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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Jose Aldo returned in grand fashion at UFC 200, defeating Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision to claim the interim featherweight championship.

Nearly a week after Brock Lesnar popped for what turned out to be the first of two potential USADA violations, his UFC 200 opponent, Mark Hunt, has been furious at how the process has been handled.

Emil Meek posted a statement on Facebook after his UFC debut was delayed over his medication. Check out his Facebook post below.

One of the world's best featherweight fighters will be out until 2018.

Emil Meek has been pulled from what would have been his UFC debut due to a potential conflict with the promotion's anti-doping policy.

Evangelista Santos returned to the United States on Tuesday, three days after suffering a horrific injury in his welterweight clash with Michael Page at Bellator 158. Yet, despite all the commotion around his situation for the past few days, the Brazilian fighter guarantees he’s just fine.

This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

Well, here we are. It's after UFC 200 and we've got a number of notable drug test failure. Potential violations, mind you, but test failures just the same. Brock Lesnar has tested positive both in and out-of-competition, apparently for the same substance. The same substance, mind you, that Jones also tested positive for. However, there's another substance on top of that he's also tested positive. What to make of this? It's not clear yet, since... Читать дальше...

Joanne Calderwood is getting right back to work.

The popular Scottish fighter will meet Jessica Andrade at UFC 203, the promotion announced Wednesday. According to journalist Jim Edwards, the fight will take place in the 115-pound strawweight division.

Last month, Calderwood (11-1) defeated Valérie Létourneau via third-round TKO in a flyweight fight, while Andrade (14-5) is coming off a second-round TKO win over Jessica Penne at UFC 199.

UFC 203, headlined by Stipe Miocic vs. Читать дальше...

It wasn't Pokemon Go that sent Mirko Cro Cop toward Rizin Fighting Federation. It was actually the UFC.

Boxing vs. MMA never die.

A couple of months ago, when Conor McGregor was theoretically retired from MMA and potentially pursuing other things as leverage for negotiations with the UFC, rumors flew that Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor were setting up a boxing match that would be one of the biggest fights in history. Then, McGregor came to terms with the UFC and was placed on UFC 202 in a rematch with Nate Diaz and those rumors cooled. Well, now another former world champion boxer is throwing his name in the ring with McGregor. Читать дальше...

Tim Elliott, Titan FC's flyweight champion, is in Las Vegas right now filming The Ultimate Fighter 24. He has a potential matchup with UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson in his sights.

At UFC Fight Night 71, Holly Holm battled against Marion Reneau to a decision. That night, Holm used her striking to outpoint Reneau to win unanimously.

Do you want to be a [expletive] president?

Dana White spoke Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention in support of longtime friend and presidential candidate Donald Trump. The UFC honcho spoke for four minutes about why he believed Trump will be an excellent future Commander in Chief.

White's relationship with Trump goes back years to when the UFC was struggling to get back on pay-per-view and cleared by athletic commissions. Trump welcomed the fight promotion to his Atlantic... Читать дальше...

The cast for the 24th stateside installment of The Ultimate Fighter has been revealed.

UFC revealed Brock Lesnar failed an in-competition sample at UFC 200. Check out its complete statement below.

Forget purses or walking papers, Mark Hunt is just looking for answers at this point.

Before UFC Fight Night 91 took place, there weren't many people inside mixed martial arts who knew JacksonWink-product Lando Vannata. By the event was over, however, it'd be hard to argue his performance against Tony Ferguson on incredibly short notice wasn't memorable.

UFC on FOX 21 finally has a main event. And it's a fight that was already booked and highly anticipated.

Things are not getting any better for Brock Lesnar.

The former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE star also failed an in-competition drug test at UFC 200, the UFC announced Tuesday afternoon. It was previously announced Friday that Lesnar had failed an out-of-competition drug test from a June 28 sample taken by USADA, the UFC's anti-doping partner.

Lesnar failed both tests for the same banned substance, the UFC release stated. USADA has yet to reveal the name of the drug and... Читать дальше...