Adam Hill

UFC president Dana White said McGregor may be stripped of the title should he not return to the cage in early 2018.

The Las Vegan picked up a win over Paige VanZant on the main card of UFC Fight Night 124 on Sunday, just days after her cat was euthanized due to injuries it sustained when her house was burglarized. Also, featherweight veteran Jeremy Stephens knocked out Doo Ho Choi in the second round of the main event.

A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC Fight Night 124 on Sunday at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.

UFC featherweight Doo Ho Choi is racing the clock in a way not many fighters must do at age 26. He has about a year before he must take a hiatus from his thriving career and fulfill a two-year military term mandatory for South Korean males.

Yoel Romero will replace Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 221 as he takes on former champ Luke Rockhold for the interim middleweight title in Perth, Australia, on Feb. 11.

The undefeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion’s UFC debut against Ashley Yoder is official for UFC 222 on March 3 at T-Mobile Arena.

Las Vegan Bryan Caraway will return to action in a bantamweight bout on the UFC 222 card at T-Mobile Arena on March 3.

Frankie Edgar will finally get his shot at Max Holloway’s featherweight title when they meet for the belt in the main event of UFC 222 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas three months after Edgar was forced to pull out of a scheduled meeting due to injury.

Tim Elliott and his coaches weren’t sure how he would handle walking to the cage on Saturday morning without his head coach just two weeks after his suicide, so they tried to prepare for the emotional moment.