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It didn’t last long. Only 15 seconds to be exact. Dustin Ortiz set the record for the fastest KO in UFC flyweight history Saturday when he took out Team Alpha Male’s Hector Sandoval at UFC Fight Night 114 in Mexico City. The 28-year-old Tennessee native is currently ranked No. 12 in the 125-pound division but … Read more
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 108 takes place Saturday night from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Top ranked featherweight Cub Swanson faces Conor McGregor teammate Artem Lobov in the main event. Lightweight talent Al Iaquinta takes on everybody’s favorite banger, Diego Sanchez, in the co-headliner. Local Tennessee fighters competing on the card include Dustin Ortiz, Scott Holtzman … Read more
For the first time since August 2015, the UFC will be returning to Nashville, Tenn. this Spring. UFC Fight Night 108 will feature a featherweight main event between No. 4 ranked Cub Swanson (24-7) and “The Russian Hammer” Artem Lobov (13-12-1, 1NC). The event will also feature at least a couple Tennessee natives representing their … Read more
Women’s MMA powerhouse Cris Cyborg (Cristiane Justino) returns to the Octagon tonight against Swedish striker Lina Lansberg in the UFC Fight Night 95 main event from Brasilia, Brazil. Cris is a HUGE favorite in the 140-pound catchweight bout, but after such a tough weight cut, will she still be able to live up to expectations, … Read more
It’s fight night in New Jersey and top light heavyweight contenders Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Ryan “Darth” Bader will meet in the main event live on FOX from the Prudential Center in Newark. Heavyweights Josh Barnett and Ben Rothwell collide in the co-headliner. UFC on FOX 18 preliminary card action will begin at 3:30 p.m. … Read more
The UFC on FOX 18 event is set to take place Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The main event will feature a light heavyweight scrap between Anthony Johnson and Ryan Bader. The co-main event will feature a heavyweight scrap between Josh Barnett and Ben Rothwell. These two fights could have title … Read more
Top-ranked light heavyweights Glover Teixeira and Ovince Saint Preux will take to the scales today at 5 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT), along with the rest of the UFC Fight Night 73 fighters competing on Saturday’s card in Nashville. You can catch a live stream of today’s weigh-ins right here or catch the on-demand replay … Read more
UFC Fight Night 73 takes place this weekend in Nashville, Tenn. and is headlined with a light heavyweight match-up between former UT Vols linebacker Ovince Saint Preux and hard-hitting Brazilian Glover Teixeira. Ovince resides in East Tennessee and trains in the area, as does former XFC lightweight champ Scott Holtzman who is making his debut in … Read more
The UFC machine keeps this rolling this week as they head to the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, for the UFC Fight Night 73 event. It will be headlined by the light heavyweight scrap between former title challenger Glover Teixeira and Ovince St. Preux. The co-main event will feature an excellent lightweight scrap between Michael … Read more
Twenty-six-year-old Dustin Ortiz (14-4) will get his shot at redemption against number four ranked UFC flyweight Ian McCall (13-5-1) when the two meet on Aug. 8 at UFC Fight Night 73: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux in Nashville, Tenn. Ortiz, a Nashville native, lost a unanimous decision to McCall in 2011 in the Tachi Palace organization prior … Read more