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The light heavyweight title will be on the line on Feb. 8 in Houston, Texas. A title bout between reigning champion Jon Jones and undefeated contender Dominick Reyes is in the works to headline the pay-per-view event at the Toyota Center. News of the fight was first reported by BJPenn.com on Friday.

The UFC light heavyweight champ is coming off the closest win of his career, but he'll put his belt on the line again in February.

The mother and stepfather of Aniah Blanchard believe she was set up to be kidnapped by someone she knew.

Valentina Shevchenko will defend her flyweight title for the third time in February, this time against Katlyn Chookagian.

After over a decade of professional fighting, Ben Askren is retiring.

UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is expected to make the next defense of her belt opposite Katlyn Chookagian on Feb. 8 at an as yet unannounced UFC event.The event is targeted to be a pay-per-view in Houston, but its numbering hasn't been worked just yet, as the promotion has yet to finalize

He may have lost three of his last four fights, but Yoel Romero is still angling for a UFC middleweight title shot.By all rights, Paulo Costa earned a shot at current champion Israel Adesanya with a unanimous decision win over Romero at UFC 241 in August. That victory did make him the top contender,

Greg Hardy topped a list of five UFC on ESPN+ 21 fighters that could be one the sidelines for as long as six months following the release of the event's medical suspensions.Hardy stepped in on short notice to fight Alexander Volkov in Moscow. The fight didn't go his way, but Hardy managed to

(Courtesy of MMA FUN)Not many people have heard of MMA fighter Davy Gallon, but nearly everyone interested in MMA – and many that aren't – are now familiar with the infamous rolling thunder kick he used to knock out UFC veteran Ross Pearson.Pearson retired from the UFC in early 2019 having lost six

UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang may have an opponent for her first title defense when she returns to action in 2020.This past week, former 115-pound champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk did an interview where she was quoted as saying “anywhere, anytime” she could get her hands on Weili and “beat the s**t