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2:07 AM ET UFC president Dana White said late Saturday night that if the promotion can’t hold its May 30 event at its Apex building in Las Vegas, then the card will take place in Arizona. Combat sports remain suspended indefinitely in Nevada, but Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday that sports can return to
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10:40 AM ET The UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday is expected to be a slugfest as heavyweights Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris collide in Jacksonville, Florida. Overeem is coming off a loss to Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who finished the former Strikeforce heavyweight champion in the final seconds of their fight last December. Harris, meanwhile,
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2:36 PM ET Justin Gaethje, the UFC’s newly-crowned interim lightweight champion, had a pretty simple response to Conor McGregor‘s recent demands to fight him next: No. Gaethje (22-2) is coming off arguably the best performance of his career, a fifth-round TKO victory over Tony Ferguson for the interim title at UFC 249 last weekend. Gaethje’s
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10:30 AM ET The UFC is capping its third event in eight days with a big main event. Literally. Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris made weight Friday morning for their heavyweight contender fight in Jacksonville, Florida. Overeem hit the scale at 253.5 pounds; Harris was at 264.5. The two will meet in the UFC Fight
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11:02 AM ET The middleweight bout between Karl Roberson vs. Marvin Vettori for Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night has been canceled after Roberson was forced to withdraw due to complications from a failed weight cut, sources told ESPN. Roberson missed weight by 1 1/2 pounds Tuesday. Later in the evening, he fell ill and was transported
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12:19 AM ET Light heavyweight Glover Teixeira defeated Anthony Smith by TKO in the fifth round Wednesday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville, Florida. The stoppage came at 1 minute, 4 seconds. It was just the second fifth-round TKO in UFC light heavyweight history. The other featured Alexander Gustafsson stopping
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