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ATLANTA – Michael Chiesa met the media Saturday after his unanimous decision win over Court McGee at UFC on ESPN 69. Chiesa (19-7 MMA, 14-7 UFC), the Season 15 winner of "The Ultimate Fighter," outworked McGee (22-14 MMA, 11-13 UFC), the Season 11 winner – but wasn't entirely happy with his performance.
Rose Namajunas is going home with the biggest payday for anybody on the UFC Atlanta card this past weekend after the former strawweight champion earned $500,000 for her win over Miranda Maverick. On Monday,
UFC Atlanta provided plenty for combat sports fans to talk about this week, but that doesn't mean everything that happened at the event was positive.
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Monday's episode of MMA Junkie Radio with "Gorgeous" George and Goze is here. On Episode 3,575, the guys look back at UFC on ESPN 69 in Atlanta, and they welcome PFL World Tournament 6 headliner Kevin Lee to the show,
The UFC was in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday for UFC Atlanta, where a welterweight fight headlined the card and the salaries were revealed.
Malcolm Wellmaker and short-notice replacement opponent Kris Moutinho helped kick off the action at UFC Atlanta on Saturday. Moutinho made his return to the UFC after a five-fight winning streak outside of it, which came after losses to the likes of Sean O’Malley and Guido Cannetti.
On the latest episode of "Spinning Back Clique," the panel discusses Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas' UFC Atlanta wins and more.
The UFC makes its return to Atlanta this week with two former champions in the main and co-main events. UFC on ESPN 69 (ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.
Ex-UFC Champ Sean O’Malley made an ’embarrassing’ realization last weekend. It’s been two weeks since O’Malley dropped his title rematch to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 316, putting him in a tough spot in his fighting career. O’Malley took criticism after criticism following his submission loss to Dvalishvili.
Rowe (11-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) was down two rounds on all three scorecards against Loosa (10-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) after being outwrestled for a large part of the fight. But he turned the tide and after he knocked out Loosa's mouthpiece, Rowe put together a barrage that eventually ended the fight in the final minute.