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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Mark Coleman says he was a victim of a now-deceased Ohio State University team doctor who is accused of sexually abusing over 100 former students, he confirmed in a statement released on Thursday. The physician, Dr. Richard Strauss, has been accused of abusing his position to sexually assault students and university athletes, including multiple members of the wrestling team.

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Mark Coleman says he was a victim of a now-deceased Ohio State University team doctor who is accused of sexually abusing over 100 former students, he confirmed in a statement released on Thursday. The physician, Dr. Richard Strauss, has been accused of abusing his position to sexually assault students and university athletes, including multiple members of the wrestling team.

The cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 1 may have mostly retired or moved on from MMA, but the majority of cast members assembled for a 14-year reunion this week, and took a photograph to celebrate the occasion.

Surging Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight prospect Dominick Reyes gets a step up in competition as he takes on Ovince St. Preux at UFC 229 on Oct. 6.

Matt Sayles suffered a series of eye pokes in his UFC 227 fight against Sheymon Moraes last weekend, all of which went undisciplined by referee Blake Grice.

Bellator MMA’s blue-chip prospect Aaron Pico had a rough debut as a professional fighter, but since then has looked unstoppable.

Niko Price will make a quick turnaround and look to extend his winning streak to three in a row against Abdul Razak Alhassan at UFC 228 next month, the promotion announced on Thursday.

Current Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight interim champion Colby Covington has been uncharacteristically quiet since the UFC announced that he would not be fighting middleweight champion Tyron Woodley next month at UFC 228, and that Woodley would instead be fighting Liverpool’s Darren Till.

Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White has shot down suggestions that his biggest star, former two-divisional champion Conor McGregor, is a co-owner in the UFC, despite the fact he’s making a return in October.

Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov have verbally agreed to fight in to co-main event of UFC 229 in a pivotal matchup for the division, ESPN reported on Wednesday.