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Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Paulo Costa’s longtime manager Wallid Ismail reveals that “Borrachinha” was planning on moving up to light heavyweight after taking the middleweight title away from Israel Adesanya at UFC 253, but everything changed after “The Last Stylebender’s”…

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC There was a lot on the line at UFC 253 on Saturday night. For Israel Adesanya it was not only the opportunity to defend the middleweight championship, but he was going against another undefeated fighter in…

Paulo Costa suffered the first loss of his MMA career in the main event of UFC 253 in Abu Dhabi. | Zuffa LLC Paulo Costa is not going anywhere. “Borrachinha” took on social media Monday to address his second-round TKO loss…

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Israel Adesanya never fails to praise his coaching staff at City Kickboxing for giving him the tools that have allowed him to start his MMA career with a perfect 20-0 record. Now it appears the undefeated…

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC In the 11th episode of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alex K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday night’s UFC 253 event in Abu Dhabi. Future fights were discussed…

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Even after a weekend where Israel Adesanya destroyed Paulo Costa and the UFC crowned a new light heavyweight champion, Colby Covington is still finding ways to stay in the headlines. A week ago, Covington dominated Tyron…

The UFC 254 main card has been revealed and it will look slightly different than what fans are accustomed to seeing. Headlined by the highly anticipated matchup for the undisputed lightweight title between Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Justin Gaethje, the…

Zuffa LLC ABU DHABI – Hakeem Dawodu explains to reporters his verbal outbursts during his UFC 253 meeting with Zubaira Tukhugov.

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Israel Adesanya was dazzling in his title defense and Jan Blachowicz cemented himself as the new light heavyweight champion as the UFC 253 main and co-main events both ended in dramatic fashion. While Adesanya and Blachowicz…

Nate Diaz | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Nate Diaz could make his official plans known soon. The UFC star shared a video to social media on Saturday, which contains clips of his past career highlights and other memorable moments from recent…