At the post-weigh-in press conference, Dustin Poirier, Michael Chiesa, Anthony Smith and Chael Sonnen sat down to break down the UFC 319 card and of course, most of the talk centered on the main event between du Plessis and Chimaev.

Football, soccer, move over ... Henry Cejudo believes MMA will be the world's most popular sport in the next 10-to-15 years!

Mixed Martial Arts, and, by proxy, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, was once banned in 36 states and on pay-per-view (which did allow adult films). In the early days, about the only way to watch was to wait for your local video store to get a copy of the most recent card.

One fight later, the South African fans saw one of their own, Elbert "Picachu" Lukas Steyn, finished with a crushing knee to the body from Abderrahman Errachidy. The knee put Steyn on the canvas, and a few punches to the head led to the stoppage.

Voting is open for the 17th annual World MMA Awards with MMA Junkie and Mike Bohn being nominated in media-related categories.

Atlanta Hawks big man Kristaps Porziņģis already has a post-basketball career in mind, and if might not be one you're expecting.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Newly-qualified primary school teacher Hamza Ishtiaq was one of a group of eight who represented Yorkshire as novice MMA fighters in the first ‘couch to cage’ event organised by Bradford gym ...

The UFC’s already-stacked featherweight and lightweight divisions have an exciting new addition. Current Oktagon MMA featherweight and lightweight champion, Losene Keita, will relinquish both his crowns in an attempt to crossover into UFC’s Octagon and bring his career to the next level.