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Max Holloway is ready to fight again. The reigning featherweight champion, who was forced out of his last scheduled bout at UFC 226, says doctors have given him the go ahead to get back into action in the near future. It was just in July when Holloway was pulled from his fight against Brian Ortega due

No fighter ever wants to admit that he's inferior to another, but at the end of the day, most times, one fighter is better than another in a certain area. That's what Khabib Nurmagomedov's head coach at American Kickboxing Academy, Javier Mendez, will readily admit as his fighter readies

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Valentina Shevchenko waited a long time to return to the flyweight division. She waited even longer to finally get her shot at the UFC belt. Now, on Sept. 8, she'll challenge inaugural champion Nicco Montano for the title at UFC 228 in Dallas, Texas. Listen

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Robert Whitaker recently went deep on the topic of missing weight, especially as his last title fight was against Yoel Romero, who missed the mark on the scale at UFC 225 in June. Whitaker gave his thoughts on fighters dropping extreme weight only to then miss

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Robert Whittaker is slated to put his UFC middleweight championship on the line against Kelvin Gastelum following their coaching stint on Season 28 of The Ultimate Fighter. The only problem is, they don't know when that will be. Whittaker broke his right hand

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is down to fight just about anybody… given a reasonable amount of notice. Woodley is currently slated to defend his belt against Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sept. 8 in Dallas. Till is a reasonable contender, as interim champion Colby Covington was unable to take

A fight between top flyweights Joseph Benavidez and Ray Borg has been shifted to the UFC's 25th Anniversary fight card in Denver. Though Benavidez vs. Borg had originally been agreed to for Oct. 6 at UFC 229 in Las Vegas, the fight has been moved to Nov. 10 at UFC Fight Night 139, according to a

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) If Georges St-Pierre wants to make his return to the UFC in the near future, he's going to have to seek out an opponent other than Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov. Just days after St-Pierre said he 'would be interested' in a showdown against

While it is not a done deal, Brian Ortega on Saturday admitted that he has been contacted about rebooking his fight with featherweight champion Max Holloway, likely for UFC 231 on Dec. 8 in Toronto. "Nothing's official," Ortega said in a backstage scrum with reporters, when asked about

(Courtesy of UFC) Despite their bout being inked for the UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till co-main event on Sept. 8 in Dallas, Valentina Shevchenko won't believe that flyweight champion Nicco Montano will show up until they are in the cage together. TRENDING > Dana White: I Would Have Beat Tito Ortiz