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Mookie Alexander recaps an exceptionally violent night of fights at UFC 262 in Houston, Texas.

Edson Barboza's Time Is Now Veteran Views Saturday's UFC 262 Bout vs Burgos As The Most Crucial Of His Career By E. Spencer Kyte, on Twitter @SpencerKyte • May. 11, 2021 When it comes to television and films, I’ll watch anything even tangentially related to mixed martial arts because in addition to having an unhealthy obsession with this sport, I also enjoying seeing how the sport is portrayed and what, if any, actual competitors will pop up as performers. So when the trailer for Born A Champion came out late last year, there I was, sitting at my desk, turned into the living Leona...

MMA Fighting Share this story Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC At the beginning of this month, Jiri Prochazka had a sterling sophomore appearance in the UFC, knocking out Dominick Reyes in the main event of UFC Vegas 25 with a spinning back elbow. The finish was immediately lauded as a Knockout of the Year contender and vaulted Prochazka up to third in the UFC light heavyweight rankings. But for as great a showing as it was, the former KSW light heavyweight champion was not as excited about his performance as everyone else was. “I’m enjoying what I’m doing, the show and t...

MMA Fighting Share this story Esther Lin, MMA Fighting At UFC 261 this past Saturday, Masvidal came up short in his second bid for the UFC welterweight title, getting knocked out in the second round by champion Kamaru Usman. Though an obvious setback for “Gamebred”, there is a silver lining for Masvidal: a potential bout with Nick Diaz. Diaz has been rumored to be planning a return to the cage this year and was in attendance on Saturday, sitting cageside for Masvidal’s KO loss. At the post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White addressed Diaz’s presence sayin...

Champ Kamaru Usman (169.5 lbs.) vs. #4 Jorge Masvidal (170 lbs.) – for welterweight title Champ Zhang Weili (114.5 lbs.) vs. #1 Rose Namajunas (114.5 lbs.) – for women’s strawweight title Champ Valentina Shevchenko (124.5 lbs.) vs. #1 Jessica Andrade (124.5 lbs.) – for women’s flyweight title #9 Uriah Hall (185 lbs.) vs. #11 Chris Weidman (186 lbs.) #13 Jimmy Crute (205.5 lbs.) vs. #6 Anthony Smith (206 lbs.) PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET) Randy Brown (171 lbs.) vs. Alex Oliveira (171 lbs.) Dwight Grant (170 lbs.) vs. Stefan Sekulic (171 lbs.) Brendan Allen (186 lbs.) vs. Karl R...