An originally packed UFC 223 card lost its main event, replacement main event and multiple potential replacement main events, but will go on with Khabib Nurmagomedov fighting for the UFC Lightweight Championship against Al Iaquinta and officially as UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta. The co-main event, a Women’s Strawweight Championship bout between Rose Namajunas and…

Khabib Nurmagomedov is the UFC Lightweight Champion after a dominant five-round unanimous decision win over Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 on Saturday. Nurmagomedov showed some suspect defense in the standing game, but was never really in danger, beating the last-minute replacement in all five rounds, some so convincingly that they were 10-8 or even 10-7.…

Since losing to Kamaru Usman back in late December of 2015, Leon Edwards’ stock has been on the rise with a 5-0 record over his last five fights. The 26-year-old will try to add another victory to his winning streak in the main event of UFC Fight Night 132 when he faces off against Donald…

Former flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson has been released from his contract with the UFC, while welterweight Ben “Funky” Askren has been released from his deal with ONE Championship. It’s the first major MMA “trade” in a sense, though it was more an agreed-upon timed release than an actual swapping of contracts. This allows…

The UFC put on an exclusive Fight Pass card from the O2 Arena in London, England on Saturday, featuring a main event bout between heavyweights Fabricio Werdum and Alexander Volkov. The fight went into the fourth round, with Werdum controlling a lot of the action early with his jiu-jitsu, but Volkov eventually dropped Werdum…

Jon Jones is a perfect 14-0 over his last 14 official fights including eight successful defenses of the UFC Light Heavyweight championship. After reclaiming the title at UFC 232, Jones will try to begin a new string of title defenses this Saturday when he takes on Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC 235.…

Ariel Helwani is coming home. The award-winning journalist is returning to SB Nation’s MMA Fighting, the premier destination for mixed martial arts and combat sports coverage, and will bring back one of the most popular and influential programs in MMA history: The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. The franchise relaunches this summer as a twice-weekly…

Max Holloway and José Aldo will face each other in the main event of UFC 218 for the UFC Featherweight Championship on Saturday. The event will begin at 10 p.m. ET and can be purchased on pay-per-view. Live streaming can be had via UFC Fight Pass, Fox Sports GO and other platforms. The prelims will…

On Saturday, the UFC will have two champions vying for one belt in the main event of UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier. Stipe Miocic, the UFC heavyweight champion, is putting his belt on the line against Daniel Cormier, the UFC light heavyweight champion. The prelims begin at 7 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass, and…

UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 was just as good as advertised, and then some. The main event was a three-round war that ultimately ended with Max Holloway successfully defending his UFC Featherweight Championship with a third-round TKO of José Aldo. Aldo came out looking great, throwing hard and heavy shots that landed frequently. He…