5:10 PM ET “One of the best title rounds you’ll see.” That was how UFC commentator Jon Anik described the incredible third round between Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega during their featherweight showdown at UFC 266. The MMA world remains a buzz nearly three weeks on from Volkanovski’s unanimous decision win, while those who doubted

11:08 AM ET Aspen Ladd and Norma Dumont will meet in a hastily scheduled women’s featherweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex can be seen on ESPN+, with the main card starting at 7 p.m. ET and the prelims at 4 p.m. Ladd (9-1) was

Oct 13, 2021 Vadim Nemkov had the biggest win of his career in April. The Bellator light heavyweight champion earned his first title defense by beating Phil Davis, the former Bellator champ and UFC stalwart at 205 pounds, via unanimous decision. It was a victory that made it impossible for the greater MMA world to

Oct 11, 2021 One of the most infamous backstage scuffles in UFC history will be revisited in December, as UFC welterweights Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal have agreed to meet inside the Octagon. Edwards and Masvidal will square off at UFC 269 on Dec. 11, UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Thursday.

11:02 PM ET Luke Rockhold‘s return to the Octagon will have to wait. The former UFC middleweight champion said Monday night in an Instagram story that he has a herniated disk and is out of a scheduled fight with Sean Strickland at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 in New York. It would have been Rockhold’s

11:18 PM ET City Kickboxing star Brad Riddell has hit out at the “inequality” of the New Zealand sporting scene as he prepares for more than two months away from home in his attempts to crack the top 10 of the UFC’s stacked lightweight division. Riddell [10-1] will fight former Tiger Muai Thai teammate Rafael

7:12 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight matchup between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Geoff Neal for UFC 269, multiple sources told ESPN on Monday. Both sides have agreed to the 170-pound contest, and it should be made official shortly. The UFC 269 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Dec. 11. The UFC

4:53 PM ET UFC fighter Luis Pena was arrested Saturday on two battery charges after allegedly hitting his girlfriend and another woman, according to a Broward County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. Pena remains in custody at Broward County (Florida) Detention Center on charges of simple battery and battery domestic violence, both misdemeanors. He is being held

12:03 PM ET UFC legend Chuck Liddell was arrested early Monday on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau (SIB), officers responded to a home in Hidden Hills, California regarding a domestic disturbance at about midnight Monday morning. After determining there had been a physical altercation, deputies

8:18 PM ET UFC fighter Luis Pena has been arrested for the second time in five months. According to online inmate records, Pena was taken into custody Saturday in Deerfield Beach, Florida on charges of battery causing bodily harm and battery domestic violence. He is being held on $1,000 bond at the Broward County Detention