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The lightweight and women's strawweight titles are on the line when the Octagon returns to Phoenix on Saturday.

- Brandon Royval def. CBS Sports will have you covered all week long with complete coverage of UFC 274 following all the latest breaking news and analysis around the event. A welterweight contest between Khaos Williams and Randy Brown will instead kick off the PPV festivities. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including a complete preview of UFC 274 on Saturday night below. Namajunas, however, battled through the adversity to reach the summit when she topped Jedrzejczyk for the title in 2017. She then promptly lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk and has been working her way back to the title level since.

UFC 274 took place over the weekend in Phoenix, Arizona to immense fanfare. Rapper Drake even submitted a $400k+ bet on the main event.

Olivera versus Gaethje is one of the most intriguing fights in the lightweight division all year. If Gaethje wins, the rapper takes home $1 million. An intriguing angle beforehand related to the main event, Charles Oliviera vs.

Lightweight champion Charles Oliveira was set to defend the belt against top-ranked contender Justin Gaethje, but he failed to make weight. That has led to the ...

A win for Ferguson keeps him in the top-10 rankings and allows him to maintain relevance in the division, but a loss will be devastating. The victory increases Brown’s win streak to three, and he now looks for a fight against a ranked opponent. Even with the setbacks, 274 is still a loaded card. Rua (27–13–1) is approaching the end of his legendary career. The pace and energy was far different in the rematch, with both men—Rua, who is now 40, and Saint Preux, who is 39—considerably more cautious. Chandler (23–7) generated so much power for that boot to the face, almost like he was kicking a field goal.

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“He’s so long, but he keeps his hands to the side and so there was a lane up the middle.” Congrats on a solid win Michael and another barnstormer,” McGregor responded on Twitter. You and me at 170 this summer, this fall, this winter. “I’d have a nice knock off this guy, no doubt about it. Daniel Cormier declared: “That was crazy. Lightweight superstars Tony Ferguson and Michael Chandler promised their UFC 274 bout would be an epic.

UFC 274 takes place Saturday night in Phoenix, and we're already dealing with a bit of drama. Lightweight champion Charles Oliveira is no longer the ...

After dropping her first career bout, she's won 10 straight. Cortez picked up a nice unanimous decision win over Melissa Gatto (29-28x3), largely thanks to her superior ground game. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace has 15 submission victories, the most in UFC history. He's now won six of his last eight fights. •3h ago "(But) I want to do both 135 and 145." The man looks and fights like he's easily in his 30s and showed it Saturday night. I feel bad for Tony Ferguson, one of my all-time favorite fighters but he's shown in his last couple fights he's a shell of what he once was. Rose lost the first matchup and Carla took her down at will. "Khaos is a dangerous boy, man," he said after the fight. We're not seeing a ton of action and fans are letting them hear it. Ovince Saint Preux and Cowboy Cerrone vs.

Charles Oliveira racked up an 11th straight victory but lost his lightweight title in the main event of UFC 274 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, ...

The former lightweight title challenger made an emphatic statement with his front-kick knockout on Saturday night.

For one round at UFC 274, it appeared Tony Ferguson was finally ready to get back in the win column, showcasing some of his classic speed and power in the striking game. The result of the two-way ground assault was both men heading back to their corners cut and bloodied. In the second round, Chandler wasted absolutely no time before closing the show.

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Follow all the action in our live blog below! Can’t see the blog? “On Friday [Saturday AEST] morning, we went there [to check the weight] and it was 1 kilogram over. “Every other fighter [said] the same thing, 300 grams or 500 grams over. He felt terrible. You’re crazy.’ And we started this war [cutting weight again]. After the weigh-in chaos, there was more drama just before the card began when Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone was forced to withdraw due to illness. “I didn’t really care about Carla. You know, I didn’t think she was on my level,” Namajunas said on the UFC 274 countdown show. Gaethje was scathing when asked about Oliveira’s weigh-in drama on Saturday, calling it “f***ing ridiculous” and the controversy certainly created a storm in the UFC world. And the chaos continued on Sunday as a veteran was forced to pull out on the eve of the event due to food poisoning. A star-studded UFC 274 card was rocked by staggering weigh-in drama as lightweight champion Charles Oliveira became the first-ever belt-holder to be stripped of his title due to missing weight. Two UFC championships were supposed to go on the line on Sunday but that dramatically changed when Oliveira was stripped of his belt after coming in overweight at 155.5 pounds.

