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The biggest victory of UFC featherweight Alexander Volkanovski's career nearly turned into one of the worst moments of his life after he was hospitalized with a blood infection while traveling home to Australia. He's home now and recovering, but said recently that he could have lost his leg and

UFC welterweight Alex "Cowboy" Oliveira is reportedly being sought by police in Rio de Janeiro after allegedly assaulting his ex-wife and taking their five-month-old son with him on his motorcycle. Reports by multiple outlets in Brazil, including G1, UOL, and ESPN Brazil, indicated that Oliveira

Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley wants to get back in the Octagon as quickly as possible and work toward getting his belt back, but it looks like that won't happen until at least August. That is Woodley's timetable, if he can get cleared to return.Woodley lost the UFC welterweight

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is likely to be confirmed for a fight with interim titleholder Dustin Poirier for the UFC 242 headliner on Sept. 7 in Abu Dhabi following the reduction of his teammates' suspensions by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.Nurmagomedov will be clear of

Clay Guida showcased his signature conditioning and relentless pace to earn a unanimous decision against UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn on the preliminary card at UFC 237.The win put Guida back on track following a submission loss in his last fight while Penn dropped his seventh in a row overall as he continues

Jared Cannonier scored the biggest victory of his career at UFC 237 on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The No. 10 ranked UFC middleweight in the world took out the legendary Anderson Silva and did so with surgical precision.Silva nearly got another shot at gold when he faced Israel Adesanya in his

Michael Chandler may hold two victories over Patricky "Pitbull" Freire, but Patricky's brother Patricio exacted a measure of revenge at Bellator 221 on Saturday at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.The feud between Chandler and the Pitbull brothers has been boiling over for years, but Patricio

Jessica Andrade lived up to her nickname as the ‘piledriver’ with a brutal slam that knocked out Rose Namajunas as she becomes the new UFC strawweight champion.Following a rough night for Brazilian legends, Andrade — known as ‘Bate Estraca’, which translates to ‘piledriver’ — gave the Rio de Janeiro

Miami prosecutors have dropped all charges relating to the March incident that took place outside a nightclub.

All charges against Conor McGregor in the phone smashing incident in Miami have been dropped.The State Attorney's office opted not to pursue the case any further after the victim, Ahmed Abdirzak, failed to cooperate with investigators. Abdirzak already settled a lawsuit he filed against McGregor