Merab Dvalishvili is keeping his word of being an extremely active champion when he goes for his third defense of 2025 against Cory Sandhagen in the UFC 320 co-main event.

Ilia Topuria has explained he'd rather vacate his title than welcome a fight with the No. 1-ranked lightweight title contender.

This week, the UFC announced several key fights in October, and that got us thinking about other fights we'd love to see before the end of the year. There are already plenty of good ones. The crown jewel is next month's middleweight title fight between Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319.

Bo Nickal tasted his first professional defeat in MMA, courtesy of Reinier de Ridder.

Robert Whittaker and Reinier de Ridder were both on point without any problems with the middleweights hitting the scale early Friday morning in Abu Dhabi. The main event was made official after de Ridder was the first fighter to weigh in with the former two-division champion from ONE coming in at 186 pounds.

Former UFC fighter Ben Askren shared an emotional update after being released from the hospital following a double lung transplant.

Robert Whittaker and Reinier de Ridder headline UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Here's how to catch the main event and full card on ABC and ESPN.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Abu Dhabi fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the ESPN/ ESPN+ preliminary card matchups, which are scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining main card balance on ABC/ ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET.

Conor McGregor has sent Dana White a gift as talks over a sensational UFC comeback intensifies. McGregor hasn't fought since his crushing TKO defeat to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 back in July 2021. He was scheduled to return to the famed Octagon last summer when he was matched against Michael Chandler.