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Yahoo Sports looks at the top 10 most important moments for Nurmagomedov along the way to UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Oct. 6.

Rampage Jackson evened the score with Wanderlei Silva at Bellator 206 on Saturday in San Jose, Calif. This was the fourth meeting between the two titans of mixed martial arts. Silva had won the first two fights with emphatic knockouts under the Pride FC banner, while Jackson won their third encounter

Gegard Mousasi needed less than two rounds to prove sometimes size matters. In the first ever champion versus champion fight at Bellator 206, Mousasi dismantled Rory MacDonald on the feet before finishing him on the ground with a barrage of elbows in the second round. While Mousasi was the bigger fighter

Conor McGregor isn't the kind of fighter to leave his future to chance. As he prepares for his showdown against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 this weekend, McGregor has already started to contemplate what comes next for him now that he's back to fighting full time again. McGregor hasn&apos

(Video courtesy of TMZSports | Viewing may be limited by broadcast rights restrictions) Nate Diaz has been all over the map since he inked a deal to fight Dustin Poirier at UFC 230 on Nov. 3 in New York. Though he was in attendance at a press conference to announce the fight, Diaz stormed out when it

UFC president Dana White often refers to former two-division champion Conor McGregor as a "unicorn" and that kind of distinction comes with special privileges.

(Courtesy of MMAFightingonSBN) The Bellator 206 super fight between middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and welterweight titleholder Rory MacDonald got the green light on Friday in San Jose, Calif. Mousasi and MacDonald both easily made weight for their middleweight title fight.  Bellator 206 also features

There are a lot of people, especially in the fight game, that think Jon Jones got off too easy when an arbitrator ruled that he should serve a 15-month suspension for his second UFC Anti-Doping Policy violation. Granted, the arbitrator ruled that Jones should receive a reduced sentence because of his

UFC president Dana White hopes to book a long awaited rematch between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson at the year end card on Dec. 29 in Las Vegas. White confirmed his plans to ESPN on Wednesday and while the fight is far from official, he hopes to book the rematch at UFC 232. Representatives for

Michael Chiesa had a very difficult weight cut for his last fight, so he's moving from lightweight up to welterweight, and now he has his first 170-pound bout booked. Chiesa is scheduled to meet former interim UFC welterweight champion Carlos Condit at UFC 232 on Dec. 29 in Las Vegas. UFC officials