The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 276: “Adesanya vs Cannonier.” The card featured a UFC Middleweight Championship bout between champion Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya and challenger Jared “The Killa Gorilla” Cannonier.

In the co-main event, UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski defended his title against ex-champ Max “Blessed” Holloway in a trilogy fight. Sean “Tarzan” Strickland met Alex “Poatan” Pereira in middleweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 276.

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Saori Oshima made it two-for-two under the Rizin FF banner with a narrow Split Decision victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 36 in Okinawa, Japan. The two-division Deep and Deep Jewels champion edged out former title challenger Miyuu Yamamoto in the super atomweight co-main event.

In a second 49kg super atomweight bout, 17-year-old Moeri Suda, who challenged unsuccessfully for Oshima’s Deep Jewels atomweight title in May, rebounded with a quick victory in her Rizin FF debut. Suda finished Mizuki “Nisse” Oshiro with an impressive armbar early in the first round.

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New UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří “Denisa” Procházka scored a thrilling fifth-round submission victory on June 12th at UFC 275 in Kallang, Singapore. Procházka rallied late in the fight and submitted former champ Glover Teixeira to capture the title and the top spot at 205 pounds.

On the same UFC 275 card, UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko narrowly eked out a Split Decision victory over Taila Santos to remain atop the women’s flyweight rankings. Former strawweight champion Weili “Magnum” Zhang knocked out Joanna Jędrzejczyk.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 38: “Tsarukyan vs Gamrot.” The card was headlined by a lightweight bout between Russia’s Arman “Ahalkalakets” Tsarukyan and fellow rising star Matuesz “Gamer” Gamrot from Poland.

In the welterweight co-main event, long-time contender Neil “The Haitian Sensation” Magny battled the undefeated Shavkat “Nomad” Rakhmonov. Elsewhere on the main card, Josh Parisian met Alan “Black Samourai” Baudot at heavyweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way to Moody Center in Austin, Texas tonight for UFC on ESPN 37: “Kattar vs Emmett.” The event featured a featherweight contender’s bout between Calvin “The Boston Finisher” Kattar and Josh Emmett, as both looked to secure a title shot.

In tonight’s welterweight co-main event, Tim “The Dirty Bird” Means took on Kevin “Trailblazer” Holland. Elsewhere on the main card tonight, Joaquin “New Mansa” Buckley squared off against Albert “Machete” Duraev at middleweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC on ESPN 37.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore tonight for UFC 275: “Teixeira vs Procházka.” The event was headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Glover Teixeira and challenger Jiří “Denisa” Procházka.

In the co-main event, UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko defended her title against Taila Santos. Also on the main card, former champs Weili “Magnum” Zhang and Joanna Jędrzejczyk faced off in a strawweight rematch. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 275.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship concluded its latest series of events at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada today with UFC Fight Night 207: “Volkov vs Rozenstruik.” The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Alexander “Drago” Volkov and Jairzinho “Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik.

In the featherweight co-main event, Dan “50K” Ige took on Movsar Evloev. Michael “The Lone Wolf” Trizano met Lucas Almeida at 145 pounds, and “Killer” Karine Silva faced Poliana Botelho in a featured women’s flyweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 207.

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Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza’s seven-year campaign to regain the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship culminated with a Split Decision win on May 7th at UFC 274 in Phoenix, Arizona. Esparza defeated “Thug” Rose Namajunas for a second time to retake the top spot at 115 pounds.

Also at UFC 274, Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira retained his UFC lightweight title by submitting Justin “The Highlight” Garthje. “Iron” Michael Chandler knocked out Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson. Elsewhere, Ketlen “Fenômeno” Vieira upset Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm at UFC Fight Night 206.

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