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By The Numbers: Tom Aspinall The interim Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder has cleared every available hurdle ahead of a potential blockbuster unification bout opposite current champion...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 27, 2024

Coach: Ramadan Not Likely to Interfere With Rumored UFC 313 Title Matchups According to a coach in the know, the month-long observation of Ramadan should not necessarily preclude a challenger from vying for a Ultimate...

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Marcelo Alonso

Dec 26, 2024

5 Things You Might Not Know About Islam Makhachev The pound-for-pound ace and reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder will defend his undisputed crown when he rematches Arman Tsarukyan in the...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 26, 2024

5 Defining Moments: Dricus Du Plessis The 30-year-old South African tank will put his 185-pound championship on the line when he rematches Sean Strickland in the UFC 312 headliner on...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 25, 2024

Tatiana Suarez Has High Hopes for UFC 312: 'When the Bright Lights Shine, So Do I' Great things have been expected of Tatiana Suarez since early in her Ultimate Fighting Championship career.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 24, 2024

The Sheehan Show: UFC Year in Review Sean runs down all 14 Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view events of the year, looking at the highlights, lowlights and most memorable...

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Sean Sheehan

Dec 24, 2024

By The Numbers: Julianna Pena “The Venezuelan Vixen” will enter 2025 in possession of the 135-pound crown for the second time, having dethroned Raquel Pennington by...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 24, 2024

Aleksandre Topuria Expected to Make Octagon Debut at UFC 312 in Sydney The elder brother of UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria will make his Octagon debut Down Under.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 24, 2024

Merab Dvalishvili Claims He Was Denied Entry to UFC P.I. Due to Umar Nurmagomedov It might be the holiday season, but Merab Dvalishvili wasn’t feeling especially jolly after allegedly being denied entry into the UFC...

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 23, 2024

Arman Tsarukyan: Islam Makhachev 'Not as Good as People Think' Arman Tsarukyan once viewed fighting in the UFC as an unattainable dream.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 23, 2024

Gregory Rodrigues on Cannonier Fight, Sparring with Shavkat Rakhmonov and Alex Pereira In this Sherdog exclusive, the Brazilian analyzed his Feb. 15 matchup with Jared Cannonier, and talked about his recent training sessions with...

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Marcelo Alonso

Dec 23, 2024

The Sheehan Show: 2024 Year-End Awards Sean wraps up the year with the very first Sheehan Show Awards, giving a much-deserved pat on the back to some of the fighters, promoters and...

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Sean Sheehan

Dec 23, 2024

By The Numbers: Alexandre Pantoja The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight titleholder will carry a seven-fight winning streak into his 2025 campaign, where...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 22, 2024

Israel Adesanya on Why He Continues to Fight: 'I Almost Forgot How Great I Was' Israel Adesanya will be in an unfamiliar position at UFC Saudi Arabia.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 22, 2024

Ian Heinisch Suffered from Consistent Headaches, Confusion Before Retiring from MMA Ian Heinisch initially planned to take a temporary hiatus from mixed martial arts, but that break has turned into a full-fledged retirement for...

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 22, 2024

Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape Targeted for UFC Main Event on March 1 Brandon Royval has a little more work to do if he wants to get another shot at flyweight gold.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 21, 2024

UFC Tampa Medical Suspensions: Colby Covington Receives 45-Day Term Colby Covington will be sidelined for about a month and a half following UFC Tampa.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 21, 2024

Sherdog’s 2024 Robbery of the Year Carlos Leal Miranda appeared to have a victory over Rinat Fakhretdinov in hand at UFC 308 on Oct. 26. Then the judges got involved.

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Tyler Treese

Dec 21, 2024

By The Numbers: Ilia Topuria The undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder has rattled off 16 consecutive wins to start his career, 14 of them finishes.

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Brian Knapp

Dec 21, 2024

Sherdog’s 2024 Round of the Year Esteban Ribovics and Daniel Zellhuber engaged in an unforgettable final five minutes of hand-to-hand combat at UFC 306 on Sept. 14.

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Tyler Treese

Dec 20, 2024

Sherdog’s 2024 Fight of the Year Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje locked horns in a UFC 300 lightweight showdown for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s symbolic BMF title on...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 20, 2024

Opinion: Is the UFC Stacking the Deck against Merab Dvalishvili? Given some of the available evidence and the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s past history, Sherdog columnist Dayne Fox wonders if the...

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Dayne Fox

Dec 19, 2024

Sherdog’s 2024 Story of the Year The gravitational pull of former two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder Conor McGregor was simply too strong to ignore.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 19, 2024