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UFC Rejected Tsarukyan–Covington for RAF 9. The Same Week, It Approved Two Others.

UFC Rejected Tsarukyan–Covington for RAF 9. The Same Week, It Approved Two Others.

RAF 8 ended on a Saturday. By Sunday the UFC had a new policy problem to pretend it already had a policy for.
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Ronda Rousey Called The Reigning UFC Champion A 'Wet Towel.' The Wet Towel Has Two Olympic Golds In Rousey's Own Sport.

Ronda Rousey Called The Reigning UFC Champion A 'Wet Towel.' The Wet Towel Has Two Olympic Golds In Rousey's Own Sport.

Ronda Rousey showed up to a Netflix press conference in New York on April 15 and spent the afternoon explaining that Kayla Harrison, the reigning UFC bantamweight champion who has defended the belt Rousey used to own, has "the charisma of a wet towel" and "will always be in me and Gina's shadow." T
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Gable Steveson's UFC Mentor Un-Retired 22 Hours Before His Signing Was Announced

Gable Steveson's UFC Mentor Un-Retired 22 Hours Before His Signing Was Announced

On April 10, 2026, Jon Jones told Red Corner MMA that his gloves were hung up. "No more fighter Jones," he said.
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Mighty Mouse Pulled Guard on a 200-Pound Champion and He's Not Sorry About It

Mighty Mouse Pulled Guard on a 200-Pound Champion and He's Not Sorry About It

The footage hit the internet like a flying armbar at a local tournament — fast, chaotic, and absolutely devastating if you didn't see it coming. UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev locked a D'Arce choke on newly minted UFC Hall of Famer Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson during an impromptu gra
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The UFC's All-Time Submission Leader Couldn't Finish Max Holloway In Five Rounds. His 9-Year-Old Finished Hers In One.

The UFC's All-Time Submission Leader Couldn't Finish Max Holloway In Five Rounds. His 9-Year-Old Finished Hers In One.

Tayla Oliveira is nine years old. Last weekend, in Guarujá, she walked into her first jiu-jitsu tournament as a white belt and submitted her opponent.
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Eddie Bravo Is Wondering If EBI Is Even Worth Doing Anymore. The UFC, Which Copied His Ruleset, Is Busy Cutting His Budget.

Eddie Bravo Is Wondering If EBI Is Even Worth Doing Anymore. The UFC, Which Copied His Ruleset, Is Busy Cutting His Budget.

Eddie Bravo sat down with Jake Shields this week at the 10th Planet headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, rolled for a bit, and then said the quiet part out loud. Not because it stopped working.
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Tsarukyan Drove Urijah Faber Off The Stage Into The Front Row On A Single Leg. The UFC Killed The Sequel By Sunday Morning.

Tsarukyan Drove Urijah Faber Off The Stage Into The Front Row On A Single Leg. The UFC Killed The Sequel By Sunday Morning.

Arman Tsarukyan finished a single leg at RAF 8 on Saturday night in Philadelphia by picking up a 46-year-old Urijah Faber, walking him across the stage, and dumping him into the front row. Both men were uninjured.
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Jon Jones Retires Again, Walks It Back in Under 24 Hours, and Nobody Is Surprised

Jon Jones Retires Again, Walks It Back in Under 24 Hours, and Nobody Is Surprised

Jon Jones retired this week. On April 10, in an interview with Red Corner MMA, the 38-year-old former heavyweight champion declared himself done.
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