The bantamweight champion didn’t just want to beat his first challenger, he wanted to make him humble. Whilst the co-main event of UFC 311 was… ...

Coach Javier Mendez believes Usman Nurmagomedov, the current PFL lightweight champion and cousin of Khabib, is unlikely to ...

The UFC 316 main card is official, featuring a pair of title fights: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley 2, and Julianna Peña ...

Dvalishvili's first title defense was against Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311. Julianna Pena became the new UFC women's bantamweight champion by defeating Raquel Pennington at UFC 307 via a split ...

Another year of UFC action is well under way ... after Merab Dvalishvili retained his bantamweight title against Umar Nurmagomedov. Down on the scorecards, Dvalishvili fought back to hand Umar ...

However, at UFC 311, many felt Umar Nurmagomedov would be too much for the Georgian star. But Dvalishvili’s patented will and gas tank were again an unsolvable riddle for his opponent.

Almakhan and top contender Cory Sandhagen were the only fighters willing to fight Nurmagomedov last year. Signed to the UFC ...

Robert Whittaker will face Reinier de Ridder at UFC on ABC 9 Merab Dvalishvili will face Sean O'Malley at UFC 316 Max Holloway will face Dustin Poirier at UFC 318 ...

Kazakhstan’s Almakhan had not fought since losing his short-notice UFC debut against Umar Nurmagomedov 14 months ago. Almakhan also dropped Nurmagomedov early in that fight, but Nurmagomedov was ...

There’s a scenario where Jack Della Maddalena ends up as the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighter by year’s end.

The blow came from Kazakh import Bekzat Almakhan, whose trainer was not present due to visa issues and who was coming off a loss to Umar Nurmagomedov in his UFC debut. To hear him say it ...