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Ask and ye shall receive. That at least worked for former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis.Pettis asked for a fight with Thompson after losing to lightweight contender Tony Ferguson at UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor in October of last year. Thompson agreed and so did UFC officials. MMAWeekly.com

Dillashaw is a minus-200 favorite at the MGM Grand sportsbook, but that hardly fazes Cejudo.

Saturday is the start of perhaps the most significant era in UFC’s history.

Jon Jones is back atop his throne as the best light heavyweight in the world.On Saturday night in Los Angeles, Jones made it looks easy with a third round knockout to finish Alexander Gustafsson five years after the toughest test of his career in their first fight back in 2013.This time around at UFC

Jones took Gustafsson down early in the third round and for all intents and purposes, the bout was over. Jones grappled briefly with Gustafsson before he began to rain elbows and punches down on the Swede.

BJ Penn isn't quite sure what direction his fighting future is taking following a sixth consecutive defeat.Penn most recently stepped into the Octagon at UFC 232 where he was submitted 2:46 into his fight with Ryan Hall. It was the first submission loss of his career, but also the Hawaiian's

Jon Jones had a statement to make in his rematch against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232.Five years earlier, Gustafsson had pushed Jones further than any other opponent in history and nearly came away with a victory. Add to that, Jones had been out for over a year while trying to sort out a positive

Thursday was a rough day for UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw, as the fight card suffered two heavy blows because of injury.Not only was John Lineker forced out of his bout with Cory Sandhagen because of injury, Ion Cutelaba had to also withdraw from his light heavyweight bout with Glover Teixeira

Michael Chiesa is healthier and happier than ever before now that he’s competing at welterweight and no longer killing himself to get down to the lightweight limit.That said, Chiesa understands the culture of weight cutting that exists in mixed martial arts and that fixing the problem is a far more complex

Though there was a mountain of controversy looming over Jon Jones heading into his UFC 232 main event rematch with Alexander Gustafsson, he emerged in the sunshine this week, at least on the drug testing front.The UFC made the unprecedented decision to move UFC 232 from Las Vegas to Los Angeles the week