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Vinicius Oliveira is heading to Las Vegas despite the fact he no longer has an opponent for UFC Vegas 87 on March 2.

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Donald Cerrone didn’t make millions for the biggest fight of his career, and Jake Paul wants to know why.

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When Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta bought the UFC for $2 million, there was a lot of work to be done to revamp a failing product and that included the production for future broadcasts.

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Patricio Pitbull won’t be fighting at Saturday’s PFL vs. Bellator pay-per-view event in Saudi Arabia after losing another opponent in Gabriel Braga, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told MMA Fighting following a report by MMAjunkie.

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The PFL vs. Bellator weigh-in video features all 22 fighters from Saturday’s pay-per-view card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Brandon Moreno and Brandon Royval are set for their rematch, as are Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega. However, another pair of rivals caused all kinds of chaos at Friday’s UFC Mexico City official weigh-ins.

Tina Black and Taylor Mauldin at a Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat show in Lemoore, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2024 | @UFCFightPass, Twitter

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day.

Sean Strickland and a fan tussle in the snow | @stricklandmma, Instagram

Sean Strickland is keeping busy between fight bookings.

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At the UFC Mexico City weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s card in the UFC’s return to Mexico will step on the scale Friday. MMA Fighting will have live video of the proceedings, courtesy of Indiscutido.

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Rarely does a day go by when Michael Chandler isn’t reminded that his dance date against Conor McGregor is still the missing needle in the haystack that is the UFC’s calendar.

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Tony Ferguson isn’t going anywhere.

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No man is flying higher than Oban Elliott is right now.

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Alex Pereira will not only headline arguably the biggest event of 2024 when he serves as one half of the main event for UFC 300, but he’ll do so as the betting favorite.

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Sean O’Malley has heard the voice of the people, and that voice says ‘Merab Dvalishvili.’

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Brian Ortega doesn’t believe Ilia Topuria fought the same Alexander Volkanovski that he did nearly three years ago.