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Considering that both of his UFC losses had come at 170 pounds, it didn’t seem like the best idea for Sage Northcutt to return to welterweight in the Las Vegas-based promotion.
KSW veteran David Zawada will step in on short notice to face Danny Roberts at UFC Fight Night 134 in Hamburg, Germany next weekend.
Last week, news broke that the Ultimate Fighting Championship was targeting Dec. 29 for a superfight between featherweight queen Cristiane Justino and bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes.
After being wrongly flagged for an anti-doping violation last year, Junior dos Santos was grateful to return to the Octagon on Saturday night.
Alexander Volkanovski managed to avoid the trademark Darren Elkins rally at UFC Fight Night 133, and he did so while competing at less than 100 percent.
There were a few impressive performances at UFC Fight Night 133 in Boise, Idaho, on Saturday night, but Niko Price’s victorious effort is the one most likely to stick in the memory banks.
Junior dos Santos was looking to rebound from a devastating loss to Stipe Miocic last May and he did.
Sherdog’s live UFC Fight Night 133 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Eddie Wineland thought he did enough to eke out a decision over Alejandro Perez in the UFC Fight Night 133 preliminary card headliner, but he was mistaken.
On Saturday, Bellator MMA pitched its tent at Centrale Live in Rome, Italy. Not stinting on quality or local flavor, Bellator 203 treated fans to its most dominant champion as well as bringing home Italy’s most famous MMA export. It was Bellator’s fifth event on Italian soil and, as usual, it did not leave fans disappointed, as the only fight to go the distance was the back-and-forth main event.