Jessica Andrade UFC Vegas 69 weigh-ins Credit: Eddie Law/Cageside Press Brazilian Jessica Andrade will return to the strawweight division at UFC 288. After taking her last two flyweight fights while still targeting 115lb gold, Andrade (24-10) was booked against Yan Xiaonan (16-3, 1NC) in a key strawweight bout in May. The booking news was first … Read more
Petr Jan Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press A key bantamweight bout will headline UFC’s Fight Night event on March 11, 2023. Petr Jan (16-4) will face Merab Dvalishvili (15-4) in the main event of the Las Vegas-based card, according to a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. There are verbal agreements for the fight, according to … Read more
Update, 10 p.m. ET — The UFC has pulled the post-fight press conference stream for UFC Vegas 61. It looks like there’s no post-fight after all. Despite the lack of media at UFC Apex on Saturday — the venue was closed to both media and fans for UFC Vegas 61 — the promotion still plans … Read more
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 01: (RL) Yang Xiaonan of China punches Mackenzie Dern in a strawweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 01, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern’s second UFC main event came against kickboxing specialist Yan Xiaonan, … Read more
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 09: (LR) Mackenzie Dern hits Marina Rodriguez of Brazil in their women’s strawweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 09, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC) UFC Vegas 61 will be headlined by two women’s strawweight contenders, Mackenzie Dern and … Read more