But things quickly went sideways in his UFC debut against Kennedy Nzechukwu ... light heavyweight title picture in the process. Aleksandar Rakic looked set to crash the title picture with a ...

UFC 313 established a new champion and possibly secured the chance for a fan favorite contender to challenge for championship. In the main event, Magomed Ankalaev snatched the light heavyweight ...

Magomed Ankalaev took the UFC light-heavyweight title from Alex Pereira on Saturday, ending the fan favourite’s reign with a unanimous-decision win. Ankalaev won 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 on the ...

Tom Aspinall has been calling for a UFC heavyweight title unification bout with Jon Jones for months. Now the stars finally seem to be aligning for a potential battle between the pair this summer.

Magomed Ankalaev is the new UFC light heavyweight champion. Following a seemingly endless three-year wait for his second chance at gold, Ankalaev dethroned the UFC's top active star, Alex Pereira ...

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The UFC light heavyweight division is one of the premier divisions in the organization’s history. It was a light heavyweight bout that decided the inaugural winner of The Ultimate Fighter ...

An entertaining card at UFC 313 concluded with a hyper-competitive bout for the light heavyweight championship as Magomed Ankalaev defeated Alex Pereira by unanimous decision to steal the belt in ...

Ruffy was then given a shot to join the UFC by competing in Dana White's Contender Series. After another first-round KO/TKO win against Raimond Magomedaliev, White awarded the star lightweight ...

The only blemish for Ankalaev in that stretch was a UFC 282 draw against Jan Błachowicz in a bout for the vacant light heavyweight title. After a win over Aleksandar Rakic in October, he punched ...