? UFC champion Conor McGregor held a live PPV Q&A event at Manchester in front of 5000 fans on January 28th, 2017. This event rivaled UFC’s Fight Night on FOX 23, held on the same night at Denver, Colorado. ‘The Notorious’ went on a rant before the event went live and dropped several F-bombs, going after the UFC, WWE, Boxing, Floyd and more. According to Manchester Evening News, a mass brawl broke out outside the venue after the event got over, which left several fans injured and hospitalized....