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As has become common practice for the UFC, promotion officials have lined up a Plan B for UFC 228 if either Tyron Woodley or Darren Till is unable to fight on Sept. 8 in Dallas. Highly ranked Kamaru Usman is the UFC 228 back-up plan, according to a report by ESPN. While welterweight champ Woodley has

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Dana White addresses whether or not he has any concerns or if the UFC is taking any precautions to prevent and pre-fight violence between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov ahead of their UFC 229 showdown. TRENDING >  Tune in to MMAWeekly.com on Oct. 6 for

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Former NFL player Greg Hardy closed out the final week of Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, Season 2 with another blistering knockout. Hardy needed just 17 seconds to lay Tebaris Gordon out, giving him his second victory of the season on the show

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Following the final episode of Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, Season 2, UFC president Dana White addressed a number of topics, including The Ultimate Fighter. White announced that the gym where the fights and training have taken place during

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Dana White talked about Greg Hardy's controversial past following the former NFL player's second knockout victory on Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. White addressed the troubled fighter's past, saying, "What the guy did was

On Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden, Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier is scheduled to face Nate Diaz on the UFC 230 main card. During the UFC 25th Anniversary Press Conference on Aug. 3, Diaz walked off stage when a promotional video was shown announcing Conor McGregor's return against Khabib

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) When The Ultimate Fighter reality series launched in January of 2005, it was largely known behind the scenes as a last-ditch effort by Dana White and the Fertitta Brothers to get some mainstream traction to save the UFC from extinction. It was a multi-million dollar

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) While Greg Hardy has made quite the name for himself with back-to-back, under-one-minute knockouts on Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series, little did most people know that at the same time he was fighting, Hardy was still playing football, as well.

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) There was a time when Conor McGregor wanted an equity stake in the UFC before he would step into the Octagon again. Well, McGregor has inked a deal to challenge undefeated, undisputed UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 229 main event on Oct

<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Bellator featherweight champion Julia Budd had to go deep into the third