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Former UFC fighter and current Combate Americas athlete Angela Magana remains in a coma following emergency surgery in Puerto Rico.Members of Magana’s team revealed the news after she was forced into surgery following severe back pain that ultimately forced her out of her upcoming Combate Americas debut

Though the bout has been in the works for a few weeks, as reported by MMAWeekly.com's Damon Martin, Ben Askren vs. Jorge Masvidal is finally official for UFC 239, following an announcement by UFC officials.While UFC president Dana White was initially lobbying for an immediate rematch between undefeated

Adesanya completed a meteoric 14-month rise to the top the division when he outlasted Gastelum in a monumental battle, winning a unanimous decision by scores of 48-46 on all three judges’ cards.

(Courtesy of JRE Clips)Dustin Poirier just became the interim UFC lightweight champion of the world. Just a few months ago, he was supposed to have fought Nate Diaz. Before the fight ever got near the cage, Poirier had to withdraw because of a hip injury.What if that fight had happened? And what if Diaz

Almost out of nowhere, an unlikely feud between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and newly minted interim middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya has exploded.While the chatter initially started as the two addressing the likelihood of one day fighting each other, it quickly devolved.Jones appears

Max Holloway didn’t win his second world title on Saturday night at UFC 236 but he did enjoy the biggest payday out of anybody on the card alongside new interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.Holloway fell in a five round decision to Dustin Poirier in his bid to win the interim lightweight championship

Dustin Poirier and Israel Adesanya both won interim championships at UFC 236 on Saturday night in Atlanta, but neither of them had an easy road in their fights for gold. As such, both were issued 45-day suspensions following tough bouts. Their opponents didn't get off so lucky.The Georgia Entertainment

Dustin Poirier visualized a million times over what it would feel like to finally have a UFC title wrapped around his waist. Now that dream has become reality as Poirier was crowned the interim lightweight champion after a war of attrition against featherweight king Max Holloway in the main event at

UFC fans and fighters from around the world took to social media on Saturday night after two fantastic fights at UFC 236.

Though UFC 236 was chock-full of good fights, none could hold a candle to the main and co-main event championship bouts.  Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum appeared to have run away with Fight of the Night honors, as well as early Fight of the Year consideration, with their UFC 236 co-main event battle