Longtime UFC lightweight contender Dan Hooker plans on propelling himself back up the rankings and right into the lightweight championship picture, starting with an attention-grabbing victory at UFC 290.
UFC International Fight Week is always an opportunity for the UFC to show its breadth of international talent, and the fight card for UFC 290 showcases a host of talent from across the globe.
The main event of UFC 290 features a featherweight championship unification battle as reigning champion Alexander Volkanovski takes on interim champion Yair Rodriguez in the feature attraction at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The UFC flyweight title is on the line in Las Vegas as UFC 290 features a double-header of title fights during International Fight Week.
The UFC middleweight title won't be contested during UFC 290, but the division will be focused on T-Mobile Arena on July 8, as the identity of the next challenger to Israel Adesanya's crown will be decided.
The main card of UFC pay-per-view events are usually reserved for the established big names of the sport, but at UFC 290, there is also a showcase for two up-and-coming talents, including one man who was earmarked for stardom long before he ever set foot in the Octagon.
Brave Combat Federation will return to Colombia on August 12, as the headliner of the Brave Pan-American Combat Week, the first edition of the largest combat sports festival to take place in Latin America. And Brave CF president Mohammed Shahid is excited by the return of the most global MMA organization to Bogota.
Sean Strickland welcomed Abus Magomedov to the top level of the UFC middleweight division in punishing fashion as he finished the Russian-born German in superb fashion at the UFC Apex.
Darren Stewart picked up a big win over a former champion as he claimed a unanimous decision victory over former middleweight title-holder Matt Bonner in the main event of Cage Warriors 156 in Cardiff, Wales.
The official weigh-ins for UFC Vegas 76 took place Friday at the UFC Apex, and it proved to be a session that the fighters wanted to get over with as swiftly as possible.