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Following Fridays UFC 266 ceremonial weigh-ins, the fighters competing on Saturdays fight card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas faced off with their opponents. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski puts his title on the line against no. 2 ranked Brian Ortega in the fight cards main event. In the second title bout on the fight card, womens flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko takes on no. 3 ranked Lauren Murphy . In a five-round, non-title bout, former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler takes on Nick Diaz in a rematch in Diaz return to fighting after six years away from competition. Jon Jones arrested for domestic violence in Las Vegas Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega (Featherweight title bout) Valentina Shevchenko vs. Lauren Murphy (Womens flyweight title bout) ...

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The athletes competing on Saturdays UFC 266 fight card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas officially weighed in on Friday morning. They participated in the ceremonial weigh-ins in front of a live audience and faced off with their opponents on Friday afternoon. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski puts his title on the line against no. 2 ranked Brian Ortega in the fight cards main event. In the second title bout on the fight card, womens flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko takes on no. 3 ranked Lauren Murphy . In a five-round, non-title bout, former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler takes on Nick Diaz in a rematch in Diaz return to fighting after six years away from competition. Jon Jones arrested for domestic violence in Las Vegas (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube )...

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was arrested early Friday morning by the Las Vegas Metro PD and charged with battery domestic violence. According to TMZ, officers responded to a call from Caesars Palace at 5:45 this morning. The 34-year old Jones was taken into custody and charged misdemeanor domestic violence and injuring or tampering with a vehicle, a felony. Jones attended the UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday evening. This isnt the first time Jones has had a brush with the law. In 2012, Jones was arrested for driving under the influence in New York. In 2015, Jones was arrested after a hit-and-run incident in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2019, Jones pleaded no contest to battery charges involving a cocktail waitress in New Mexico. In March 2020, Jones was charged with aggravatedDWI, negligent use of a firearm, possession of an open conta...

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The athletes competing on Saturdays UFC 266 fight card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas officially weigh in on Friday to make their bouts official. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski puts his title on the line against no. 2 ranked Brian Ortega in the fight cards main event. In the second title bout on the fight card, womens flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko takes on no. 3 ranked Lauren Murphy . In a five-round, non-title bout, former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler takes on Nick Diaz in a rematch in Diaz return to fighting after six years away from competition. UFC 266 press conference face-offs video: Volkanovski and Ortega exchange words (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube ) UFC 266 Official Weigh-in Results: Main Card Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) vs. Brian Ortega (144) - featherweight title fight Va...

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Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre can relate to Nick Diaz not enjoying fighting, and says he hated fighting as well. Diaz returns to the the Octagon on Saturday after a six-year layoff against former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler . In a recent interview with ESPN, Diaz said that theres nothing about fighting that he enjoys. St-Pierre, who was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on Thursday, understood Diaz sentiments. I can relate to that. I hate fighting as well. I hate it, St-Pierre said during a scrum interview at his UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony. I did it because I used that as a benchmark to get me where I wanted to get to in life. I dont like fighting. Its the worst day of my life the day that I fight, but I used that to get me in life because I love the freedom, the health, the fitness, the wealth, the ...

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Nick Diaz hasnt stepped inside the cage since January 2015 when he fought Anderson Silva at UFC 183. He returns on Saturday in a rematch against former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler . During the UFC 266 pre-fight press conference on Thursday, a reporter asked Diaz is he was scared heading into Saturdays five-round, non-tittle fight against Lawler. The reporter was referencing an interview Diaz recently did with ESPN. UFC 266 press conference face-offs video: Volkanovski and Ortega exchange words (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube ) Nick Diaz: I have a lot of resentment toward the sport ...

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Even though hes not fought in 20 months, welterweight Shane Campbell isnt disheartened by the layoff. Its because the fact that hes been a pro fighter so long that he knows how to deal with down times and not lose focus or hope. Ive been doing this longer than I havent, so its not really too much of a difference, Campbell told MMAWeekly.com. Ive still been training hard. The last two months I was down at Xtreme Couture in Vegas training very hard very consistently. I got in over 150 rounds of sparring and Im feeling really good. Even though this is one of the longest breaks Ive ever had, Im feeling pretty good going in. One thing Campbell does feel is lost in not being able to compete is to properly test how his fight game development has been going. I think I have to have competition to gauge that, said Campbell. Its hard to tell, you never really known. Especially w...

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