Ilia Topuria put an exclamation point on another jam-packed UFC card in Jacksonville.

In this episode of "Going Ringside with The Local Station" we sit down with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry to discuss the UFC relationship he's developed during his term along with other fighting leagues like All Elite Wrestling. We also preview the UFC event in Jacksonville June 24th. There's also an interview with the host of the "Jenerally Sepaking" Podcast.

World Wrestling Entertainment has apologized for using an image from the Auschwitz concentration camp to promote one of its matches during the first night of WrestleMania 39 last weekend.

Alex Pereira defeated Israel Adesanya by TKO in the fifth round to win the UFC middleweight championship on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is back in town, with no shortage of storylines and no lingering clouds of the pandemic hanging around.

A Nevada Supreme Court panel has rejected an appeal in a legal battle between UFC President Dana White and a Las Vegas man who went to prison for trying to extort White in a sex-tape case.

UFC 261 returned a sense of normalcy to the sports world with a packed house, a raucous crowd and another victory for Kamaru Usman.

The city of Jacksonville is getting ready to host its first SOLD out live sporting event since the start of the pandemic. The excitement surrounding tonight’s UFC fight!

It’s time, Jacksonville. The Ultimate Fighting Championship is back, packed with a championship card and ready for a full arena of fans on Saturday night at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.

All eyes will be on Jacksonville Saturday as it hosts Ultimate Fighting Championship 261, the city’s first live sports event with a sellout crowd since the pandemic began.

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, UFC President Dana White speaks at a news conference in New York. UFC 249 has been canceled after ESPN and parent company Disney stopped White's plan to keep fighting amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tickets for the Ultimate Fighting Championship event in Jacksonville came and went in a hurry on Friday morning. UFC president Dana White said in a post on Twitter that tickets for UFC 261 “sold out in minutes,” and was “one of the fastest sell outs in UFC history.” Only resale tickets were left on Ticketmaster at noon Friday. AdThank you UFC fans!!!

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Ultimate Fighting Championship is headed back to Jacksonville with a blockbuster card and one very important addition: fans. The UFC held three events in Jacksonville last May, including UFC 249, in the first live sporting event held during the pandemic. Welcome back to Jacksonville 👊🏻 @ufc . There are three championship fights on the card. Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will have a rematch with Florida’s Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261.