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(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)Michelle Waterson believes that her next fight will lead her to a UFC strawweight title shot. Waterson is scheduled to meet Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC on ESPN 2 on March 30, but ahead of that showdown, she spoke with MMAWeekly.com and others about the upcoming

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor completed his sentence stemming from the UFC 223 bus attack in April 2018. TMZ Sports reported on Friday that the Irishman was ordered to complete five days of community service and has fulfilled his plea deal. McGregor worked at two different churches

The UFC makes its first foray to Wichita, Kan., with a heavyweight showdown topping the bill. The UFC on ESPN+ 4 bouts were made official at Friday's weigh-in. Derrick Lewis is coming off of a loss to current champion Daniel Cormier and looking to get in the hunt for a return trip to a title fight

Former two-division champion BJ Penn returns to the octagon on May 11 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil against fellow veteran Clay Guida at UFC 237. MMAFighting first reported the news and Penn later confirmed the bout with Guida via his website.Penn (16-13-2) last fought in December losing to Ryan Hall by

While attending UFC 235, Thiago Santos spoke with reporters, including MMAWeekly.com, to discuss his future in the Octagon. He believes that he has done everything necessary to get a title shot in his next fight.

Robbie Lawler was nothing but class after his controversial loss to Ben Askren at UFC 235 and now his manager has followed his lead with a response issued to the 2008 Olympian while still hoping that an immediate rematch gets booked. This past weekend in Las Vegas, Lawler fell to Askren via a first round

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)Jon Jones had a lot of praise to heap onto Anthony Smith following their fight on Saturday night. Smith could have used Jones' illegal knee to his advantage and won the fight by disqualification.TRENDING > Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington Get into Near Brawl

Colby Covington had plenty of altercations this past weekend in Las Vegas when he made an appearance at UFC 235 where he watched Kamaru Usman become the new welterweight champion of the world.During the card, Covington engaged in shouting matches with several people cage side including a particularly

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)Ahead of his ONE Championship debut, Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson admits that even if he hadn't lost to Henry Cejudo in his last UFC title defense he would have eventually been headed to ONE Championship. The move was in the plans no matter the

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)Following his being struck by an illegal knee to the head while downed during their UFC 235, Anthony Smith was asked if he felt that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was a dirty fighter.It took Smith a second to contemplate the question and give his response