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1:47 AM ET Saturday’s UFC 261 featured two dominant performances by defending champions and one new titleholder who reclaimed her belt. Kamaru Usman proved he is still getting better when he knocked out Jorge Masvidal, and Valentina Shevchenko made a case to be included in the GOAT conversation. Meanwhile, Rose Namajunas delivered once again in

12:54 AM ET UFC 261 featured three title fights and a ton of memorable moments. Some of those moments, like Rose Namajunas knocking out Zhang Weili to win the strawweight title, were filled with exhilaration. Other moments, like Chris Weidman breaking his leg on a kick attempt, were somber reminders about the risks these athletes

MMA Weekly UFC 261 results: Usman sleeps Masvidal, Namajunas reclaims belt, and Shevchenko dominates Though UFC 261 featured three championship fights, that fact was largely overshadowed in the lead-up by the idea that it also marked the promotion’s first event since the pandemic struck that a sold-out venue full of fans would be allowed in

12:45 AM ET A memorable night at UFC 261 ended with a trio of knockouts in the evening’s three title fights, with the main event victory of Kamaru Usman and the co-main event win by Rose Namajunas likely to end up on highlight reels for years to come. Namajunas lost the UFC strawweight championship at

11:14 PM ET Just 17 seconds into his fight against Uriah Hall at UFC 261, Chris Weidman threw a kick towards Hall’s leg and appeared to seriously injure himself as his right leg bent unnaturally around Hall’s left leg. The fight was immediately stopped, and a quiet fell on the crowd at VyStar Veterans Memorial

USATSI The UFC returned to jam-packed arenas on Saturday night with an incredible fight card at UFC 261. Whether pure luck or through the inspiration of having fans in attendance once again, the event turned out to be one of the most memorable nights of action in UFC history. Kamaru Usman successfully defended his welterweight

If this were a hockey game and they picked three stars after a UFC event, Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas and Valentina Shevchenko all would have deserved serious consideration as the night’s No. 1 star on Saturday. But as great as the three champions performed in winning their bouts on the main card of UFC 261

Getty Images As Rose Namajunas and her team had echoed throughout fight week regarding just how great she can be when she’s dialed in and at her very best, Saturday’s UFC 261 co-main event was a scary representation of what she’s capable of.  Namajunas (10-4) captured the UFC women’s strawweight title for the second time

12:23 AM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman dominated Jorge Masvidal last year over five rounds, but he wasn’t satisfied with that performance — he thought he could do better. Usman put a stamp on his rivalry with Masvidal on Saturday night, dropping him with a crushing right hand and following up on the ground

Getty Images In one of the most gruesome injuries in UFC history, Uriah Hall checked a kick from Chris Weidman that shattered the right leg of the former middleweight champion on Saturday at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida. The 185-pound rematch was instantly called off and ruled a TKO for Hall (17-9) just 17 seconds

Getty Images UFC has rolled right back into the action in 2021. After what can be called nothing short of a massive success in 2020 under incredibly difficult circumstances, UFC hasn’t missed a beat in the time since the pandemic started with big fight after big fight throughout the year. The first two months of

Kamaru Usman left no doubt when it came to who was walking out of UFC 261 with the welterweight title. Usman scored an extremely impressive second-round knockout of challenger Jorge Masvidal in front of a sold-out crowd in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday night.  Usman landed a vicious right hand that Masvidal never saw coming. The

MMA Weekly UFC 261 results: Usman sleeps Masvidal, Namajunas reclaims belt, and Shevchenko dominates Though UFC 261 featured three championship fights, that fact was largely overshadowed in the lead-up by the idea that it also marked the promotion’s first event since the pandemic struck that a sold-out venue full of fans would be allowed in

MMA Weekly UFC 261 results: Usman sleeps Masvidal, Namajunas reclaims belt, and Shevchenko dominates Though UFC 261 featured three championship fights, that fact was largely overshadowed in the lead-up by the idea that it also marked the promotion’s first event since the pandemic struck that a sold-out venue full of fans would be allowed in

Rose Namajunas stood in her corner prior to her strawweight title fight in the co-main event of UFC 261 Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida, repeating the same words over and over with fiancé Pat Barry. “I’m the best,” she said. “I’m the best. I’m the best.” After she knocked out Zhang Weili with a high kick

Jorge Masvidal entered UFC 261 wearing a T-shirt with a message, apparently calling for the freedom of his former training partner, ex-MMA fighter Alexis Vila. Vila is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence after being convicted of second-degree murder in 2019, as part of a gruesome kidnapping, torture and murder plot at the behest of

Valentina Shevchenko continues to be unbeatable at 125 pounds. At UFC 261, Shevchenko (21-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) successfully defended her UFC women’s flyweight title for the fifth straight time when she defeated Jessica Andrade by TKO at the 3:19 mark of Round 2. The women’s flyweight title bout was part of the UFC 261 main

The UFC 261 main card opened with back-to-back finishes, but they weren’t the kind that anyone feels good about. Anthony Smith was declared a TKO winner over Jimmy Crute in their light heavyweight bout at VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, that opened the main card. Smith kicked Crute late in the first round by the