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Now that Henry Cejudo's belt has been stripped, Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueirdo will step into the octagon with the title on the line.

Following Saturday's UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, the fight promotion revealed the recipients of the performance-based bonuses. Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington, Petr Yan, and Irene Aldana earned the $ 50,000 incentives.Fight of the Night honors went to the main event

Following the third round in Saturday's UFC 245 main event title fight between champion Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington, the challenger returned to his corner and told his cornermen that he thought that his jaw was broken. He fought for another nine minutes and ten seconds before being stopped by

Rory MacDonald is moving to the PFL.The former Bellator welterweight champion and UFC title contender has signed an exclusive contract to join the roster at the PFL, where he is expected to compete in 2020. News of MacDonald’s move was first reported by ESPN.The Canadian veteran entered into free agency

Frankie Edgar says he sees a lot of himself in Chan Sung Jung, so when the opportunity arose to fill in for injured Brian Ortega, he jumped at the chance.

Women's Sport Social Embed They say you should never judge a book by its cover.  Kate Jackson, with her middle class accent and shy demeanour, comes across as the unlikeliest of cage fighters. But Jackson has spent ten years and fifteen fights transforming into a thorny, brutal cage fighter with

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)When Kamaru Usman was asked about the USA chants during his fight with Colby Covington, he gave a raw answer from his gut at the UFC 245 post-fight press conference.There was a lot of bad blood in the years leading up to Usman vs. Covington in the UFC 245 main event

Kamaru Usman knows a type of toughness that Colby Covington could never understand, and we should give him credit for it.

Half of the fighters from the UFC 245 championship tripleheader are facing lengthy medical suspensions, including Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington, and Alexander Volkanovski.With two of the title fights going the distance and the third going deep into the fifth round, it's no surprise that there would

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman gave his thoughts on his fight with Colby Covington at the UFC 245 post-fight press conference on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Usman had to go into deep waters to finish Covington, putting him away with seconds left in the