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Conor McGregor recently announced his return to the UFC, but took some shots at lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and his fellow Dagestani countrymen. That didn't sit well with one man who questioned McGregor on Friday.The man took McGregor to task over his derogatory remarks about Dagestan

The finals of the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix took place on Saturday with familiar faces meeting in the Bellator 232 main event. Welterweight champion Rory MacDonald faced former titleholder Douglas Lima at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., in a rematch with the 170-pound championship on the

(Courtesy of TMZSports / Video may be limited by broadcast restrictions in certain areas.)Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Randy Couture suffered a heart attack earlier this week, but he has already had surgery and left the hospital under his own power.Couture issued a statement

Demian Maia submitted Ben Askren with a rear naked choke at 3:54 of the third, putting the former Bellator and One welterweight champion out briefly.

Catching the cheaters, cleaning up the sport and making sure those who tested positive through no fault of their own aren’t robbed of a chance.

In a bazaar 24 hours, the UFC 244 main event between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal has been turned on its head. Diaz tweeted on Thursday that he was out of the fight because of an adverse drug test result that indicated "elevated levels," though he failed to identify the substance. He went on

Three months after being on the wrong end of one of the worst knockouts in recent MMA history, Ben Askren will fight Demian Maia at UFC Singapore.

Though Nate Diaz dropped a bomb on UFC 244 on Thursday, stating that he was out of his headlining fight with Jorge Masvidal, he hasn't yet been officially ruled out.Diaz apparently derailed one of the biggest UFC non-title fights in history when he tweeted that a drug test had shown "elevated

Diaz is saying his upcoming fight against Jorge Masvidal is off due to a fixed drug test. Even by Diaz's standard this sounds crazy.

Conor McGregor is returning to the UFC in 2020, and in true pitchman fashion, he's building suspense by keeping his opponent a secret.