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Yan lost his bantamweight belt after he struck a savage illegal knee on Sterling in the fourth round in Las Vegas, with the dazed American being unable to continue. Yan was leading on two of the three scorecards at the time of the incident and was seemingly in control of …

After a run of seven wins in his last eight, New York’s Sterling finally gets his opportunity at UFC gold in less than a week’s time where he will be tasked with quashing bantamweight champion Yan’s impressive winning streak, and realizing his own championship aspirations in the process. Few could …

After 25 years as the voice of the UFC, it is hard to imagine a night under the lights without the flamboyant, cinematic showmanship of Buffer. From brightly burning prospect to the man to beat – and Buffer considers both categories of fighter to be just as worthy and in …

McGregor became the first man to hold UFC titles concurrently when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez in November 2016 to add the lightweight belt to his featherweight crown. That capped an exhilarating run for ‘The Notorious’ after exploding onto the octagon scene in 2013, as he won nine of his …

Lightweight champion Nurmagomedov first revealed that he would be attending the tantalizing round of 16 clash on the afternoon of the match, inviting his millions of fans to follow his journey on Instagram as he headed to the iconic Camp Nou in the Spanish city. Nurmagomedov had posted a message …

The UFC lightweight champion recently took to social media to quote a war poem and call for societal change after the killing of Abakar Kaplanov, the former head of the Dagestani village of Novokuli. Kaplanov was killed over a reported land dispute as part of an initial incident that led to …

The UFC lightweight champion recently took to social media to quote a war poem and call for societal change after the killing of Abakar Kaplanov, the former head of the Dagestani village of Novokuli. Kaplanov was killed over a reported land dispute as part of an initial incident that led to …

Magomedzaid Zaidov has claimed that Nurmagomedov plays a personal role in inspiring addicts in his country to break free of their problems, acting as an influential role model they can turn to for motivation and support. Sport Express said that welterweight Zaidov had been a drug addict himself for around …

Nurmagomedov’s head coach at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, Javier Mendez, has said that there was only ever one fight that his fighter would be interested in at this stage in his career, and it’s the one fight the UFC has shied away from – a superfight against Canadian superstar …

Returning to the UFC octagon for the first time in a year, former two-weight champion McGregor was bidding to reassert him into title contention at 155lbs against Poirier – a man he defeated inside the first round when the pair met back in 2014. UFC 257: Dustin Poirier KNOCKS OUT …