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Following Saturday's UFC on ESPN 7 event at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., promotion officials announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses. Rob Font, Bryce Mitchell, Makhmud Muradov, and Ricky Simon took home the $ 50,000 incentives.Fight of the Night honors went to bantamweights

(Courtesy of UFC)See welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and challenger Colby Covington prepare for their UFC 245 main event matchup. UFC 245 goes down on December 14 in Las Vegas, live on Pay-Per-View.* * *RELATED: * UFC 245 Countdown: Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski * UFC 245 Countdown: Amanda

Max Holloway earns his living fighting, but he uses moments from his fights to teach his son life lessons with the hope that it "makes him a better human being."

Ortiz won his third-consecutive fight Saturday night in Texas, this time over a former pro wrestling superstar.

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)See the highlights and recap from UFC on ESPN 7: Alistair Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik from Saturday's event in Washington DC.* * *TRENDING > WARNING: NSFW images of Alistair Overeem’s shredded lip* * *Tune in to MMAWeekly.com for full UFC 245: Usman

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube | Photo courtesy of UFC)Hear everything Jairzinho Rozenstruik had to say about his last-second knockout of Alistair Overeem at UFC on ESPN 7 on Saturday in Washington, DC, and his desire to fight Francis Ngannou.

Alistair Overeem had the advantage until Jairzinho Rozenstruik landed a massive right hand in the closing seconds of the final round at UFC on ESPN 7.

Flyweight contender Lauren Murphy thought that something shifty was going on when UFC rankings changed right as she was readying to sign a new contract, but is now happy where things stand.

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)Alistair Overeem was originally supposed to face Walt Harris at Saturday's UFC on ESPN 7 in Washington, DC, but that was before tragedy struck Harris and his family. Harris pulled out of the fight when his stepdaughter, Aniah Blanchard, went missing in late

The UFC on ESPN 7 fight card is set following Friday's official weigh-in, but it wasn't without some negotiating.Though main event heavyweights Alistair Overeem and Jairzinho Rozenstruik weren't even close to the 265-pound limit for the division, co-main event fighter Cynthia Calvillo blew