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Mike Perry lost via split decision at UFC on ESPN in Uruguay, but the biggest loser was his nose.

Valentina Shevchenko dominated Liz Carmouche at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on Saturday in Montevideo, Uruguay. The victory avenged a loss from several years prior.Shevchenko and Carmouche first met before either of them found their way to the UFC. Carmouche won that first fight via a TKO because of a doctor’s stoppage

It wasn’t a highlight reel victory, as so many of Valentina Shevchenko’s fights have been.

Watch the entire conversation between the UFC heavyweight and Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole, filmed at AKA Gym in San Jose, CA.

Holly Holm's debut in February 2015 was a split-decision win against Raquel Pennington.

Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is set to headline a UFC Fight Night card opposite Michelle Waterson on Oct. 12 in Tampa, Fla. UFC officials announced the bout on Friday.Jedrzejczyk lost the strawweight title to Rose Namajunas in late 2017. She failed to regain it in an immediate rematch

One of the UFC's top bantamweights looked visibly ill during weigh-in at her last fight.

The UFC's championship main event for its first foray into Montevideo, Uruguay, is official following Friday's weigh-in.Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will put her belt on the line opposite Liz Carmouche in a rematch nearly nine years in the making after both women made weight.Shevchenko

UFC president Dana White recently declared himself out of the Cris Cyborg business, but has left the door cracked open for a possible reconciliation that he believes will never come. If Cyborg were will to rematch Amanda Nunes, White would bring her back into the fold, but on Tuesday compared his nightmare

Shevchenko travels for her job. She travels for her vacations. She travels because it’s a large part of who she is.