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February 9, 2021 The welterweight title will be on the line this weekend in the main event of UFC 258 when former teammates meet in Las Vegas. Champion Kamaru Usman attempts to defend his belt against challenger Gilbert Burns. The two men were originally scheduled to clash on Fight Island at UFC 251, but Usman instead fought and defeated Jorge Masvidal after Burns tested positive for COVID-19. Now, the pair face off inside the smaller Octagon at the UFC Apex. Burns earned this title shot by putting together a six-fight winning streak that includes victories over Demian Maia and former titleho...

Morning Report: Georges St-Pierre discusses lost fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov Share this story Esther Lin, MMA Fighting For the past several years, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team have been stating their desire to fight UFC Hall of Famer Georges St-Pierre. However, things changed last year when Khabib’s father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, passed away due to COVID-19. Khabib fought one time after his father’s passing, a successful title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, and then announced his retirement right there in the cage. It was a decision that caugh...

Morning Report: Dana White says he has targeted a potential pirate and ‘will go guns-a-f*cking-blazing on this guy’ if he streams UFC 257 Share this story Well that escalated quickly. At the beginning of this year, UFC President Dana Whitepromised ‘a surprise’ for anyone he caught illegally streaming UFC 257. Then last week, White doubled down on his threat, saying that he looked forward to seeing “how tough they are” when he catches them. Now, White apparently has people watching a suspected culprit and is ready to make good on his warnings. “We got one,” White said at the UF...

The Straits Times The Esplanade's Huayi festival goes hybrid with six new commissions GayBird and Singapore's Concordia Quartet (pictured) will perform together despite being separated by 2,581 kilometres.PHOTO: RUSSEL WONG/RESOUND COLLECTIVE https://str.sg/Jz44 They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/m...

MMA Fighting Share this story Esther Lin Earlier this year, Rose Namajunas avenged her loss to Jessica Andrade, winning a split decision at UFC 251 over the woman who took her strawweight title from her. The win wasn’t just a chance to avenge a loss though, it also set up Namajunas for a title shot against current champion Weili Zhang. Or, at least, it was supposed to. Last week, UFC President Dana White called that fight into question by stating that Namajunas “doesn’t want to fight for the title.” Namajunas’ team immediately refuted White’s claim, stating that t...