However, in 1997, UFC introduced weight-specific titles, starting with UFC 12. By UFC 31, the Ultimate Fighting Championship had had five active weight divisions: Lightweight, Welterweight ...

Four years later, UFC 12 introduced weight classes: heavyweight, for fighters 200 pounds and above, and lightweight, for those 199 pounds and under. That night in Dothan, Alabama, Mark Coleman ...

Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) lost his second-straight fight when he suffered a doctor stoppage TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley ...

One week after Dricus Du Plessis retained gold, former title challenger Jared Cannonier (17-8 MMA, 10-8 UFC) returns for ...

It's been a noteworthy year for UFC vets struggling to find consistency. Many are retiring and moving on with their lives.

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