Category: Sherdog News

On Thursday, the UFC officially announced that a duel between “Cowboys” would serve as the new headliner for its Fight Night event in Pittsburgh on Feb. 21.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has renewed its support of the Cleveland Clinic’s Professional Fighters Brain Health Study, extending its partnership with a five-year agreement and pledging $1 million to the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas.

Gunmen opened fire at a boxing weigh-in at Dublin’s Regency Hotel on Feb. 5, killing at least one man and wounding two others. A statement from An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s police force, said the victims were “all in their 20s or 30s.”

Newly crowned bantamweight king Dominick Cruz is one six fighters from the UFC Fight Night Boston card who is facing a potential six-month layoff.

Dominick Cruz’s championship victory over T.J. Dillashaw in the UFC Fight Night Boston headliner made him the second-highest earner at the Jan. 17 event.

Watch the UFC Fight Night “Hendricks vs. Thompson” official weigh-ins here at 7 p.m. ET.

Watch the UFC Fight Night “Hendricks vs. Thompson” official weigh-ins here at 7 p.m. ET.

Legacy Fighting Championship 51 will take place Friday night at the Grand Casino Hinckley in Hinckley, Minn. All of the main card fighters cleared weight at Thursday’s weigh-ins, making the event official.

Six-time UFC veteran Karlos Vemola has been sentenced to one year in jail for running three suburban cannabis farms in England, according to a report from the International Business Times.

It will be “Cowboy” vs. “Cowboy” in the main event of UFC Fight Night Pittsburgh.