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Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will officially join the UFC Hall of Fame later this year, recognizing a career highlighted by one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history and a championship run that helped shape the division in the 2010s. The UFC announced Saturday that Weidman, 41, has been selected for induction following a career that included a stunning victory over longtime middleweight king Anderson Silva in 2013. Entering UFC 162 as a heavy u

Joshua Van left no questions unanswered in his first official flyweight title defense, overcoming relentless grappling pressure from Tatsuro Taira before stopping the Japanese contender in the fifth round at UFC 328 on Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey. The 24-year-old champion weathered repeated takedowns and more than 10 minutes of control time from Taira, but his striking eventually became too much to handle. After building momentum throughout the middle rounds, Van unl

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Gina Carano’s return to combat sports became official Friday after the former MMA star successfully made weight for her long-awaited bout against Ronda Rousey, revealing afterward that she underwent a massive physical transformation just to reach the cage again. Carano stepped on the scale at 141.4 pounds during weigh-ins for Saturday’s Most Valuable Promotions event at Intuit Dome, while Rousey weighed 142 pounds for the 145-pound featherweight main event