With Joe Pyfer defeating Israel Adesanya by TKO in the second round during UFC Fight Night last weekend, the top contenders to possibly dethrone UFC Middleweight Champion Khamzat Chimaev is coming into picture.

UFC Fight Night 272 ceremonial weigh-ins are complete, and the fighters came face-to-face one final time before Saturday's event.

SEATTLE -- A new era is brewing in the middleweight division, and Israel Adesanya bore witness to it Saturday night. The former champion raised Joe Pyfer's hand in a show of respect after being knocked out in the second round by the young contender at UFC Fight Night in Seattle.

UFC legend compares the alligator choke of Arman Tsarukyan to Khabib Nurmagomedov wrestling a bear in his childhood.

Kai Asakura will seek his first UFC win at a different weight class.

Barring something funky on fight night, one of these two Ultimate Fighting Championship athletes will shed a losing streak at night's end. The UFC announced the return of former Rizin Fighting Federation champion Kai Asakura (21-6) on Thursday,

UFC star Merab Dvalishvili will wait until after retiring to fix his nose after breaking it again during a recent sparring session.

Yaroslav Amosov will draw a rising contender in his second UFC fight.

Dvalishvili last fought in December, losing his bantamweight belt in a decision defeat by old rival Petr Yan. Since then, the Georgian has been intent on securing a trilogy bout with the new champion. However, Dvalishvili has suffered an injury setback in the form of a broken nose, not for the first time in his career.

Conor McGregor is under increased scrutiny from anti-doping officials as he prepares for his UFC return. While the former two-division champion has never tested positive for a banned substance, he recently completed an 18-month ban from MMA for failing to provide accurate whereabouts information to Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD).

T.J. Dillashaw's UFC title win over Renan Barao changed everything.