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In the main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against challenger Alex Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who ...

Featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski is set to challenge for Islam Makhachev's lightweight title at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia.

The superfight is on. Recently crowned UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has been granted his request as the native of Dagestan will take on ...

Israel Adesanya (185) vs. Alex Pereira (184.6) · Carla Esparza (114.8) vs. Weili Zhang (114.8) · Michael Chandler (155.8) vs. Dustin Poirier (156) · Frankie Edgar ...

UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski will go for rare dual-belt status against newly minted lightweight title-holder Islam Makhachev at UFC 284 in ...

Only hours before Alex Pereira has the first UFC title shot of his career, he has already increased 25+ pounds in weight and proved it by posting a video.

Check out who the experts at CBS Sports are taking in the pair of title fights set for Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

The Sporting News will be providing live analysis and highlights from a stacked UFC 281 card. Who will walk out as champion, and can Israel Adesanya exact a ...

Frevola sent his fellow New Yorkers into a frenzy with a first-round knockout of Azaitar in New York City.

Frevola improved to 10-3-1 professionally and now has consecutive wins in the UFC. Frevola was glowing during his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, even leading the crowd in a brief "Steamrolla" chant. Frevola had to back up a lot of trash talk and boy did he ever.

Matt Frevola scored a big knockout over Ottman Azaitar at UFC 281. Right after that, he immediately took to his Twitter to react.

Israel Adesanya defends his 185-pound crown against Alex Pereira. The the main event of the ESPN+ pay-per-view is likely to happen sometime after midnight.

Spann landed some early shots that seemed to get the attention of Reyes, but Reyes seemed content to continue to engage in a striking battle. That quickly ...

Carla Esparza defends her strawweight title against former champion Weili Zhang in the UFC 281 co-main event.

The UFC's middleweight title will be up for grabs in the UFC 281 main event when the reigning champion, Israel Adesanya, defends his belt against a ...

The Sporting News will be providing live analysis and highlights from a stacked UFC 281 card. Who will walk out as champion, and can Israel Adesanya exact a ...

With no way to get the fight to the mat, Puelles was ripe for the taking and was dropped by a kick to the torso that ended the fight. 9:45 p.m.: And that is our sixth first round finish of the night as Renato Moicano submits Brad Riddell in the first round with a rear naked choke. But Poirier roared back at the end of the round and nearly finished Chandler with a left hook and a barrage of punches. Alex with a left to the body and misses a wheel kick. Puelles repeatedly tried to get the fight to the canvas but was unable to do so and found himself on the wrong end of a series of punches and kicks. Zhang with elbows as the round comes to a close. Alex shoots and secures a takedown as the round comes to a close. Chandler had Poirier in deep trouble in the first round with big punches, a takedown and even deployed a German suplex. Body kick from Alex and he barely misses a fight ending knee to the face. Alex with a jab and fires a left hook. Round Five: Izzy with a big body kick as Alex comes forward and digs a left to the body. With the clock winding down in the final round, Pereira stepped on the gas and spent what was left in his gas tank as he hunted Adesanya down.

The two lightweight greats went back and forth before the former interim champion was able to secure the rear-naked choke.

Visibly fatigued, Chandler was slower to engage as he ate a few punches from a fresher Poirier. On paper, the fight between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler was bound to be a slugfest. Despite the damage, Chandler dominated the round by keeping Poirier on bottom and landing some short punches. Chandler came out with a kick-heavy attack, which was slowed when Poirier perfectly checked a leg kick, causing Chandler's lower leg to immediately swell. Can't get enough boxing and MMA? The wrestling game would backfire in Chandler in the third round.

Lightweight scrappers Poirier and Chandler dealt up the barn-burner fans were expecting at Madison Square Garden in a hard-hitting war of attrition at UFC ...