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Diaz submits Ferguson to end UFC tenure with a win

Nate Diaz scored a fourth-round submission win over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279, winning the last fight of his UFC deal in a wild bout that capped off an extraordinary week for the UFC.

MMA • 11 Sep 22

Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje face off

Ferguson takes aim at Khabib and McGregor

Tony Ferguson hit out at lightweight rivals Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov ahead of headlining UFC 249 against Justin Gaethje at Jacksonville, Florida, this weekend.

MMA • 08 May 20

Gaethje: Octagon can offer relief to caged public

Justin Gaethje launched a staunch defence of UFC 249 going ahead this weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic, insisting: "Everyone's locked at home, they need something and we are that something."

MMA • 08 May 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

Justin Gaethje has a 23-2 record as a professional

UFC 249 to go ahead on 'an island' as Khabib replaced

UFC boss Dana White has confirmed a major title fight will take place on an island "somewhere on earth" this month after selecting Justin Gaethje as Khabib Nurmagomedov's stand-in.

MMA • 07 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

Conor McGregor did not appear in the octagon at all last year

Ferguson-Nurmagomedov fight leaves McGregor in limbo

UFC president Dana White has said that the organisation's lightweight title will be put up for grabs in a showdown between interim holder Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov, casting doubts over the reign of current champion Conor McGregor.

MMA • 17 Jan 18

Georges St-Pierre beat Michael Bisping at UFC 217

Georges St-Pierre vacates UFC middleweight belt

Canadian Georges St-Pierre has vacated the UFC middleweight title he won on his recent return to the octagon, citing health issues.

MMA • 08 Dec 17

Conor McGregor last fought in the UFC in November of last year

'Undamaged' McGregor ready to get back in the Octagon

Conor McGregor insists he will fight on for at least "a couple of years" and suggested his next bout will be a UFC lightweight title unification bout against Tony Ferguson.

MMA • 04 Nov 17

Conor McGregor is the current UFC lightweight champion

'McGregor will definitely return to the UFC'

The promotion's star attraction has thus far given no indication of when he will return to the UFC, but his manager insists Conor McGregor will be back.

MMA • 12 Oct 17

Tony Ferguson