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Ahead of their UFC 229 showdown on Oct. 6 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and the UFC's first dual-division champion, Conor McGregor, came face to face at their kickoff press conference on Thursday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Thiago Santos has a hammer tattooed on his chest for good reason considering the way he loves to pound out his opponents inside the Octagon. In his first UFC main event on Saturday night, Santos lived up to that reputation as he rained down a brutal series of elbows to stop Eryk Anders in the third round

Charles Oliveira passed mixed martial arts legend Royce Gracie for the most submissions in UFC history on Saturday night and he's going home with a bonus as a reward. Oliveira earned a second round rear naked choke to put away Christos Giagos in the featured prelim on Saturday night to surpass Gracie

Alex "Cowboy" Oliveira was scheduled to faces No. 8 ranked Neil Magny in the UFC Fight Night 137 co-main event on Saturday, but Magny was pulled from the bout by the fight promotion to face Santiago Ponzinibbio in November.  Instead, Oliveira faced Carlo Pedersoli and made quick work of the

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube | WARNING: Strong Language) Conor McGregor took it to a whole new level with his trash talk when he went after lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at the UFC 229 press conference at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. TRENDING > Dana White and Matt Hughes

It wasn't all that long ago that Renan Barao was considered one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport. Going undefeated for 33 straight fights while becoming UFC bantamweight champion, Barao looked virtually untouchable while reigning havoc over the 135-pound division. It all came crashing

The revamped UFC Fight Night 137 headliner got the green light at Friday's official weigh-in, but former bantamweight champion Renan Barao's struggles continued, as he was grossly overweight. UFC Fight Night 137 was originally slated to feature Jimi Manuwa vs. Glover Teixeira in a light heavyweight

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) UFC president Dana White characterized the UFC 229 New York Press Conference with Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov the darkest UFC promotional event that he could think of. While White had an odd feeling coming out of the press conference, he was still amazed

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) UFC president Dana White admitted that Conor McGregor will earn the biggest payday ever of any fighter in company history when he faces Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 229 main event on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas. White doesn't begrudge McGregor that distinction one

McGregor repeatedly referenced the infamous April incident when he threw a metal dolly through the window of a bus carrying Nurmagomedov and other UFC fighters, leading to his arrest and eventual guilty plea. "I just thank the lord Jesus Christ that man did not … step foot off that bus,"