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Alexander Gustafsson is officially calling it a career. On Saturday in Sweden, the three-time UFC title contender laid down his gloves and announced his retirement following a fourth round submission loss to Anthony Smith in the main event. While the loss was certainly disappointing it was still a shock

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones doubts that Alexander Gustafsson will remain retired, despite making the announcement following a loss at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on Saturday in Stockholm, Sweden, but if he does, Jones wishes him well. Gustafsson's career has spanned more than a decade, but despite

The UFC Fight Night card in Stockholm, Sweden may have lost one marquee fight on Thursday but Friday’s weigh-ins went off without a hitch as all of the athletes hit the mark. The original co-main event for the card was scrapped after Ilir Latifi suffered a back injury that forced him out of his fight

An injury has forced light heavyweight contender Ilir Latifi to pull out of his scheduled co-main event bout against Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday. UFC officials announced the unfortunate news on Thursday. “Due to a back injury, Ilir Latifi has been forced to withdraw

Newly crowned UFC women's strawweight champion Jessica Andrade and her wife, Fernanda Gomez, were robbed at gunpoint this week. Gomez confirmed the incident on her Facebook page and MMA Junkie confirmed the incident with Andrade's manager, Tiago Okamura.Andrade and Gomez were stopped while driving

A women’s bantamweight showdown between Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd is being targeted as the main event for the upcoming UFC Fight Night card in Sacramento on July 13. Verbal agreements are in places from the fighters according to sources close to the situation, who confirmed the news following

The UFC 240 fight card is coming together, as UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday that he is close to finalizing a co-main event bout between Cris "Cyborg" Justino and Felicia Spencer. "I'm excited about this Edmonton card. Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar is a great main

Yoel Romero was suspended for six months after failing a drug test.

Though details on UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber's return to the Octagon are still scarce, Faber did confirm over the weekend that he is returning and has added the name of his comeback opponent. Faber told UFC veteran and commentator Dan Hardy that he would be facing Ricky Simon in his comeback

Urijah Faber recently turned 40 years old and had his first child. So how does he celebrate? By requesting a UFC comeback fight; a request that appears to have been granted. Though it was unclear a few weeks ago whether or not Faber was serious when he posted on social media about wanting to make a UFC