Former heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos returned at UFC Fight Night 133 on Saturday and picked up a win over promotional newcomer Blagoy Ivanov.

Check out highlights from the featherweight bout between Raoni Barcelos and Kurt Holobaugh at UFC Fight Night 133 on Saturday in Boise, Idaho.

Check out highlights from the UFC Fight Night 133 co-main event between Sage Northcutt and Zak Ottow on Saturday in Boise, Idaho.

Zebaztian Kadestam made the most of his ONE: Pursuit of Power headlining bout with hometown hero Agilan Thani.

One Championship, World Fighting Championship Akhmat and Shooto held sway over the regional MMA scene during the weekend of July 13-15.

Alexander Volkanovski is ready to make a move on the UFC featherweight rankings, and he's pulling no punches to try and get a fight with Chad Mendes.

Kelvin Gastelum questions whether or not Robert Whittaker will be the same fighter at back-to-back wars with Yoel Romero.

MMAjunkie Radio kicks off today at 1 pm ET with guests Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira.

Last week the hottest topic in the MMA world was somewhat a weird and dramatic one. Especially considering who it was between.

Mike Jackson is hoping UFC President Dana White will get back to him, so they can talk about a fight with Artem Lobov.

We need to talk about Manny Pacquiao. Yes, he knocked out Lucas Matthysse in the seventh round of their fight on Saturday, a fight in which he won every round by a wide margin.

UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is currently undergoing a series

UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington's days as the UFC's biggest heel might soon come to an end. He explains why on BJPENN.COM Radio.

After finding himself stuck on the bottom after going for a leg lock against Randy Brown early in the second round of their UFC Fight Night 133 bout, Price (12-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) looked up and saw his opponent’s head hanging there within arm’s reach. And while a lot of fighters might figure that strikes from their back are a waste of time, Price figured he might as well give it a try (via Twitter ).

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Bellator featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire held onto his belt, if only just barely. He had to go the five-round duration to eke out a split decision nod from the judges over Daniel Weichel, who wasn’t far from home and had been hoping to take the belt back to Germany.

Last night, in the co-main event of UFC Boise, “Super” Sage Northcutt picked up his first victory in the UFC welterweight division, defeating Zak Ottow by KO after a period of early adversity.

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BOISE, Idaho – MMAjunkie is on scene and reporting live from today’s UFC Fight Night 133 event, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT).

“It’s the same as someone arriving at your house, knocking at your door and asking you to throw down, and then they say, ‘Wait, I need one year to prepare,’” Cyborg said. “When you do that, you have to be ready for when the fight happens. But then to need six months to prepare, one year? I think it’s disrespectful toward me, to wait one year for a person to be ready. I have no problem with fighting Amanda on Dec. 29. She wants time to be ready. But I believe I could fight before that, not wait all this time. Especially because we get paid when we fight. …

“I feel like my life is kind of flashing before my eyes when this keeps happening,” said 27-year-old McDonald, who’s been plagued by hand injuries throughout his 11-year pro career. “This is my fifth hand surgery. It’s going to be my fifth hand surgery in five, six years or something like that. It’s not how I want to live my life. That’s not what I was expecting when I signed up for this. It hurts inside.”

Now taking to Twitter, Pettis has decided to call out Al Iaquinta and UFC superstar Nate Diaz. In the process, the former champion took a shot at the Diaz brothers with a heated hashtag. Check it out below:

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Let’s just say, UFC Fight Night 133 was not the star event of the sports week. France won its second World Cup, managed and coached by the man who captained them to their first in 1998. Novak Djokovic defeated rival Rafael Nadal in extra sets in a two-day classic at Wimbledon. Angelique Kerber upset Serena Williams, preventing the greatest woman to ever pick up a tennis racket from winning her 24th major. With the win, Kerber moved one Roland Garros two-week slough away from winning a career slam and quietly being one of the most accomplished women ever in tennis. Also, many men dunked on one another during the NBA Summer League. Did you hear that Junior dos Santos beat the guy who once beat Fedor Emelianenko in a sambo match? Yes, I may be glib, but UFC Fight Night 133 was not without its merits. More importantly, if you’re a fight fan, it’s not necessarily about every card being Pride 10 or UFC 100. Somewhere in these seven-hour cards, there’s always something to keep your eye on, something to take away, something to learn from.

Booooo!!! "Greatest leader of our time"?! Are effing kidding me? Ya, I dont like him much anymore. Really, he was #14 for you? I thought he was in your top 3 or 4?! Lol

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“I was so scared going into this fight,” Zingano told MMAjunkie after UFC Fight Night 133. “I was very, very scared. Coming off three losses, all of them were losses where I just didn’t show up, wake up. I felt out of it.

Round one begins and Jury pumps his jab early. Mendes is going to need to find a way inside against what is a much taller opponent in Jury. Myles misses with an attempted front kick to the face. He lands a follow up low kick. Mendes inches forward but it forced to back off due to a front kick. Mendes leaps in with a wild combination but neither punch lands. Jury with a low kick and then he goes high but that strike is blocked. Chad is really struggling to find his range early. Jury paws with his jab and then ands a low kick. He throws a right hand but Mendes counters with a left that floors Myles. Chad follows Jury to the ground and begins unleashing ground and pound. Jury attempts to scramble but he’s in all sorts of trouble. More shots from Mendes and the referee has no choice but to step in and call the contest.

UFC welterweight Niko Price (13-1 MMA) picked up one of the more bizarre wins in recent memory at tonight’s UFC Fight Night event in Boise, Idaho.

As a rundown (top to bottom, left to right), Cormier’s collection includes the KOTC heavyweight title (submission win over Tony Johnson in 2010), XMMA heavyweight title (TKO win over Lucas Browne in 2010), Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix title (decision win over Josh Barnett in 2012) and a vacant UFC light-heavyweight title (submission win over Anthony Johnson in 2015). The title defenses have since come over Alexander Gustafsson (split decision in 2015), Johnson (submission in 2017) and Volkan Oezdemir (TKO in January), and he also retained a belt after a KO loss in 2017 was overturned when opponent Jon Jones failed a drug test. Cormier then added the heavyweight belt (TKO) to the collection this past weekend with his win over Miocic.

Mendes and Price picked up “Performance of the Night” awards, and Barcelos and Holobaugh took home “Fight of the Night” honors. UFC officials announced the winners after the card, which MMAjunkie attended.

The UFC’s debut event in Idaho took place Saturday with UFC Fight Night 133. The event took place at CenturyLink Arena in Boise and aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

BOISE, Idaho – Said Nurmagomedov ’s verdict differed from the cageside judges’, most fans’, and every MMA media outlet’s.

A post shared by Alexander "The Great" (@alexvolkanovski) on Jul 13, 2018 at 3:27pm PDT Alexander Volkanovski managed to avoid the trademark Darren Elkins rally at UFC Fight Night 133 , and he did so while competing at less than 100 percent. The Australian prospect improved to 5-0 in the Las Vegas-based promotion, as he dropped Elkins twice, bloodied his opponent and held an for a unanimous decision triumph at the CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, on Saturday night. Volkanovski halted a six-bout winning streak for Elkins, who had made a habit of rallying from dire predicaments in some of his previous victories. “I wanted the finish but I had some setbacks along the way,” Volkanovski said. “I injured my rib on Wednesday and that really forced me to be more patient and wait for things to come to me. He’s a very tough guy. I hit him with all I could in the moment but, as I said, my rib was giving me a lot of problems so that affected the fight.” Some footage of me busting my rib Wednesday night ‍♂️ https://t.co/9RbP4X6E3f — Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) July 15, 2018 Elkins represents the most significant triumph to date for the Freestyle Fighting Gym product.

Fight Facts is a breakdown of all the interesting information and Octagon oddities on every card, with some puns, references and portmanteaus to keep things fun. These deep stat dives delve into the numbers, providing historical context and telling the stories behind those numbers. * * * After the first 4 events of the second season of Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series , the promotion proved that is the real future of finding prospects for the Ultimate Fighting Championship . In these four events, the Contender Series featured a 16-fight stoppage streak, a knockout the likes of which we had never even seen by a heavyweight inside the UFC and the biggest upset in the show’s short but memorable history. FINISH HIM (or her): Through 20 fights in four Contender Series events this season, fighters have finished 17 of them for a finish rate of 85%. That finish rate is higher than any Zuffa-owned organization, Bellator, Invicta FC, or WSOF-PFL. Well, I’m a Professional - I’m Serious and I’m a Professional: Every single fighter has made weight for their bouts on the Contender Series.

I mean when he is commentating I kinda hear a speech slur and he kinda stumbles over words but maybe he’s just nervous on camera so idk but that’s my take on it. I hope if he does come back he does good but I don’t want to see him get hurt

I definitely agree that the longest-reigning champion in the history of the division should get a rematch. How does Cody Garbrant, who had no title defenses, get an immedaite rematch but Stipe doesn't? That doesn't make much sense to me.

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UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former title holder Conor McGregor were both in attendance for the World Cup today in Russia. However, it would appear that “Notorious” received special treatment from the Russian government over the Dagestan native.

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Former UFC featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes (18-4 MMA) returned to action at tonight’s UFC Fight Night event in Boise, Idaho against Myles Jury.

As for what’s next, with three wins in four fights and a pivotal victory over a longtime contender, Midwesterner Glenn is in good position for a marquee matchup, though he doesn’t have any specific opponents in mind. He just hopes it comes in December, when UFC on FOX 31 is scheduled for a trip to Milwaukee – not too far from his home state of Iowa.

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“But my priority is Chris Weidman. He’s a former champion, he’s very famous in the world, and he’s higher ranked. But I’m a fighter, and the UFC decides. (UFC President) Dana White decides. I’m here to make the biggest and the greatest fights. So if he wants it and everybody wants it, I’ll fight Israel.”

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“I cleaned out the division,” Miocic said. “I defended (the UFC heavyweight title) more than anyone, and you’re gonna tell me I don’t deserve a chance to get it back? Get out of here. Kiss my ass if you don’t think I deserve that.”

“We are all human. I don’t necessarily agree I have an ego. I’m never one to stay down when I fell down. You have to have that ego when you’re a fighter. You have to stand there and believe you’re No. 1. That’s ego. But not the one to hurt the people around me.”

“That was me playing it safe,” Volkanovski told MMAjunkie after the preliminary-card fight, which aired on FS1 from CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. “I tore my intercostal muscle just Wednesday night wrestling. I wasn’t able to train the last few days. To be honest, Wednesday night the boys left, and I couldn’t get out of bed. I was sitting there crying by myself. That’s how bad and serious I thought it was. I thought I busted my rib.”

UFC superstar Conor McGregor is currently awaiting his court date for a fracas that took place in Brooklyn, New York on April 5. Meanwhile, a fan has decided to craft a parody animated video over the incident.

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Yoel can go for another 2 years at his best, he doesn’t have the wear and tear like most MMA fighters, that’s why Brock who’s 40 now can return and go for a full run cause his body isn’t broken down from lack of fights.

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