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One of the UFC’s top Chinese fighters will return to the Octagon in his home country. At UFC Shenzhen on Aug. 31, welterweight Jingliang Li will take on Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, according to Combate.
Ryan Hall is moving back down to featherweight to take on Darren Elkins at UFC Sacramento. The jiu-jitsu ace is fighting for the first time since he submitted B.J. Penn at UFC 232.
After an anomalous second episode in which there was not a single finish, Dana White’s Contender Series returned to form, with four fights ending inside the distance, and in an unprecedented move, all five winners punched their tickets to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
After plenty of speculation in recent months, Chad Mendes is officially calling it a career.
A featherweight bout pitting Cub Swanson against Kron Gracie is in the works for a UFC Fight Night card on Oct. 12.
Tito Ortiz appears to have an opponent for his Combate Americas debut.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship signee Ivan Shtyrkov has been suspended for two years by USADA for an anti-doping violation.
A welterweight clash pitting Mickey Gall against Sam Touahri has been added to the UFC Newark lineup.
When the Octagon door closed at UFC 239, Chance Rencountre was the second biggest underdog on the card at +400, according to Bovada. Yet, “Black Eagle” dominated his matchup against Ismail Naurdiev to win his second fight in the UFC.
Marvin Vettori has not fought since April 2018, when he dropped a split-decision to Israel Adesanya at UFC on Fox 29.