Thug” truly is “better. It is rare nowadays for state athletic commissions to release payouts and salaries for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) athletes; however, Georgia did just that in the wake of UFC Atlanta this past weekend.

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.

Following UFC Atlanta, here is what I think should be next for Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley after the Fight Night card.

Malcolm Wellmaker, surging UFC bantamweight contender, joins after his devastating win over Kris Moutinho and gets into his KO streak, fighting in Atlanta, his childhood and early career, quitting his job as a pipefitter,

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,

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.

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.