Introduction UFC Fight Night 194: Dern vs. Rodriguez took place on October 9, 2021 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 39. The strawweight main event was a title-eliminator in all but name: Mackenzie Dern, riding a four-fight win streak and ranked #4, against Marina Rodriguez, ranked #6 and on a two-fight run of her own. Both women had legitimate arguments for the next strawweight title shot. Rodriguez dominated the striking game across five rounds and won a unanimou

UFC Fight Night 123: Swanson vs. Ortega — December 9, 2017, Fresno CA. 1st UFC in Fresno. Ortega guillotine choke of Swanson R2 — DOUBLE BONUS (FotN + PoN; earned FW title shot). Moraes knee KO of Sterling R1 PoN (67 seconds). Knight BIT Benitez fingers (point deduction). Benito Lopez fined for weigh-in shove. De Tomas USADA fail. Dvalishvili early career loss (future BW champion!). 1.03M peak viewers.

UFC Fight Night 86: Rothwell vs. dos Santos — April 10, 2016, Arena Zagreb, Croatia. First UFC event in Croatia. JDS dominant 50-45x3 (157 sig strikes, 92/100 body shots). Ngannou vs. Blaydes (both UFC debuts/early careers). Derrick Lewis PoN. Cannonier debut KO PoN. Jan Błachowicz wins. Attendance: 13,177. No FotN — 4 PoN.

UFC Fight Night 67: Condit vs. Alves — May 30, 2015, Goiânia Arena, Brazil. Only 3,500 fans attended. Carlos Condit returned from 14-month ACL injury to TKO Thiago Alves via broken nose at end of R2. Charles Oliveira earned a double bonus (FotN + PoN). Darren Till’s UFC debut KO. Tom Breese and Marcin Bektić debuted. Rony Jason’s PoN revoked after failed drug test.

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 — March 9, 2024, Kaseya Center, Miami. Sean O'Malley retained the bantamweight title with a dominant unanimous-decision win over Marlon Vera in the rematch. Dustin Poirier defeated Benoit Saint Denis via TKO after Saint Denis suffered a fight-ending neck injury. A strong Miami card to close the first quarter of 2024.

UFC 293: Strickland vs. Adesanya — September 9, 2023, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney. Sean Strickland produced one of the biggest upsets in middleweight history, defeating Israel Adesanya via unanimous decision to win the UFC middleweight title as a +400 underdog. Alexander Volkov outpointed Tai Tuivasa in the co-main. The result shocked the MMA world.

UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana — June 10, 2023, Rogers Arena, Vancouver. Amanda Nunes defended the bantamweight title with a unanimous-decision win over Irene Aldana, then retired from MMA in the cage — ending a 23-5 career with six UFC title reigns and the most decorated women's championship run in promotion history. Charles Oliveira submitted Beneil Dariush in the co-main.

UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev — October 22, 2022, Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. Islam Makhachev won the vacant lightweight title by submitting Charles Oliveira with an arm-triangle choke in round two. Aljamain Sterling retained the bantamweight title with a TKO of TJ Dillashaw after Dillashaw's shoulder dislocated repeatedly. Sean O'Malley scored a controversial split-decision win over Petr Yan.

Introduction UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm. December 30, 2017. T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Cris Cyborg retained the UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship against Holly Holm by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) in the toughest test of Cyborg’s career. Holm became the first woman to go the distance against Cyborg in nine years. Holm bloodied Cyborg’s nose with a left hand in round one and won the first two rounds on two judges’ scorecards. Cyborg took over from round thre

Introduction Eddie "The Underground King" Alvarez is a former UFC Lightweight Champion (2016), two-time Bellator Lightweight Champion (2009-2010, 2012-2014), and the first fighter in MMA history to hold championships in both Bellator MMA and the UFC. The Philadelphia-bred boxing-driven brawler — Front Street Gym product who turned pro at age 19 — won UFC gold at UFC Fight Night 90 in July 2016 by stopping Rafael dos Anjos in the first round and is currently ranked #4 All-Ti

Introduction Colby "Chaos" Covington is a former UFC Interim Welterweight Champion and one of the most polarizing and politically-aligned UFC fighters of the modern era. The Clovis, California native — Iowa Central Community College and Oregon State NCAA Division I wrestling champion — won the UFC Interim Welterweight Championship at UFC 225 in June 2018 and challenged for the undisputed UFC Welterweight title three times. His pro-Trump "MAGA" persona and his wrestling-driv

Introduction Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski is the current and two-time UFC Featherweight Champion and one of the greatest 145-pound fighters in the sport's history. The Australian completed one of the most improbable career arcs in MMA — concrete worker and rugby league prop forward turned world champion — and at age 36 he reclaimed the featherweight throne after consecutive knockout losses, then defended it again at UFC 325 in Sydney in January 2026. He is currently th

Good morning, fight fans. It is Wednesday, February 25, 2026. The MMA world is currently split between looking back at a dominant middleweight statement in Houston and staring down a high-altitude, high-stakes homecoming in Mexico City this weekend. From a legend making a massive divisional jump to Dana White setting the record straight on the most expensive event in history, here is your daily briefing. "Bobby Knuckles" Goes Big: Whittaker Moving to 205 In a move that has st