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The way White remembers it, Peña found him at his sons' jiu-jitsu tournament. When Peña emerged from UFC 269 as the first new bantamweight champion since 2016, nobody in the sport appeared to be less shocked than the 10-to-1 underdog herself. Peña took Nunes' big shots and stayed upright — and Nunes didn't have the energy or the fortitude to come up with another plan. She first challenged Nunes after winning at UFC 200 in 2016, but Peña felt Nunes never took her seriously as a title challenger, and the perceived disrespect fueled her training. Nunes is still the UFC’s 145-pound featherweight champion, but White and Peña both said she can have a bantamweight rematch next if she wants it.

Julianna Peña pulled off one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history at UFC 269.

Rose Namajunas puts her strawweight title up for grabs against Zhang Weil in UFC's return to New York.

Kyle Larson returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway looking for yet another victory.

Kayla Harrison's biography now includes the words “single mom” alongside Olympic gold medalist and mixed martial arts champion.

UFC 261 returned a sense of normalcy to the sports world with a packed house, a raucous crowd and another victory for Kamaru Usman.

When UFC President Dana White brought his mixed martial arts behemoth to Florida last May for a closed-door event, he promised a return trip once the state fully reopened.

Slap fighting, the art of striking another fighter with an open hand for sport, is the latest head-turning spectacular. Slap fighting, yes the art of striking another fighter with an open hand for sport, is the latest head-turning spectacular. Trying to poke fun at the slap-until-you're-knocked out-sport would be, yes, a slap in the face to the Da Crazy Hawaiian. He has has dished out the fiercest open-hand smacks in the United States in his bid to be the most punishing slapper in slap fighting. Da Crazy Hawaiian and Hillbilly Hippie got to lay the slap down round after round that led to a few punch-drunk stumbles but no decision.

Rose Namajunas reacts after the second round of a women's strawweight title bout against Poland's Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 223 Saturday, April 7, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UFC 261 will be held in Jacksonville, Florida with 100% capacity on April 24, according to UFC President Dana White. White said the card will be held at the VyStar Veterans Memoria Arena. The UFC President expects 15,000 fans for the event. The CEO of the Texas Rangers is hoping for a full crowd for the team’s home opener on April 5.

She had multiple stab wounds on her back, head and arm, and told officers her brother stabbed her. She told officers her sister was still in the house, the report said. The woman told police she was finally able to push him away and call police. Please help my sister,” the arrest report said the woman told neighbors. He told investigators he used a brass knuckle knife to stab his sisters because a “higher power" told him it was “his purpose," the report said.

Both Maddow and CNN's Daniel Dale aired lightning-round fact-checks following President Donald Trump's acceptance speech on Thursday night. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)NEW YORK Rachel Maddow ended her fact-check mission with a lightning round after President Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech 12 corrections in about a minute. You can't win.Some of the efforts also stretch the definition of fact-checking, like when MSNBC interviewed Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan after a convention speech where South Dakota Gov. There he goes, lying again, anchor Sean Hannity said in cutting off a speech by former President Bill Clinton. Maddow's anchor colleague, Joy Reid, said as the convention's third night was coming to a close that she saw why it was necessary.

What to watch on the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention:TRUMPTrump is scheduled to accept his partys renomination in an address from the White House South Lawn. IVANKAThe president will be introduced by his daughter Ivanka Trump, the fourth of his five children to speak during the convention. RUDYDonald Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to help close out the convention. BIDENThe Democrat has laid low this week but he's scheduled to appear at a virtual fundraiser Thursday. ET (a half-hour earlier than the Democratic convention last week) and runs through 11 p.m.

FILE - In this July 7, 2018, file photo, Daniel Cormier, right, fights Stipe Miocic during a heavyweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 226 in Las Vegas. The trilogy fight between Daniel Cormier and champ Stipe Miocic will crown the greatest heavyweight of all time. UFC 252 Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in Las Vegas could be Cormier's last fight ever. It is billed as the super fight to end all super fights -- well, until the next one -- with good reason. Theyll settle the score Saturday when Miocic defends the championship against Cormier in the main event of UFC 252 at the UFC APEX complex in Las Vegas.

A few months later, the project that came to be known as Fight Island is real and ready for competition. And while Fight Island is not exactly the idyllic scene evoked by its name, the octagon inside an air-conditioned arena on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island also sits inside a bubble that seems highly unlikely to burst. Rather than a deserted tropical paradise, Yas Island is a modern tourist destination with amusement parks, malls and a Formula One racetrack. Fight Island will host four UFC events in 14 days, starting with three championship fights at UFC 251 this weekend. I dont know, White said.

