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UFC on ESPN 73 took place Saturday, and MMA Junkie provided live round-by-round coverage and official results. UFC on ESPN 73 went down at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with the entire card airing on ESPN2 and streaming on ESPN+.
History almost forgot about Petr Yan. Much of the excitement surrounding UFC 323 was fueled by Merab Dvalishvili's campaign to be the first fighter to make four successful UFC tit
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UFC Vegas 112 video: Melquizael Costa crushes Morgan Charriere with brutal head kick knockout
Melquizael Costa capped off a tremendous 2025 with his fourth win of the year but none better than the vicious head kick knockout he delivered at UFC Vegas 112.
Manel Kape said he was going to make it look easy against Brandon Royval, and made good on that promise.
The final UFC card of 2025 will unfortunately be one bout lighter after one fighter withdrew just hours before the event kicks off.
Middleweight contender Jared Cannonier famously started his UFC career as a heavyweight, eventually losing over 100 pounds to compete in his current weight class. Others, such as rising heavyweight Martin Buday,
In the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 73, Vallejos (17-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) took on Giga Chikadze, a featherweight contender who had never been knocked out before. However, that all changed when Vallejos found the chin with a spinning back fist, knocking out Chikadze (15-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) at 1:29 in Round 2.