UFC 274's main card action headlined by Michael Chandler's knockout of Tony Ferguson has many stars flocking to social media with their reactions.

Congrats on a solid win Michael and another barnstormer.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 8, 2022 I'd have a nice knock off this guy, no doubt about it. But before Gaethje and Oliveira's fight, Chandler's bout against Ferguson was a thrilling affair. Gaethje entered UFC 274 having won five of his prior six matches. Although he didn't get the opportunity to properly defend his championship, Oliveira entered Saturday with momentum. Charles Oliveira faced Justin Gaethje in the main event title fight, but only the latter had a shot at claiming the belt.

Charles Oliveira entered UFC 274 fight week in Phoenix as the UFC lightweight champion and defeated Justin Gaethje in Saturday night's main event.

In the fourth, Esparza landed a pair of takedowns, the second one with authority. He’ll be installed as No. 1 contender and fight an opponent to be named later to fill the title vacancy. Oliveira scored the one that counted, however, and followed up on the mat by extending his UFC record with his 16th submission win.

Nearly eight years after their first meeting, Esparza once again reigned supreme over Namajunas to claim the title.

Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including instant analysis of UFC 274 from Phoenix at the conclusion of the PPV event. Still, the takedowns were a show of aggression that was more than Namajunas had offered at any point in the fight. From the opening seconds, much of the fight was spent with the two women standing at distance, feinting and occasionally throwing strikes from a distance where they had no chances of landing.

Seven years after becoming the first women's strawweight champion in UFC history, Carla Esparza has reclaimed the title with a split decision victory over ...

She is the only strawweight fighter with multiple wins over the Wisconsin native. Coming into this bout, Namajunas only had one slip up in the past five years. It was the only time in Namajunas' career that she was submitted and just one of two times she has lost a fight via stoppage coming into Saturday's event. She also held the Invicta FC strawweight championship prior to signing with UFC. Neither fighter seemed interested in taking any risks in the fight. Namajunas won 48-47 on the scorecard of one judge.

Carla Esparza beat Rose Namajunas for the UFC strawweight title in a fight where very little happened across five rounds.

Ultimately, Esparza, 34, moved to 2-0 over Namajunas -- and it's unclear whether the sport would even allow a third matchup to happen. It was a fight in which neither woman appeared to have any confidence in her skill set. A third had it for Namajunas 48-47.

See the top Twitter reactions to Carla Esparza's title-winning upset of Rose Namajunas in the UFC 274 co-main event.

A perfect front kick to the face floored Ferguson in the second round in Phoenix on Saturday night in what must rate among the greatest knockouts in UFC ...

But I’d love to fight the Brazilian, 100 per cent! He said: 'If you pulled that out of a McDonald's bag you'd dip it in sauce and eat without a moments thought. That would pass as a legit @McDonalds chicken nugget. 'I am the most entertaining lightweight on the planet. Charles Oliveira also called out McGregor and it seems the Irishman is assessing his options. I want to up the stakes, Conor. I want you at your biggest, I want you at your baddest and I want you at your best.

'DC' was among the most accomplished fighters in both the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions.

"DC faced the greatest athletes in the world on every level of wrestling and MMA. He is also the ultimate professional. Daniel Cormier was a lock for the UFC Hall of Fame even before hanging up his gloves. Cormier would lose the rematch and trilogy fights with Miocic as the final two bouts of his career, retiring with a record of 22-3, the only losses on his record coming against Miocic and Jones, two men with claims to possibly being the best fighters in the history of their respective divisions.

Of the 14 fights on the bill, a whopping 10 ended by decision. The co-main event, which saw Carla Esparza defeat Rose Namajunas to win the strawweight title, ...

