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Gregory Rodrigues overcomes Anthony Hernandez in UFC battleGregory Rodrigues relied on devastating leg attacks and suffocating takedown defense to defeat hometown favorite Anthony Hernandez via unanimous decision in the middleweight non-title main event of UFC Fight Night Saturday night at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif.,The Brazilian Rodrigues (2...

Magomed Ankalaev puts away Bogdan Guskov at UFC Abu DhabiAfter a slow-paced, grueling affair that drew boos from the Etihad Arena crowd, No. 1-ranked former UFC light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev finally put away No. 9 Bogdan Guskov with fifth-round ground-and-pound at 2:41 to cap off Saturday's UFC Fight Night event in Abu Dhabi.,The main event ...

Dricus Du Plessis returns with dominant decision over Kamaru UsmanSouth Africa's Dricus Du Plessis leaned on his roots in his first fight in nearly a year to secure a unanimous decision victory over Kamaru Usman in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Oklahoma City.,The judges scored the bout 50-45, 49-46, 49-46 in favor of Du Plessis (24-...

Dricus du Plessis returns with dominant decision defeat of Kamaru Usman

Dricus du Plessis leaned on his roots in his first fight in nearly a year to secure a unanimous decision victory over Kamaru Usman in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Oklahoma City.,The judges scored the bout 50-45, 50-45, and 49-46 in favor of du Plessis (24-3 MMA), who...

Gabriel Bonfim stays hot at UFC Fight Night, defeats Belal Muhammad

Former UFC welterweight champion and Chicago native Belal Muhammad had no answers for Brazil's Gabriel Bonfim, who secured his 20th win in 21 MMA fights by securing a unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) win in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday night., ,Bonfim (20-1) use...

Aljamain Sterling calls for title shot after UFC Vegas 116 decision win

After nearly two full slow-paced rounds in the UFC Vegas 116 main event from the Meta APEX Saturday night, former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling found an opening with under a minute left in Round 2 against Youssef Zalal. But it was only the beginning of Sterling's relentless pace., ,Sev...

Sean Strickland snaps Anthony Hernandez's win streak with TKO victory

Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland delivered a knee to the body followed by punches to finish Anthony Hernandez with a TKO victory at 2:23 of the third round in the main event of Saturday's UFC Fight Night event in Houston.,After a slow-paced start, Strickland picked up the pace at the...

Brandon Moreno-Asu Almabayev to headline UFC's Mexico City return

The main event for UFC's return to Mexico City on Feb. 28 will feature a matchup between flyweight contenders Brandon Moreno and Asu Almabayev.,Tijuana's Moreno (29-3-2) will enter as the No. 5-ranked contender as he fights in his home country against the seventh-ranked Almabayev (23-3) from Kazakhs...