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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts promotion company. It is the largest MMA promoter in the world and features most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport. Based in the United States, the UFC produces events worldwide that showcase ten weight divisions and abide by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
- Promoter announces that its event is scheduled to take place in Shanghai in December
- China’s strict measures during the Covid-19 pandemic had prevented UFC events for four years
Francis Ngannou will fight heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia next weekend, with purse continuing potential shake-up of MMA.
New middleweight champion criticises Israel Adesanya for wearing red and yellow shorts following shocking UFC 293 main event in Sydney.
New Pillow Fighting Championship has expanded to Brazil and Ghana, and CEO Steve Williams says they hope to reach Asia and the Middle East next.
UFC president Dana White ‘very happy to hear’ Zhang Weili’s win over Amanda Lemos racked up 1.9 billion views on Chinese social media in a matter of hours.
UFC commentary team laud new bantamweight champion after stunning victory over Aljamain Sterling, say ‘comparisons with Conor McGregor will only grow’,
‘Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X,’ Musk wrote in a post on Sunday on the platform formerly known as Twitter. ‘All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.’
UFC commentator Daniel Cormier says Israel Adesanya ‘was on some weird stuff tonight’ during tense face off with new No 1 contender Dricus Du Plessis.
The world’s leading MMA organisation enters into partnership with Migu Co Ltd and China Leisure Sports Administrative Centre to host series of events.
ONE Championship boss, who says former UFC heavyweight king was offered US$20 million guaranteed for 2 fights, is ready to let bygones be bygones.
Chatri Sityodtong says he spoke with former UFC champ for ‘almost 3 hours’ to discuss final offer but ‘didn’t feel Francis and I were fully aligned on non-financial matters’.
Chairman and CEO to meet former UFC heavyweight champ this weekend to discuss ‘final offer’, but thinks Francis Ngannou would have a ‘tough time’ in ONE.
ONE Championship strawweight kickboxing king Jon Di Bella impressed by striking skill of UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler after training together.
State-of-the-art UFC training facility in China will host opening round of four tournaments for Asian MMA prospects next month.
‘I looked for his kid, just to remind him,’ Israel Adesanya says after gaining revenge by flattening Alex Pereira in second round to reclaim UFC middleweight title.
UFC boss Dana White says Power Slap league is a ‘home run’, but safety concerns remain with concussion activist calling it ‘one of the stupidest things you can do’.
New heavyweight champion hints he will be ‘getting away from all the kickboxing’ after submitting Ciryl Gane in 2 minutes at UFC 285.
‘Oh my god. Listen to the crowd. One of those scorecards was crazy,’ UFC commentator Joe Rogan says after controversial Perth main event.
Featherweight champ Alex Volkanovski took the fight to lightweight king Islam Makhachev up a division, and should have got the judges’ nod.
Islam Makhachev is still UFC lightweight champ, but featherweight king Alex Volkanovski gave him toughest fight of his career in main event of Sunday’s card in Perth.
Lightweight Jeka Saragih is looking to become the first Indonesian fighter to sign for the UFC – and to lift his village out of poverty.
Chinese featherweight faces South Korean Lee Jeong-yeong at Fight Night 218 in Las Vegas with a UFC contract at stake.
Demetrious Johnson says he didn’t get a champion’s contract with the UFC until his fourth title defence – and was still denied PPV points.
ONE Championship strawweight king Jarred Brooks – who was cut from the UFC in 2018 – thinks he would defeat their new champ Brandon Moreno.
American TV network TBS sticks with White’s slap-fighting league in wake of domestic violence incident with his wife – at least for now.
Phil Baroni, 46, arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend, prosecutors’ office in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit says.
‘I’m making no excuses,’ UFC president Dana White says, after video shows him hitting his wife during an altercation at a resort in Mexico.
Sasha Palatnikov ‘excited to put on a display’ in return to his roots with striking-only fight at Karate Combat 37 in Orlando, Florida, this weekend.
UFC legend Max Holloway left stunned that two-division ONE Championship king Christian Lee was not No 1 on ESPN’s list of 25 best fighters under 25 years old.
