The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida tonight for UFC 261: “Usman vs Masvidal 2.” The event featured a UFC Welterweight Championship rematch between Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman and Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal.

In the co-feature, UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Weili “Magnum” Zhang faced “Thug” Rose Namajunas. UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko took on former 115-pound champ Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship remained at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 22: “Whittaker vs Gastelum.” The event was headlined by a middleweight contender’s bout between former champ Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker and the resurgent Kelvin Gastelum.

In the heavyweight co-main event, Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski took on Chase “The Vanilla Gorilla” Sherman. Due to a last-minute lineup change, Tracy Cortez faced off against Justine Kish in flyweight action on tonight’s main card. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC on ESPN 22.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned with its latest event today at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC on ABC 2: “Vettori vs Holland” was headlined by a middleweight bout between fast-rising contender Marvin “The Italian Dream” Vettori and short-notice opponent Kevin “Trailblazer” Holland.

In the featherweight co-feature, Arnold “Almighty” Allen squared off against “Super” Sodiq Yusuff. Elsewhere on the main card, veteran “Smile’n” Sam Alvey battled Julian “The Cuban Missile Crisis” Marquez at 185 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for today’s UFC on ABC 2 card.

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New UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis “The Predator” Ngannou made the most of his second shot at UFC gold on March 27th at UFC 260 in Las Vegas. Ngannou knocked out former champ Stipe Miocic early in round two of their rematch and he now takes over the top spot at heavyweight.

Also in March, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz retained his title with a close decision victory over Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya at UFC 259. On the same card, women’s featherweight champ Amanda “Lioness” Nunes quickly submitted challenger Megan Anderson.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship stayed at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 260: “Miocic vs Ngannou 2.” The event featured a UFC Heavyweight Championship rematch between champion Stipe Miocic and heavy-handed challenger Francis “The Predator” Ngannou.

In the welterweight co-feature, former UFC champion Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley battled Vicente “The Silent Assassin” Luque. Elsewhere on the main card, “Sugar” Sean O’Malley faced Thomas “Thominhas” Almeida at bantamweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 260.

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The victory did not come easily, but Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Ayaka Hamasaki narrowly retained her title tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 27 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Hamasaki earned a close Split Decision victory over Asakura in tonight’s championship main event.

Hamasaki, who submitted Asakura in the pair’s first fight at Rizin FF 14, got off to a very strong start in the rematch tonight. She dominated the first round on the feet, but Asakura battled back in round two and she kept the fight close until the final bell, leaving the judges with a tough decision.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship remained at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 21: “Brunson vs Holland.” The event was headlined by a middleweight contender’s bout between Derek Brunson and Kevin “Trailblazer” Holland, who both brought impressive winning streaks.

Due to a late fight cancellation, Kenan “The Assassin” Song squared off against Max “Pain” Griffin in the weltwerweight co-feature. At strawweight, Cheyanne “The Warrior Princess” Buys faced Montserrat “Conejo” Ruiz. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s UFC on ESPN 21 card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship stayed at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 187: “Edwards vs Muhammad.” The event was headlined by a featured welterweight bout between contenders Leon “Rocky” Edwards and Belal “Remember The Name” Muhammad.

In tonight’s light heavyweight co-main event, Misha Cirkunov took on Ryan “Superman” Spann. Elsewhere on the main card, Dan “50K” Ige squared off against rising star Gavin “Guv’Nor” Tucker in a key battle at featherweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 187 card.

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