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This Saturday’s UFC 258 main card features a pair of fiery middleweights. The match-up pits Maki Pitolo against Julian Marquez in a battle of two game, durable fighters. It’s also a duel between competitors with among the most unique nicknames in the company: “Coconut Bombz” and “The Cuban Missile Crisis.” This is likely to be a striking affair that fans should not miss. Pitolo compiled an 11-4 record with wins in Bellator and Cage Fury Fighting Championships before making an appear...

It is in the spirit of a warrior to travel around gathering the best tools and knowledge to improve one’s skills. When a warrior stays in one place for too long, their spirit and drive can become stagnant. Throughout time, there have been thousands, if not millions, of warriors who were eventually beaten because they got too complacent and comfortable with their training and never put in the effort to shake things up. UFC middleweight Ian “Hurricane” Heinisch started to feel that he was g...

Josh Hedges / UFC / Getty A lot has changed since Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier fought in 2014 as up-and-comers in their mid-20s. McGregor has emerged as the biggest star in mixed martial arts. Both captured UFC gold in the years since and have moved up to the lightweight division. And as it stands right now, theyre two of the best 155-pound fighters on the planet. Though McGregor knocked out Poirier in the first round at UFC 178, Saturdays UFC 257 main event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emira...