UFC 101: Declaration

'Mac' vs. Max: Conor McGregor's long-awaited comeback fight comes against a familiar opponent in Holloway

Jul 9, 2026 (2 a.m.)

By Case Keefer

Five years have passed since the last time Conor McGregor fought in the UFC, but the Irish superstar never fully left mixed martial arts behind.

UFC welterweight fighters Conor McGregor, left, and Max Holloway face off during a news conference for UFC 329 at T-Mobile Arena Thursday, July 9, 2026. Photo by: Steve Marcus

Jul 9, 2026 (2 a.m.)

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By Case Keefer

Five years have passed since the last time Conor McGregor fought in the UFC, but the Irish superstar never fully left mixed martial arts behind.

• Conor McGregor’s comeback: A tale of banned drugs and a famous doctor

  Jun 15, 2026 (2 a.m.)

  By Michael S. Schmidt

  When Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor McGregor was battling his opponent during a bout in Las Vegas in July 2021, he snapped his own left leg in two — a gruesome spectacle that shocked the national pay-per-view audience and threatened the career of the UFC’s biggest draw.

  

• Fists on the front lawn: Inside the UFC’s historic White House throwdown

  Jun 10, 2026 (2 a.m.)

  By Las Vegas Sun Staff

  On Sunday — Flag Day, and also Trump’s 80th birthday — the South Lawn of the White House will host UFC Freedom 250, a seven-fight mixed martial arts card billed as part of ...

  

• From the risk room to the combat arena, fighting never stops for Nick Kalikas

  May 30, 2026 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  “When I was watching my son fighting, it all woke up a fire I didn’t know I had in me,” Nick Kalikas said. ...

  

• UFC 326: Charles Oliveira grapples symbolic title away from Max Holloway

  Mar 7, 2026 (9:44 p.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  Oliveira took Holloway’s back in each of the first two rounds and appeared close to pulling off several rear-naked choke stoppages, but the latter survived. ...

  

• All-time greats Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira meet again at UFC 326

  Mar 5, 2026 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  Max Holloway put on what immediately went down as one of the most legendary performances in UFC history the last time he fought in Las Vegas.

  

• UFC 324: Justin Gaethje starts UFC's Paramount+ era with a bang

  Jan 24, 2026 (10:34 p.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  Gaethje is now the UFC interim lightweight champion for the second time after knocking down Pimblett repeatedly across 25 minutes. ...

  

• La UFC presenta su última evolución con la cartelera de combates de esta noche en el T-Mobile

  Jan 24, 2026 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  Paddy Pimblett es como una cascada de amenazas e insultos, con la forma tan libre y natural en que lanza comentarios despectivos hacia sus oponentes.

  

• Analysis: UFC’s latest evolution unveiled with tonight’s fight card at T-Mobile Arena

  Jan 24, 2026 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  The rearranged UFC 324 couldn't be a more fitting start to the fourth major television deal in UFC history. ....

  

• UFC 323: Petr Yan, Joshua Van close out ‘ESPN era’ in style with big-time upsets

  Dec 6, 2025 (11:06 p.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  Merab Dvalishvili was looking to become the first champion in UFC history to defend his title four times in a single year, but Petr Yan continually hurt him with lethal body kicks to win a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47). ...

  

• Local champion goes for a record fourth title defense in a single year at UFC 323

  Dec 4, 2025 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  UFC president Dana White hasn’t always approved of the choices made by his promotion’s current bantamweight champion, Merab Dvalishvili.

  

• Alex Pereira earns belt back via knockout to cap violent UFC 320

  Oct 4, 2025 (10:40 p.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  Pereira’s upset knockout victory was a fitting end to a night that was action-packed from the start. ...

  

• Khalil Rountree, de la UFC, deja huella como el luchador más fuerte de Las Vegas

  Oct 3, 2025 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  El interés de Khalil Rountree por el deporte era prácticamente inexistente cuando era adolescente y creció en la zona a mediados de la década de 2000.

  

• 'The Machine' rolls on: Local champion goes for 14th straight win at UFC 320

  Oct 2, 2025 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  A video of Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili swimming the entire length of Circa’s longest pool at Stadium Swim underwater without taking a breath—and still looking refreshed while flexing at the end—went viral before his last fight. 

  

• Reno’s Payton Talbott, a new kind of fighting man

  Aug 25, 2025 (2 a.m.)

  By Jack Crosbie, New York Times Company

  On a baking-hot night in Las Vegas at the end of June, Payton Talbott stood in a chain link cage across from a man he needed to hurt ...

  
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