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UFC 234 is finally upon us and in the night’s main-event, the UFC middleweight title will be on the line as Robert Whittaker takes on Kelvin Gastelum. It’s a middleweight title tilt worth writing home about as the champion Robert Whittaker looks to add the scalp of Kelvin Gastelum to his increasingly long list of conquests. This is an extremely …

Israel Adesanya spoke in the aftermath of UFC 230 about how he had convinced UFC president Dana White to invest in his ‘masterplan’ but even now, with him set to face Anderson Silva at UFC 234, it’s still unclear what that might be. To be honest, it’s one of those bouts that would look nothing short of sensational on paper …

Two of the most physically-imposing specimens on the UFC roster are set to headline the promotion’s upcoming return to Miami, Florida. The fight that had fans salivating ahead of its announcement for UFC 230 looks set to be revived for a spot on UFC on ESPN 3 on April 27. Yoel Romero was last seen in action during his razor-close …

ESPN reported today that the UFC are looking at setting up a middleweight clash between rising phenom Israel Adesanya and the former champ, Anderson Silva. Brett Okamoto reported first that UFC 234 could well host a 185lb clash between Adesanya and Silva, a fight that would mark the Brazilian legend’s first outing since February 2017. Breaking: Anderson Silva vs. Israel …

ESPN has reported that the middleweight title showdown between champion Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum is set for UFC 234 in Australia next year. The pair have been competing against each other on the most recent edition of The Ultimate Fighter but with that series’ conclusion, the attention will turn to the 185lb championship bout that will end the show’s run. ESPN reported …

The former UFC welterweight champion of the world lost out in brutal fashion in his bare-knuckle boxing debut after retiring from the sport of MMA. Johny Hendricks’ final years in mixed martial arts saw him fall out of the category of the elite in a decline that was completely shocking to watch unfold. A succession of botched weight-cuts and meek …

Brazilian powerhouse Paulo Costa has pulled from his UFC Brooklyn showdown with Yoel Romero, the second time this fight has been unsuccessfully booked. And what a fight it would have been! Two of the middleweight division’s most violent customers locked into a cage together? That sounded good to us. Romero has only come up short against the reigning champion Robert …

Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza managed to overturn some early momentum from Chris Weidman to get his man out of there in the third-round. Jacare was seemingly down on the scorecards to the former-champion Weidman before getting the job done in the third. For what it was worth, ‘The All-American’ looked fantastic at first, frequently touching up his Brazilian adversary with jabs …

In the biggest fight in the history of Bellator, middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi was the one who managed to put on a dominant performance. Rory MacDonald may well be the greatest welterweight fighter on the planet today – that’s up for debate. But when he crossed paths with the streaking former Strikeforce light-heavyweight Gegard Mousasi, it mattered for little. Mousasi’s …

UFC title-challenger Darren Till has outlined his plans for a move to the middleweight division if he manages to defeat Tyron Woodley at UFC 228. Till’s strenuous cut to 170lbs for his UFC Liverpool showdown with Stephen Thompson saw him eventually miss weight in a rather dramatic turn of events. The entire scandal that surrounded his failed-attempt to make the limit …