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A 13-fight card offers many different ways to get involved in the action, but whats the best way to play? Chris Olson breaks down the bouts across five different platforms in this edition of the MMA Mashup.

MMA Fighting Share this story Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC The bantamweight fight between Stephanie Egger and Sarah Alpar has been pulled from this Saturday night’s UFC Vegas 27 card taking place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. According to UFC officials, the bout was scrapped due to COVID-19 protocols but there’s no further detail on who may have tested positive during fight week but it was Egger who was ultimately forced out of the fight. There was an attempt to secure a l...

Where will UFC Fight Night on May 22 take place? UFC Fight Night will take place at the APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will also be known as UFC Vegas 27. The octagon at the APEX has a diameter of 25-feet, making it five feet smaller than the standard UFC cage. Who is fighting at UFC Fight Night on May 22? In addition to the main event between Font and Garbrandt, a fight between Top-10 middleweights Jack Hermansson and Edmen Shahbazyan was added to the card after being postponed from U...

UFC Vegas 24 predictions: ‘Whittaker vs Gastelum’ late ‘Prelims’ undercard preview Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is bringing more “Prelims” fights to ESPN+ this weekend (Sat., April 17, 2021) when UFC Vegas 24: “Whittaker vs. Gastelum” returns to UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. MMAmania.com’s Patrick Stumberg continues the UFC Vegas 24 “Prelims” party with the second (and final) installment of a two-part undercard preview series below. Share this story Photo by: Jo...

This week, we have only one female bout on the UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen card. It features Tracy Cortez against late replacement Stephanie Egger. With only one female bout on the UFC docket, I left it to you to tell me on Twitter which other female bout you wanted me to talk about. We will get to the one in a bit, but let’s start with the UFC fight. Tracy Cortez vs. Stephanie Egger (UFC on ESPN+ 37) Cortez brings in a 7-1 record, which is more impressive when you consider that th...

MMA Fighting Share this story Tracy Cortez is heading back to the flyweight division for her next octagon appearance. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a 125-pound matchup between Cortez and Justine Kish is being targeted for the UFC’s event on April 17, which currently does not have an announced location or venue. MMA Junkie first reported the targeted booking. After earning a contract following her July 2019 win over ...

Welcome to year eight of the annual “Prospects the UFC Should Sign” series, in which we’ll examine five MMA prospects per division the UFC should sign in the upcoming year. This series started during my time as a writer for Bleacher Report, continued through my tenures at Today’s Knockout and FanSided, and now it stays alive another year here at Combat Press. Let’s examine the women’s bantamweight division, the original female weight class within the UFC. It’s been thinned out due...