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Lightweight prospects Arman Tsarukyan and Joel Alvarez are reportedly set to collide at a UFC Fight Night scheduled for February 26.

An intriguing matchup between top-15 ranked lightweight Joel Alvarez and Arman Tsarukyan has been added to an upcoming UFC Fight Night card.

Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Some fighters just don’t compete enough for whatever reason. Yair Rodriguez sitting on the shelf for as many years as he has feels borderline criminal. Throwing him back in against Max Holloway also seems like the move of a promotion that doesn’t particularly care about his development, but whatever. Maybe we’re just making up for lost time here. Another guy who hasn’t fought in forever: Zabit Magomedsharipov, one of the earlier generations of great Caucus hopes to win a UFC title. Unfortunately, he hasn’t competed since November 2019 ...

The manager for UFC featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov says he “will not return to the Octagon” until his health problems are resolved. Magomedsharipov was one of the top-five ranked featherweights on the UFC roster but he was taken out of the rankings earlier this year due to inactivity, as his last fight was a decision win over Calvin Kattar in November 2019. Since then, Magomedsharipov has been connected to numerous fights with rival Yair Rodriguez, but the fight never materialized due to COVID-19 logistical issues, injuries, and Rodriguez’s issues with USADA. It’s led to an exten...

Retired ex-UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov gave his thoughts on the current state of his former division.