Rose Namajunas was an overlooked strawweight contender entering her clash with then-UFC champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217. But despite facing one of the best female UFC fighters of all-time, ...

Perhaps the time has come for Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight titleholder Weili Zhang to take her talents to another division.

This past weekend at UFC Vegas 106, we saw a strawweight matchup kick things off on the prelims. In that matchup, Tecia ...

“Is Zhang Weili at her peak at the moment? Her wins against Joanna Jedrzejczyk were great but they bookend her Rose Namajunas losses. Since then, she has fought once a year so far and has looked ...

Former two-time women's strawweight champion Rose Namajunas returns on June 14 in a flyweight bout against Miranda Maverick.

Former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade has a bout against Cynthia Calvillo up among the flyweights at UFC 266 in Las Vegas on Saturday, but admits her heart is set on a return to her old ...

And at the same event, UFC 312, Zhang Weili retained the strawweight strap with a clinic against Tatiana Suarez. Then in March, Brazilian star Alex Pereira dropped the light-heavyweight title to ...

Joanna Kakissis leads NPR's bureau in Kyiv, coverage of Ukraine and Russia's war on the country. Kakissis was born in Greece, grew up in North and South Dakota, and spent her early years in ...