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Max Holloway did not have the easiest upbringing.

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While the betting lines are firmly in the favor of UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski ahead of his upcoming title defense against interim champ Yair Rodriguez, Jon Anik is certainly feeling like Rodriguez has more of a chance than the oddsmakers indicate.

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Sean Strickland feels he deserves a title shot after putting Abus Magomedov away in the second round of the UFC Vegas 76 main event, but will he get the fight with Israel Adesanya next, or will he have to win a few more before that opportunity comes his way?

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Somehow, 2023 is already halfway over.

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Chael Sonnen may have been taken for a bit of a ride this past week when he proclaimed that Mark Zuckerberg personally contacted him to share news of booking a fight against Elon Musk for a battle of the billionaires at UFC 300, only for the news to be immediately denied by a representative for the Meta CEO in a TMZ follow-up report mere hours later.

Tim Sylvia and Francis Ngannou have a couple of things in common.

It’s been 15 years since Sylvia stepped foot inside the UFC octagon. The former heavyweight champion was a promotional staple throughout the 2000s and until Stipe Miocic came along in 2016 he had the most title defenses in divisional history.

Surpassing Miocic and taking the heavyweight torch from the proud Ohioan was Cameroon’s Ngannou. “The Predator” is historically the most devastating puncher in the history of mankind... Читать дальше...

Watch UFC 290 Countdown video to get a closer look at the top four fights of the UFC 290 main card, which takes place Saturday, July 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view card will be the featured event for the UFC’s annual International Fight Week.

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Jack Della Maddalena will fight at UFC 290 after all.

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A few years ago, Jim Miller declared his plans to fight until at least UFC 300, which sounded like a lofty ambition at the time.