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Jeremy Stephens Showed Up to UFC 328 Five Pounds Over. He's Still Fighting. Just Poorer.

Jeremy Stephens Showed Up to UFC 328 Five Pounds Over. He's Still Fighting. Just Poorer.

Jeremy Stephens weighed 160 pounds. The UFC lightweight limit is 155.
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The UFC Canceled Its Own Pre-Fight Photo Op Because Strickland's Death Threats Were Too Real

The UFC Canceled Its Own Pre-Fight Photo Op Because Strickland's Death Threats Were Too Real

The UFC runs on a single promise: controlled danger. You watch two people try to hurt each other inside a very specific set of rules.
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Bryce Mitchell Filed a Police Report About Khamzat Chimaev's Weight Cut — They Said They Would Look Into It

Bryce Mitchell Filed a Police Report About Khamzat Chimaev's Weight Cut — They Said They Would Look Into It

Bryce Mitchell called the police. The crime he was reporting: Khamzat Chimaev's weigh-in.
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Rigan Machado Got His 9th-Degree Red Belt From The Man IBJJF Demoted Him Under — At A Ceremony The IBJJF Didn't Sanction

Rigan Machado Got His 9th-Degree Red Belt From The Man IBJJF Demoted Him Under — At A Ceremony The IBJJF Didn't Sanction

Three weeks ago, on April 10, Rigan Machado walked into the Combat Submission Wrestling World Conference in Los Angeles and walked out a 9th-degree red belt. Rorion Gracie tied it on him.
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Former Police Investigator Melqui Galvão Was Transported to São Paulo in a Police Car Trunk — The Former Cop Is Now the Cargo

Former Police Investigator Melqui Galvão Was Transported to São Paulo in a Police Car Trunk — The Former Cop Is Now the Cargo

He arrived at Guarulhos International Airport on the night of May 7 with what Brazilian press described as a fixed and defiant gaze. Melqui Galvão spent years with the Amazonas Civil Police, training law enforcement in defensive techniques across the country.
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Kade Ruotolo's Training Wheels Are Officially Off

Kade Ruotolo's Training Wheels Are Officially Off

Three first-round submissions. That's the Kade Ruotolo MMA experience so far.
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Buchecha Is 0-2-1 In the UFC. Ryan Spann Knocked Him Out In Round Two. The Kindest Outcome Is a Quiet Exit.

Buchecha Is 0-2-1 In the UFC. Ryan Spann Knocked Him Out In Round Two. The Kindest Outcome Is a Quiet Exit.

Ryan Spann gave himself a C+ for the night he knocked Buchecha out. Not a knock on Spann's honesty — he collected a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus and left the cage thinking he could've done better.
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RIP Macarrão — Rolls Gracie's Famous Five Are Now Four

RIP Macarrão — Rolls Gracie's Famous Five Are Now Four

Marcio 'Macarrão' Stambowsky died on April 2, 2026. He was one of the original handful of black belts that Rolls Gracie promoted before Rolls's hang-gliding death in 1982, the group still known as the 'Famous Five' even though the count was always a little fuzzy.
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