Mackenzie Dern is keeping it real. The No. 5-ranked strawweight contender is scheduled to fight Virna Jandiroba for the vacant 115-pound strap in the UFC 321 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event this Sat.

SPRINGFIELD — Tape stretches tight around his thumb, then loops across his palm — each wrap a ritual, each movement a kind of promise. In a small Springfield gym, Yaimil “El Chucky” Lozada is getting ...

Mackenzie Dern is days away from the biggest fight of her career — and perhaps the one that could redefine her place in the UFC. When she steps into the Octagon this Saturday for the UFC 321 co-main ...

Shavkat Rakhmonov has carried the label of “future UFC champion” since storming into the welterweight elite, but a difficult run of injuries has stalled that title push. The undefeated contender spent ...