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Israel Adesanya was hoping to become a two-division champion when he squared off with Jan Blachowicz in the main event of UFC 259.

Former light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones was clearly watching tonight's UFC 259 main event between Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya.

The Octagon remained in Las Vegas for tonight's UFC 259 event, a fifteen-bout fight card headlined by Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya.

Tonight's UFC 259 event was headlined by a light heavyweight title fight featuring Jan Blachowicz squaring off with Israel Adesanya.

Joe Rogan makes his return at UFC 259 -- featuring in a three-man commentary booth alongside Jon Anik and Daniel Cormier. | LowKickMMA.com

Joe Rogan will be back at the commentary desk for UFC 259, alongside play-by-play man Jon Anik and the former champion Daniel Cormier.

MMA Fighting Share this story Esther Lin, MMA Fighting At UFC Vegas 19 this past Saturday, Derrick Lewis authored potentially the Knockout of the Year, sleeping second-ranked heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes with an uppercut. The KO came just 1:26 into the second round and put Lewis in a position where he might once again be able to challenge for the UFC heavyweight title and the man who defeated Lewis in his first title fight believes things could be different this time. I...

MMA Fighting Share this story Photo by Susumu Nagao/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images It wasn’t supposed to be Jens Pulver. When the UFC lightweight division — known as the bantamweight division at the time — was established in 2001, the new owners of the promotion had initially targeted their trainer as the most likely candidate to compete in the first championship fight for the weight class. Three months before Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta along with their friend Dana W...

Believe it or not, Bruce Buffer has been the announcer in the Octagon for 25 years. Three years after UFC’s inception in 1993, the Octagon wouldn’t be complete without its iconic cage announcer in Buffer. And on Saturday night, Feb. 13, (Sunday, Manila time) at UFC 258, the 63-year-old Buffer wore a custom red suit with a comic-inspired detail designed by King & Bay, which has been the announcer’s go-to for his outfit, to mark his 25 long years with the biggest mixed martial arts promotio...

The end came at 34 seconds of the third, when referee Herb Dean stepped in to halt it as Usman was pounding Burns from the top.