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It’s here. After weeks of anticipation, UFC 280 finally goes down on Saturday, featuring title fights in the two best divisions in MMA: Lightweight and bantamweight. In the co-main event, Aljamain Sterling puts his 135-pound belt on the line against former champion T.J. Dillashaw, and in the final fight of the night, Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev face off for the vacant lightweight title. On top of those two incredible fights... Читать дальше...

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Aljamain Sterling may be the reigning and defending UFC bantamweight champion, but he knows his days competing at 135 pounds are likely numbered.

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The highly anticipated octagon debut of Bo Nickal will now take place in the first quarter of 2023.

In the fifth episode of UFC 280 Embedded, the fighters participate at open workouts and trade shots at press conference.

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Jose Aldo carried the UFC on his shoulders in Brazil for nearly a decade as one of the biggest stars in the country. And now that the two-time featherweight champion has retired from the sport, he sees potential in three names to be the new faces of the company in his home country.

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Dana White is promising a mega-card for the UFC’s return to England in 2023, one that could feature Khamzat Chimaev competing at welterweight.

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On the eve of UFC 280, which is a blockbuster card with several high stakes matchups, which of the fighters has the most pressure on them to win on Saturday in Abu Dhabi?

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Should T.J. Dillashaw make good on his prediction to defeat Aljamain Sterling to regain the bantamweight title at UFC 280, he knows he’ll be a very busy man in the future, but there’s one fight that he won’t likely get that he had hoped for.

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The biggest fight card of the year takes place this Saturday when UFC 280 goes down at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. In the main event, former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira looks to reclaim the belt he lost on the scale when he faces the next great Dagestani lightweight, Islam Makhachev. It’s arguably the most intriguing fight of the year, with enormous repercussions for the legacies of both men, so let’s take a look at what each needs to do to win... Читать дальше...

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The UFC 280 final staredowns were intense in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Check all of them out above.

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Charles Oliveira is primed to get his belt back it appears.

ABU DHABI — Dana White is excited about the storylines attached to Saturday’s UFC 280 event, especially when it comes to the main event for the lightweight title between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev.

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Dominick Reyes and Jon Jones probably won’t be getting too buddy-buddy at any point in the near future.

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Charles Oliveira is officially set to fight for the lightweight title again.

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UFC 280 is down to 12 fights after the scratch of a featherweight bout between Zubaira Tukhugov and Lucas Almeida.

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At the UFC 280 official weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Abu Dhabi will step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting has live video of the proceeding above.

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Fabricio Andrade will fight for the ONE Championship bantamweight title Friday even though John Lineker missed weight and was stripped of the belt, and he has a bold prediction for the contest in Malaysia.

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When Khamzat Chimaev was still just a prospect looking for a top-ranked opponent to face him, Belal Muhammad was more than happy to answer that call.

The fourth episode of UFC 280 Embedded features Charles Oliveira cutting weight, Aljamain Sterling rolling with Al Iaquinta, T.J. Dillashaw trying to squeeze into the sauna, Petr Yan’s run-in with Sterling, Khabib Nurmaogmedov assisting Islam Makhachev, Sean O’Malley and more.

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Charles Oliveira has already made weight for his UFC 280 clash with Islam Makhachev for the lightweight championship, according to his head coach, Diego Lima.

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Robert Whittaker will fight close to home when he faces Paulo Costa in a featured middleweight bout on the upcoming UFC 284 card scheduled in Perth, Australia, on Feb. 11.