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MMA Weekly Chris Weidman undergoes successful surgery for broken leg Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman suffered a horrific leg injury in the first exchange in his UFC 261 rematch against Uriah Hall on Saturday. Reminiscent of former middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s leg injury against him at UFC 168 in 2013, Weidman’s leg snapped when Hall

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

8:25 PM ET The UFC’s decision to book a middleweight title fight between defending champion Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori on June 12 took many by surprise this past week, as it was widely assumed the next title shot would go to former champion Robert Whittaker. But speaking to ESPN on Sunday, Whittaker (23-5) revealed

Jake Paul and Dana White are still going at it. Paul, after making an appearance at UFC 261 on Saturday night, fired back at the UFC president on social media on Sunday. The two, clearly, are still at odds. White slams Paul, Triller Fight Club at UFC 261 White, after the fights in Jacksonville, called

USATSI It seems like the public spat between UFC and YouTube star Jake Paul won’t be going away any time soon. UFC president Dana White ripped Paul and Triller at his UFC 261 post-fight press conference on Saturday, saying the company lied about its PPV buys and how much money Paul made for facing Ben

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

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jake Paul found a way to keep himself at the forefront of the MMA consciousness when he showed up at UFC 261 on Saturday. Paul, a YouTube star-turned-boxer, knocked out former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder and ex-UFC fighter Ben Askren in Triller’s first pay-per-view eight days ago. He also recently talked

Getty Images Part of being a UFC champion is that, as soon as you vanquish one challenger, there’s no downtime before the talk shifts to questions of what comes next. That was true on Saturday night when, after Kamaru Usman knocked out Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261, focus immediately shifted to

Getty Images Only two men in UFC history could relate to the freak injury suffered by Chris Weidman when he snapped his leg in half throwing a kick in his UFC 261 bout with Uriah Hall. One of those men is Anderson Silva, who suffered his own gruesome leg break in 2013, ironically coming when

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

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

12:54 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

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

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