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Jim Miller finally has a new opponent for UFC Vegas 69.

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Deontay Wilder is more than happy to welcome Francis Ngannou to boxing, but he’ll offer to take the same risk in an MMA fight against the former UFC heavyweight champion.

PERTH — Former UFC middleweight champion was supposed to compete at Saturday’s UFC 284 event, but even though he’s no longer on the card, a lot has been going on that has his attention.

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For Brennan Ward, physically detoxing from opiates wasn’t the hardest part of getting clean. It was the battle with his mind.

Islam Makhachev will look to defend his UFC lightweight title for the first time against the No. 1 fighter in the world, and featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 284. With so much in play from a legacy standpoint, is Saturday’s title fight the most high stakes fight in UFC history?

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Alexander Volkanovski is the biggest underdog on the UFC 284 card this Saturday as he heads into the main event against lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Should the current 145-pound king pull off the upset and become a two-division champion, where will he rank on the list of greatest fighters of all-time?

PERTH — Will Islam Makhachev remain the lightweight champion, or will Alexander Volkanovski become a two-division titleholder? Watch pros predict the champion vs. champion main event for this Saturday’s UFC 284 fight card, including Robert Whittaker, interim featherweight championship competitors Yair Rodriguez and Josh Emmett, and more.

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Anthony Pettis wants to have it all in 2023.

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Islam Makhachev is coming around to Dana White’s way of thinking.

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Islam Makhachev intends to follow in Alexander Volkanovski’s footsteps one day.

Even Alexander Volkanovski understands there are exceptions to the rules whenever Conor McGregor is involved.

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The third episode of UFC 284 Embedded features Alexander Volkanovski going to work with his wrestling training, Islam Makhachev’s coach touting his standup skills, Josh Emmett promising to take Yair Rodriguez into deep waters, Randy Brown and his team getting loose, Yair Rodriguez talking about his dream of fighting in Australia, and more.

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At the UFC 284 virtual media day, a host of fighters competing at Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Perth, Australia, will speak to the media.

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The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) is taking a major step forward in terms of athlete representation.

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The UFC is headed back to Kansas City, Mo.

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A broken hand has forced Dan Hooker to withdraw from UFC 285 on March 4 in Las Vegas.

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Chael Sonnen believes it’s time for Jake Paul to cut bait on Tommy Fury.

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Nathaniel Wood is out of his next fight due to a grisly injury.

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Demetrious Johnson knows what it’s like to have a rocky relationship with the UFC.