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Bryce Mitchell has been fighting in the UFC since 2018

UFC president White condemns fighter's Hitler comments

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White said comments made by featherweight fighter Bryce Mitchell about Adolf Hitler were "beyond disgusting".

MMA • 31 Jan

Conor McGregor will fight Michael Chandler in June

McGregor set for June showdown with Chandler in Vegas

Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return to the UFC on Saturday, 29 June after nearly three years out.

MMA • 14 Apr 24

Callum Walsh rocks Ismael Villarreal in New York

Walsh beats 'Bronx Beast' Villarreal in New York

Callum Walsh defended his WBC US Silver Super Welterweight title in front of a raucous crowd at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, surviving a knockdown against Ismael Villarreal to extend his winning record in the professional ranks to nine fights on a unanimous verdict.

Boxing • 10 Nov 23

Ian Machado Garry (left) will fight at UFC 292

Exclusive Garry to face Neal at UFC 292 in Boston

Ireland's Ian Machado Garry will look to extended his undefeated mixed martial arts record on Saturday, 19 August at Boston's TD Garden when he faces eighth-ranked welterweight contender Geoff Neal at UFC 292.

MMA • 14 Jun 23

White refusing to resign as UFC president

Dana White has no intention of resigning as UFC president but accepts criticism of him is "100% warranted" following an altercation with his wife.

other sport • 12 Jan 23

UFC boss White and wife sorry after slap video emerges

Dana White said he and his wife have apologised to each other and their children after a video surfaced online of the UFC president and his spouse Anne slapping each other in a nightclub in Mexico.

MMA • 03 Jan 23

$Conor McGregor claimed he had stress fractures prior to his bout with Dustin Poirier$

McGregor: UFC knew of fractures prior to fight

Conor McGregor claimed the UFC was aware he had "multiple stress fractures" in his left leg prior to last weekend's bout against Dustin Poirier.

MMA • 15 Jul 21

Conor McGregor weighed in at 155 pounds for his match-up with Dustin Poirier

McGregor weighs in as Khabib questions linger

Conor McGregor weighed in alongside three of the other top lightweight contenders on Friday ahead of UFC 257 but the name on everyone's lips this week has been Khabib Nurmagomedov, the retired champion in that weight class whose successor has yet to be crowned.

MMA • 22 Jan 21

Max Holloway (L) celebrates after his unanimous-decision victory over Calvin Kattar

Holloway pummels Kattar at UFC Fight Night

Featherweight Max Holloway starred in one of the most lopsided main events in UFC history, as the 145-pounder delivered a record-setting beatdown of Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

MMA • 17 Jan 21

Khabib Nurmagomedov during his last fight in October 2020

Khabib could be tempted into UFC comeback - Dana White

UFC president Dana White has revealed Khabib Nurmagomedov could be tempted back into the octagon.

MMA • 16 Jan 21

UFC to slash roster before the end of the year

he UFC is set to cut 60 mixed martial artists from its roster before the end of the year, president Dana White told a media conference after Saturday's card in Las Vegas.

MMA • 06 Dec 20

'It's going to be an experience that none of us will ever forget'

Dana White promises 'amazing fights' in Abu Dhabi event

UFC president Dana White has promised "an experience that none of us will ever forget" after it was announced Yas Island in Abu Dhabi will host four of the organisation's events next month.

MMA • 09 Jun 20

'This isn't just some crazy, this is a well thought out plan'

White insists UFC event this weekend will be 'safe'

UFC president Dana White insists the organisation's return this weekend is "as safe as it can possibly be" despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Other sport • 07 May 20

Tony Ferguson will now face Justin Gaethje

Dana White confirms UFC 249 will go ahead in May

UFC 249 is set to go ahead behind closed doors on 9May in Florida with an interim lightweight title bout between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje the headline act.

MMA • 24 Apr 20

Conor McGregor nemesis Khabib Nurmagomedov was originally scheduled to fight on UFC 249

UFC 249 cancelled as broadcasters pull the plug

UFC 249 has been cancelled after broadcaster ESPN and parent company Disney overruled on the sport's defiant push to keep fighting during the coronavirus pandemic.

MMA • 10 Apr 20

Nurmagomedov revealed in an Instagram post that he is currently in his native Dagestan

Nurmagomedov will not break quarantine for UFC 249

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has announced that he will not break coronavirus quarantine to fight in UFC 249 in two weeks' time.

MMA • 02 Apr 20

'Biggest in UFC history' - Dana ponders Conor v Khabib

UFC president Dana White believes a rematch between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov would be "the biggest fight in the sport's history" after the Dubliner's explosive return to the octagon.

MMA • 19 Jan 20

McGregor lost a lightweight title fight to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018

Conor McGregor to make UFC comeback in January

Conor McGregor's comeback has been confirmed after UFC president Dana White said the Dubliner would fight Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone on 18 January.

MMA • 28 Nov 19

A Las Vegas return for McGregor, either before Christmas or after, would appear to be the plan

UFC boss rules out prospect of McGregor clash in Dublin

UFC president Dana White has poured cold water on Conor McGregor's hopes of fighting in Dublin before the end of the year.

MMA • 20 Sep 19

Dana White (C) and Conor 'McGregor (R) at the press conference for McGregor's fight against Jose Aldo (L) in 2015

Dana White: If I was Conor, I would retire too

UFC president Dana White believes Conor McGregor's retirement announcement is genuine and said the Irishman had accomplished "incredible things in the sport".

MMA • 26 Mar 19

Nurmagomedov successfully defended his lightweight title against former champion McGregor in Las Vegas last October

White confident of McGregor and Khabib rematch in 2019

Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov will have a rematch in 2019 pending the outcome of their suspensions, according to UFC boss Dana White.

MMA • 01 Jan 19

Jones's victory over Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 in 2017 was recorded as a no-contest

UFC 232 moved from Vegas to LA after Jones' test result

An abnormality in a pre-fight drug test collected from Jon Jones has forced UFC 232 to be moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.

MMA • 24 Dec 18

MMA's long-term future in Ireland remains unclear

Mixed future for MMA as UFC keeps setting wrong example

A week after UFC 229 descended into unsanctioned violence, Peter Carroll talks to coaches involved in amateur MMA in Ireland and asks if Dana White and the UFC are doing more harm than good?

MMA • 14 Oct 18

Conor McGregor is led from the octagon after the fight

UFC reeling after loathing sparks chaos in Vegas

Conor McGregor has refused to press charges against the men who attacked him after his UFC defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas but the Russian could lose his belt for starting a brawl in the crowd.

MMA • 07 Oct 18

Khabib Nurmagomedov wasn't keen to wait around for Conor McGregor

White backs Khabib's early exit

Khabib Nurmagomedov delivered the perfect riposte to Conor McGregor's tardiness by conducting his media duties and departing before the Irishman arrived, according to UFC president Dana White.

MMA • 05 Oct 18