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Former bantamweight champion Holly Holm returns to the Octagon at UFC 235, where she will face fast-rising star Aspen Ladd. Though UFC 235, which takes place on March 2 in Las Vegas, is currently without a headliner, the fight card is filling up fast with UFC officials announcing Holm vs. Ladd on Friday

A new video surfaced showing the brutal extent of the domestic violence attack that sent UFC fighter Rachael Ostovich to the hospital last month.

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) It's been more than a year in the making, but the superfight between UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and bantamweight titleholder Amanda Nunes is finally going to take place at UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 on Dec. 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson last fought more than five years ago, but they step into the UFC 232 main event on Dec. 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, once again with the UFC light heavyweight championship on the line.

Bellator MMA middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi is out of his Jan. 26 title defense against Rafael Lovato Jr. due to injury. ESPN first reported the news and MMAWeekly.com's Damon Martin independently confirmed the development with Bellator officials. Mousasi (45-6-2) won the title by defeating

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was recently reinstated by the California State Athletic Commission, paving the way for him to rematch Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 on Dec. 29 in Las Vegas. Though it was not a condition of his licensure in California, one of the commissioners recommended

Jon Jones had no interest in facing Daniel Cormier for a third time but it appears after his latest comments that the former light heavyweight champion changed his mind. Cormier just recently responded to statements made by Jones about his positive drug test from following their rematch in 2017. Jones

Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva will face undefeated upstart Israel Adesanya at UFC 234 on Feb. 9 in Australia, which he says is the first of his final three fights. “I have three more and then it’s done. It’s over,” Silva during a media day on Monday at his gym in Los Angeles. If Silva

Daniel Cormier knows he will probably never face Jon Jones inside the UFC Octagon again but it’s nearly impossible for the two fighters to avoid talking about each other. As Jones has prepared to make his return to action at UFC 232, he’s done several interviews where he addressed his positive drug test

Saturday's flyweight bout between Jessica-Rose Clark and Andrea "KGB" Lee was cancelled Friday morning after Clark was deemed medically unfit to compete. UFC officials announced the cancellation during the UFC on FOX 31 weigh-in. Clark reportedly passed out while cutting weight and was