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(Courtesy of UFC) After a decade of fighting in the Octagon and amassing a 29-11 record overall, UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve dropped his gloves on Saturday in what likely marks the end of his career. Though Struve held onto a sliver of a possibility of returning, he indicated that he was 99.9 percent

UFC president Dana White revealed to ESPN on Friday that featherweight champion Max Holloway would move up to 155 pounds to face Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight championship at UFC 236 on April 13 in Atlanta. The announcement was a bit of a surprise to most pundits, who had heard the swirling

Following one of the most storied careers in mixed martial arts, Georges St-Pierre has finally uttered the words that he waited so long to be sure it was the right time."Everybody knows, it's not a surprise, I announce my retirement," St-Pierre said at a press conference at the Bell Centre

UFC legend Georges St-Pierre announced his retirement on Thursday in Montreal. It also takes a lot of discipline to stop while still feeling that you're in the best physical and mental shape of your life, but I've always planned to leave the sport when I'm at the top and in good health,&

The Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its first trip to Prague, Croatia, with this week’s UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 3, which features a light heavyweight showdown in the main event. The bouts were all made official at Friday's weigh-in, although two athletes missed weight.The UFC Prague headliner

The 37-year-old Quebec native, who last fought in 2017, put mixed martial arts on the map in Canada during a career in which he was widely considered the greatest welterweight champion of all-time. St-Pierre announced his retirement at a news conference in Montreal and leaves the sport with a 26-2-0

Georges St-Pierre appeared to be retired several years ago, but following a miraculous comeback in which he took the UFC middleweight belt from Michael Bisping in late 2017, the sure to be UFC Hall of Famer has decided to walk away.A former two-division UFC champion, St-Pierre announced his retirement

St-Pierre, who held UFC titles at welterweight and middleweight, retires as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts history as well as one of its top draws.

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)Cat Zingano's most recent fight, a loss to Megan Anderson, only lasted a minute, but it was a minute that nearly changed the course of her life. Zingano thought that her entire world had suffered a drastic shift in direction when Anderson's toe went directly

Former middleweight champion Anderson Silva is wasting no time booking his return to action with a fight booked against Jared Cannonier at UFC 237 in Brazil on May 11. UFC president Dana White confirmed the booking via ESPN on Wednesday. Silva just competed at UFC 234 in early February where he lost