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Valentina Shevchenko knows she's favored to win at UFC 228 but that doesn't matter to her. The former Muay Thai stylist, who has already competed for the women's bantamweight title in the UFC, will attempt to become flyweight champion on Saturday night when she meets Nicco Montano in the

Edson Barboza hasn't fought since spring. He'll make his return to the Octagon opposite Dan Hooker at UFC on FOX 31 in December. The bout was first reported by the New Zealand Herald, who spoke to Hooker about the fight. "I chased him because I believe … he's the toughest fight.

It's getting tougher and tougher for celebrities at any level of public life not to get drawn into politics these days. In the case of the UFC, more than a few athletes have spoken out regarding President Donald Trump — most notably interim welterweight champion Colby Covington, who just recently

Endeavor (formerly WME-IMG) purchased the UFC in July of 2016. Although the company purchased the UFC, there were a few minority shareholders that didn't initially go away with the $ 4.025 billion price tag that Endeavor paid. Among the minority investors that were still on board were former majority

The most interesting moments on the September MMA calendar could very well go down in the day before UFC 228.

Paige VanZant has been medically cleared to return to training for her next fight, which she said is going to be the first UFC fight card on ESPN.  VanZant had been widely believed to be fighting Rachael Ostovich at flyweight on the first UFC on ESPN fight card, but she had steadfastly denied those rumors

Tyron Woodley is always looking for big fights. The reigning welterweight champion is no fool when it comes to the politics that go into matchmaking at this level of the sport, especially when talking about championship bouts. In the Conor McGregor era where the Irishman has basically called his shot

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Darren Till talks about his upcoming fight and preparations for Tyron Woodley at UFC 228 from the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. TRENDING > Tyron Woodley Won’t Fight Kamaru Usman If Darren Till Misses Weight at UFC 228 Tune in to MMAWeekly.com for full

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Robert Whittaker began his UFC career as the welterweight winner on The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes series. He continued on for a time as a welterweight, but the weight cut was so bad that he nearly quit. Now, Whittaker is the UFC middleweight champion. TRENDING

Jon Jones is already considered by many to be the best mixed martial artist the world has ever seen, but he recently admitted to receiving a bit of inspiration from Conor McGregor to reach for even greater heights. Of course, Jones' out of the cage issues have blemished what is an otherwise stellar