The victory pushed her to 4-0 in the UFC after earning a contract with a decision win over Mariya Agapova on Dana White's Contender Series in 2019. In the penultimate bout of the UFC 274 undercard, Macy Chiasson defeated Norma Dumont by split decision in a women's featherweight bout. It's time for the promotion to take some decisive action, one way or the other. Rather than try to fix the problem, the UFC seems content to ignore the women's featherweight division entirely. The women's featherweight division, for those with short memories, was essentially created to give Cris Cyborg a place to fight. For most truly old-school MMA fans, there were only a handful of recognizable names on the UFC 274 lineup. On the other, we'd just seen Ferguson—a man who has already taken far too much damage in the Octagon—suffer the most devastating loss of his career. Of the 14 fights on the bill, a whopping 10 ended by decision. When Charles Oliveira flew to Phoenix, Arizona, for UFC 274, he was the lightweight champion. While both are excellent fighters—they wouldn't be competing for UFC gold if they weren't—neither seemed to have much interest in doing any actual fighting in the UFC 274 co-main event. The UFC commentators deserve some props for their honesty. Keep scrolling for our take on the action now that it's come to pass.

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Tied for third-most significant clinch strikes landed in a UFC light heavyweight fight (UFC 192 vs. Second-most significant head strikes landed in a UFC light heavyweight fight (UFC 192 vs. Outside the Octagon, Cormier has become an accomplished combat sports analyst with ESPN and serves as a commentator during UFC events. Cormier was also as a member of the US Olympic Wrestling team for the 2004 and 2008 Summer Games. He faced Miocic two more times in the main events of UFC 241: CORMIER vs MIOCIC 2 and UFC 252: MIOCIC vs CORMIER 3, losing both, before officially retiring from competition. Cormier would then win four of his next five fights over three years, defending the light heavyweight title three times in the process. UFC 182: JONES vs CORMIER took place on January 3, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and served as the first UFC main event of Cormier’s career. Cormier defeated Mir via unanimous decision and followed with victories over Roy Nelson, Patrick Cummins, and Dan Henderson, to earn his first shot at the UFC light heavyweight title against UFC Hall of Famer Jon Jones at UFC 182. In that event, which took place on May 23, 2015, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Cormier dominated the first two rounds before submitting Johnson via rear-naked choke in the third to capture his first UFC title. “Daniel Cormier is one of the most badass competitors of all time,” said UFC President Dana White. “DC faced the greatest athletes in the world on every level of wrestling and MMA. He is also the ultimate professional. The 2022 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by Toyo Tires, will take place on Thursday, June 30, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets can be purchased via AXS. The event will be streamed live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS starting at 7 p.m. PT. Cormier made his professional MMA debut during STRIKEFORCE CHALLENGERS: KENNEDY vs CUMMINGS on September 25, 2009, defeating Gary Frazier via TKO (punches) in the second round.

Cormier (22-3, 1 NC) built a storied career in the UFC. He won the vacant light heavyweight championship in 2015 by submitting Anthony Johnson, then ...

He will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame during the induction ceremony on June 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. They finally fought again in July of 2017, a bout that Cormier controlled until Jones knocked him out in the third round. He made his UFC debut in 2013, then won 11 of his first 13 fights, only suffering defeat in 2015 against Jon Jones. The two opposites became natural adversaries, reaching the point where it is difficult to mention one without thinking of the other.

Justin Gaethje missed the chance to become lightweight champion after being quickly submitted by Charles Oliveira at a wild UFC 274.

But I’d love to fight the Brazilian, 100%! I love Brazil and I’m unbeaten against Brazil. All KO’s. I’ve some thinking to do.” “This is a message to the entire division; I am a problem for the entire division. Chandler also called out McGregor after his explosive victory, to which the Irishman replied on Twitter: “I’d have a nice knock off this guy, no doubt about it. Ferguson was taken to hospital after that vicious blow but was later released after precautionary tests came back clear. I am the enlighted, I am the champion, this is my title and it should be here,” he said. But while Gaethje would have claimed the 155lbs title with victory in Phoenix, Oliveira did not having been stripped of the now vacant belt he had held since May 2021 on Friday after twice failing to make weight.

The UFC announced Cormier's looming induction into the Hall of Fame on Saturday. Cormier, 43, was working the commentary booth at UFC 274 inside the Footprint ...

Cormier would defend his heavyweight title once before losing twice to Miocic and calling it a career. He won a Strikeforce heavyweight championship, before making his UFC debut in 2013. A former Olympic wrestler for the U.S., Cormier made his MMA debut in 2009.