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Nzechukwu (14-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) is 2-3 in his most recent five fights and in his last appearance had a two-fighting winning streak snapped when he was submitted by Valter Walker. Filling out the main card is a heavyweight affair between Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Marcus Buchecha.
Trump claims UFC White House event will have 8-9 title fights included. After announcing the event, White continued to build hype for the event by claiming it will be ‘one-of-a-
Kape had an impressive showing at the UFC Tampa, where he snapped Bruno Silva’s four-fight win streak and stopped him via third-round TKO. He was last seen in Octagon in March at UFC Vegas 103, where he defeated Asu Almbayev and earned a 'Performance of the Night' bonus.
Steven Asplund shined in his octagon debut at UFC on ESPN 73 with a brutal and bloody beatdown of Sean Sharaf.
The UFC 323 weigh-ins have wrapped up and the likes of Merab Dvalishvili and Alexandre Pantoja have made their title fights official.
In the co-feature, flyweight king Alexandre Pantoja (30-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) tests 24-year-old Joshua Van (15-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who attempts to become the second-youngest champion in company history behind Jon Jones. Pantoja was 125 and was the second fighter to weigh in. Van was a half-pound under the title limit at 124.5.
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting from Friday's UFC on ESPN 73 (ESPN2, ESPN+) official weigh-ins, which was the last session of the 2025 event schedule. The weigh-ins took place at UFC Apex, the same venue that hosts the final UFC event of the year.
Go inside the numbers behind UFC 323, where Alexandre Pantoja became the first to lose a UFC belt due to injury stoppage.