Author: Tristen Critchfield

Lightweight prospects Jake Matthews and Kevin Lee will lock horns at “The Ultimate Fighter 23” finale.

Thursday’s UFC 199 press conference was primarily about the show, another chance for the event’s main players — Luke Rockhold, Michael Bisping, Dominick Cruz, Urijah Faber — to sell the card with a final round of verbal jousting.

Things could get a little awkward at American Top Team in the next few months.

Valentina Shevchenko says coach Pavel Fedotov risked his life defending her during a shootout at a restaurant in Peru earlier this week.

Ex-bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey could return to the Octagon later than expected after undergoing minor knee surgery on Wednesday.

While Luke Rockhold may have handily dispatched Michael Bisping in their 2014 meeting, the recently crowned middleweight champion isn’t looking past “The Count” in their rematch.

Onetime Bellator MMA featherweight Shahbulat Shamhalaev was hospitalized on Wednesday after reportedly being shot multiple times in Makhachkala, Russia.

Ultimate Fighting Championship co-founder Bob Meyrowitz will be inducted into the Contributors Wing of the UFC Hall of Fame this summer, the promotion announced Wednesday.

When Michael Bisping faces Luke Rockhold in the UFC 199 headliner on Saturday, it will have been nearly a decade since “The Count” made his Octagon debut at “The Ultimate Fighter 3” finale.

Darrion Caldwell and Joe Taimanglo will square off for a future bantamweight title shot in the Bellator 159 headliner on June 22.