Anthony Smith is almost ready to put a bow on his long MMA career after recent losses in and out of the UFC Octagon.

Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith announced that he's retiring after one more fight.

Sean Strickland has challenged middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis to make their UFC 312 title fight a striking-only encounter. Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) rematches Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in the Feb. 8 headliner at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland run it back. Du Plessis and Strickland headline UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia, a sequel to their title fight last year that crowned du Plessis as champion.

Kamaru Usman believes Islam Makhachev should fight Belal Muhammad regardless of their training history. UFC lightweight champion Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) is eager to move up a weight class and capture a second belt.

Belal Muhammad reminds Kamaru Usman that he spent years saying he would never fight Israel Adesanya after he suggested that Islam Makhachev should move to welterweight to try and take his title

A former opponent of Jon Jones, Anthony Smith, feels "Bones" should still be the number one pound-for-pound fighter over Islam Makhachev.

Islam Makhachev weighed 178 pounds the night of his UFC 311 victory Saturday — one day after registering at 154.5 pounds — when he submitted Renato Moicano in the first round, according to data obtained by The Post from the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC).