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Sep 26, 2021 Alexander Volkanovski has quieted the doubters once again. With a tremendous performance and successful featherweight title defense over a very game Brian Ortega, Volkanovski continues to own one of the most dominant championship runs in recent history. One of the sport’s other dominant champions, Valentina Shevchenko, also defended her title on Saturday

Alex Volkanovski is prepared to step up to lightweight in a bid to stay active. In what may go down as the best fight of the year, Volkanovski defended his featherweight title for a second time at UFC 266 on Saturday against Brian Ortega. The thrilling back-and-forth encounter saw the 32-year-old escape Houdini-like from several

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Jose Aldo vs. Rob Font is expected to shake up the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) bantamweight division before the year’s end in a UFC Fight Night headliner. Aldo vs. Font will reportedly headline a UFC Fight Night card on Dec. 4, according to Combate. Contracts have not officially been

Petr Yan has every intention of making the walk at UFC 267 – with or without the reigning champion on the opposite side of the cage. Yan (15-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) had an inkling UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling (20-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) wouldn’t make it to their fight and doesn’t appear too surprised that Sterling did,

12:03 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Robbie Lawler came over to a sitting Nick Diaz and grabbed his hands. The two put their foreheads together as a sign of respect. Lawler and Diaz, two aging fighters revered for their classic MMA fights, went to battle again Saturday night at UFC 266 at T-Mobile Arena. The

[UPDATE] Jon Jones posted bail on Saturday and is due to appear in court on October 26. The judge ruled that a “biological specimen” must be submitted by Jones for forensic analysis according to an ESPN report. Jon Jones’ advisor Richard Schaefer provided the following statement to ESPN regarding the charges against his client. “The

Conor McGregor may not have made it to Las Vegas to watch UFC 266 in person, but “The Notorious” was watching the pay-per-view along with the rest of us and sharing his thoughts on the card via Twitter. He heaped praise on some, like Valentina Shevchenko. Others, like Alexander Volkanovski, he mocked. And then there

Forgive Alexander Volkanovski if he’s not overly excited, because he’s heard this one before. In the aftermath of Volkanovski’s (23-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC) unanimous decision win over Brian Ortega (15-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) to defend the featherweight title in the UFC 266 headliner, he found himself on the receiving end of yet another callout from

1:28 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Alexander Volkanovski‘s status as the best featherweight in the world has been solidified. After escaping several close submissions attempts, Volkanovski poured on the damaging blows to beat Brian Ortega via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-44) Saturday night in the main event of UFC 266 at T-Mobile Arena. Volkanovski retained

Things haven’t been too easy for the fighters out of City Kickboxing in New Zealand since COVID-19 finally pierced the country’s bubble and sent everyone into varying degrees of lockdown. Not that it was perfect beforehand … on the plus side, Israel Adesanya got to enjoy a New Years Eve festival with 40,000 people. On

Oscar De La Hoya took to social media Saturday to speak up for UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski regarding his salary, and Dana White wasn’t having it. At UFC 266, Alexander Volkanovski earned a unanimous decision victory over Brian Ortega in a fight that was an instant classic with blood spilled on both sides. The

By Blue Corner | September 26, 2021 8:00 am ET Follow @MMAjunkie While it takes intense training, world-class skills and maybe even a bit of luck to register a UFC win, picking the right song to accompany you to the cage is a key talent, as well. See what the fighters from UFC 266 went

2:02 AM ET Why can’t all nights of fighting be like this? Why do we get swept up in trashy melodramas when we instead could stimulate our minds and endorphins with a night of fighting such as what we just witnessed at UFC 266? Saturday night had everything. Alexander Volkanovski stood up to another challenge

Alexander Volkanovski captured another UFC featherweight title defense last night (Sat., Sept. 25, 2021) at UFC 266 live on ESPN+ PPV from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he battered Brian Ortega to the tune of a unanimous decision win (highlights HERE) In addition to the main event madness, a collection of PPV

UFC 266 featured a featherweight main event title fight and a women’s flyweight title fight. Valentina Shevchenko reigns supreme at 125 pounds and Alexander Volkanovski proved his championship status is no fluke. There was a lot to take away from UFC 266, here are some things that stood out. Nick Diaz Returns Diaz has not

By Danny Segura | September 25, 2021 8:04 pm ET Follow @dannyseguratv Jalin Turner likely scored his best UFC performance thus far on Saturday night. The UFC lightweight ran through Uros Medic with relative ease in their preliminary bout at UFC 266 in Las Vegas. Turner (11-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) submitted Medic (7-1 MMA, 1-1

7:33 AM ET UFC 266 will see Brian Ortega make his second attempt at becoming a UFC champion. And anyone who saw the first attempt knows that the fact he’s back in this position is no small feat. Ortega (15-1) will challenge Alexander Volkanovski (22-1) for the featherweight crown on Saturday in Las Vegas, almost

[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JULY 13, 2018, 2:57 AM] Nick Diaz apparently wants to fight heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in his return to the UFC. On late Thursday night, Diaz unleashed an Instagram post aimed at both Cormier and former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who made his return to the Octagon this past Saturday night at