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12:47 PM ET LAS VEGAS — According to UFC president Dana White, Saturday’s lightweight championship fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor is projecting to smash company records in both pay-per-view revenue and gate revenue in the state of Nevada. Late last month, White told Yahoo! Sports he was confident Saturday’s UFC 229 pay-per-view offering,
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9:02 AM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor have combined to face 18 different opponents in the UFC. Only one of those — Nate Diaz — ever managed to secure a win (against McGregor, in March 2016) and even he went on to lose a subsequent rematch. Translation: Victories are tough to come by against
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2:18 PM ET The UFC has booked a 125-pound women’s title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks to headline its UFC 230 pay-per-view event on Nov. 3 in Madison Square Garden, according to sources. The five-round bout will be for the vacant flyweight title. The UFC stripped former champion Nicco Montaño of the belt
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1:11 PM ET Richard Mann After a nearly two-year absence from the UFC, Conor McGregor makes his long-awaited return this Saturday against lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. While the two have a personal history that will likely pique the interest of fans, the stylistic matchup is equally compelling. McGregor is a powerful striker who can finish
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7:30 PM ET Conor McGregor will be competing in what some consider the biggest fight in MMA history Saturday when he faces Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC’s lightweight belt in Las Vegas. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t looking ahead to the future. The Irishman told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani he would win this weekend by
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4:39 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Daniel Cormier heard himself being introduced as the UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion, and he interrupted to say that he probably will not be referred to that way for long. No, Cormier is not expecting to lose a fight. He is simply resigned to being stripped of his 205-pound
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1:16 AM ET Popular bantamweight Sean O’Malley has been pulled from a fight at UFC 229 on Saturday in Las Vegas, after failing an out-of-competition drug test. O’Malley (10-0) announced the failed test via social media on Sunday. The 23-year-old did not reveal what banned substance he tested positive for, but said he believes he
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