Sityodtong still plans to be a bit more measured on his own path to get One Championship back in the cage during this unprecedented public health crisis. One Championship definitely will return to action this summer, Sityodtong told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Sityodtong is working with government officials and health experts on the fastest path back in China, Thailand and Singapore, One Championship's hometown. Once he finalizes his plans, Sityodtong plans to speed up One's calendar to hold as many events as prudently possible in 2020. But One Championship, which held its most recent show Feb. 28, is proceeding down this difficult path more deliberately than the UFC.

The UFC's mysterious Fight Island is actually Yas Island, a popular tourist destination in Abu Dhabi where the mixed martial arts promotion will hold four shows in July. The UFC revealed the location Tuesday and announced a series of fan-free shows at Fight Island, starting with a card tentatively featuring three title fights at UFC 251 on July 11. The UFC has staged past fight cards most recently in September on the leisure island in the United Arab Emirates. The UFC will hold subsequent shows on Yas Island on July 15, July 18 and July 25. White told ESPN, his promotion's broadcast partner, that Fight Island will encompass a hotel and restaurants along with an octagon.

Gaethje (22-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) quite simply put on an incredible performance against Tony Ferguson on Saturday night in the main event of a memorable UFC 249. The interim lightweight title bout was the UFC 249 main event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+ and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+. Ill be real, Its a long camp weight cut had nothing to do with it, Justin is a tough son of an (expletive).Up-to-the-minute UFC 249 results include:Gallery Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson at UFC 249: Best photos view 38 images

Georges St-Pierre will join the UFC Hall of Fame this summer. St-Pierre (26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC), the former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion, will join the modern-era wing of the UFC Hall of Fame as part of the 2020 class. Georges St-Pierre is a pioneer of Canadian MMA who helped build the sport globally, UFC president Dana White said. He was the face of MMA in Canada, helping the UFC set a then-record attendance of more than 55,000 at UFC 129 in April 2011. All that equals up to an unprecedented place in MMA history, and now St-Pierre will be honored for it.

Donald Trump is happy to see the UFC back in action. The U.S. president was featured in a pre-taped video during Saturdays UFC 249 preliminary broadcast on ESPN, congratulating UFC president Dana White and the UFC for resuming operations and hosting the card during the global coronavirus pandemic. Trump said the following during the broadcast:I want to congratulate Dana White and the UFC. Check out the video of Trump congratulating White and the UFC above. Gallery UFC 249 in an empty Jacksonville arena: Best photos view 16 images

Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White said Tuesday he believes many sports leagues could resume competition but it would come at a price. You're going to lose your live gate, which is millions and millions of dollars," White said on "Closing Bell." "You're going to lose a lot of money. And it's going to cost you a lot of money now to put on the sport, to make sure that it is safe. The UFC events will be the rare live sporting event on television during the crisis.

In the mixed martial arts bubble, UFC president Dana White is the master of the universe. Newsom had reached out directly to Disney executives to express his misgivings about the UFC running at Tachi Palace. If the UFC had persisted, Newsom could have had the commission pull its promotional license and never given it another thought. The rock-bottom dumbest takes out there are the trolls who think the media is actively rooting for the UFC to fail. How the company responds from here will determine whether the UFC can bounce back or whether the reputational damage is permanent.

UFC president Dana White insists UFC 249 wont be a one-off return to action: The fight schedule will be in full swing again beginning April 18. After that, though, he claims the promotion will be setting up shop on a private island. I locked this venue (that will host UFC 249) for two months, White told TMZ on Monday. Im also a day or two away from securing a private island. Im going to start flying them all into the private island and start doing international fights from there.

Pro-Trump outside groups America First Action and America First Policies combined to raise $50.4 million in 2019 giving the president a boost going into an election year. President Donald Trump, whose campaign raised $46 million last quarter, will also be seeing an advantage from his flagship super PAC in 2020 with America First Action finishing 2019 raising just over $19 million, according to the groups' spokeswoman. The nonprofit, America First Policies, which focuses on promoting many of the president's policy accomplishments, brought in $31 million. "America First Action is well-positioned to help the President deliver a crushing victory in 2020. Combining our year end fundraising, fundraising to date and total pledges, this places us at $106 million, well on our way to achieve our fundraising goal for the election year.