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UFC 313: Alex Pereira focused on Magomed Ankalaev amid talk of Jon Jones bout

Pereira puts his light heavyweight belt on the line against the top-ranked challenger on Saturday with the possibility of moving up a weight class to fight Jones in the future.

UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, shown posing with his belt during a UFC 303 news conference last June in Las Vegas, is making a late-career run at becoming the UFC’s marquee attraction. He takes on top-ranked challenger Magomed Anklalaev at UFC 313 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

Dricus Du Plessis breaks Sean Strickland’s nose in the fourth round en route to a unanimous decision win, while Covina native Tatiana Suarez falls to women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili in the co-main event.

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Du Plessis bloodies Strickland, retains middleweight belt at UFC 312

The South African middleweight, who won the belt from the Anaheim native a year ago, makes his second title defense in Saturday’s main event in Sydney.

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UFC 312: Du Plessis, now the champ, gets rematch with Strickland

The undefeated Covina native, having overcome cancer and myriad injuries, takes on the two-time strawweight champ in Saturday’s co-main event in Sydney.

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UFC 312: Tatiana Suarez wants to show evolution versus Weili Zhang

By Brian Martin

February 6, 2025 at 9:01 a.m.

The undefeated Covina native, having overcome cancer and myriad injuries, takes on the two-time strawweight...

The brash Mercado knocked out former champ Jose Pedraza, ran his record to 17-0 (16 KOs) and then looked ringside, calling out Shakur Stevenson, the current WBC 135-pound champ.

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Swanson: Pomona boxer Ernesto ‘Tito’ Mercado living up to his own hype

By Mirjam Swanson

January 31, 2025 at 4:20 p.m.

The brash Mercado knocked out former champ Jose Pedraza, ran his record to 17-0 (16...

Like the Dodgers' star, the undisputed super bantamweight champ plans on coming to America in pursuit of greatness after stopping Ye Joon Kim in the fourth round.

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Boxing star Naoya Inoue wants to follow Shohei Ohtani’s path after brutal KO win

By The Associated Press

January 24, 2025 at 6:44 p.m.

Like the Dodgers' star, the undisputed super bantamweight champ plans on coming to America in...

The UFC CEO says Saturday's sold-out fights, which set a UFC gate record in California, 'couldn't have gone better' in Inglewood's new 'incredible' arena.

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Dana White raves about UFC 311 and Intuit Dome

By Brian Martin

January 19, 2025 at 9:40 p.m.

The UFC CEO says Saturday's sold-out fights, which set a UFC gate record in California,...

The lightweight champ finishes the challenger, moved to the main event on a day's notice, with a D'Arce choke to cement his place as one of the sport's best

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UFC 311: Makhachev turns away Moicano with 1st-round submission

By Brian Martin

January 18, 2025 at 11:07 p.m.

The lightweight champ finishes the challenger, moved to the main event on a day's notice,...

The tireless bantamweight champ hands the challenger, who had never lost a round in six UFC fights, his first loss with a unanimous-decision victory

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UFC 311: Dvalishvili retains title by outpointing Nurmagomedov

By Brian Martin

January 18, 2025 at 11:18 p.m.

The tireless bantamweight champ hands the challenger, who had never lost a round in six...

In a battle of former light heavyweight champions, the Czech finishes his opponent in the third round in hopes of a rematch with champ Alex Pereira

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UFC 311: Jiří Procházka gets TKO win over Jamahl Hill

By Brian Martin

January 19, 2025 at 10:12 a.m.

In a battle of former light heavyweight champions, the Czech finishes his opponent in the...

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