7:41 AM ET The UFC 264 main event only lasted one round, but Dustin Poirier did plenty in his victory over Conor McGregor to prove he deserves the first title shot at Charles Oliveira. Is Poirier already the best lightweight in the world? As for McGregor, the misstep that caused a serious leg injury brought

9:00 AM ET David Purdum Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Doug Kezirian Close ESPN ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host Conor McGregor‘s leg injury claimed the headline, but UFC 264’s main event did create betting confusion and capped off

Jul 10, 2021 LAS VEGAS — The UFC has lost the opening fight on perhaps its biggest pay-per-view event of the year. A middleweight fight between Hu Yaozong and Alen Amedovski was canceled Saturday afternoon due to COVID-19 protocol issues in Amedovski’s camp, UFC officials told ESPN. The UFC 264 card, which takes place Saturday

1:40 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Dana White smiled as he prepared to enter the media tent outside T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, enjoying another major UFC success with a live gate that approached $17 million, and what was almost certain to be a big pay-per-view number for UFC 264. It was far from

2:21 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Conor McGregor was sitting and leaning against the cage, chest heaving. His face was bruised, blood streaming from his left ear. He was a beaten man. “Doctor’s stoppage! Doctor’s stoppage!” he yelled toward the center of the cage, trying to make a face-saving insistence that the cageside doctor had ended

12:44 AM ET The first round of the UFC 264 main event in Las Vegas on Saturday was eventful, with Dustin Poirier ultimately taking Conor McGregor to the ground as they exchanged strikes back and forth. But as the action moved back to the feet in the closing moments of Round 1, McGregor stepped backward

7:30 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Let’s start off by establishing one thing: This isn’t Conor McGregor‘s last chance at UFC championship relevance. Let’s say he were to lose to Dustin Poirier — for the second time in six months — at UFC 264 on Saturday inside T-Mobile Arena. He would definitely be in “the

6:59 AM ET On April 6, 2013, MMA coach Mark Henry was at Ericsson Global Arena in Stockholm to corner one of his fighters. It was the same card that featured the UFC debut of Conor McGregor. McGregor earned a KO-of-the-night bonus with a first-round stoppage of Marcus Brimage. Henry, watching from the locker room,

5:15 PM ET The UFC is targeting an important strawweight fight between Mackenzie Dern and Marina Rodriguez to headline a card in October, sources told ESPN on Friday. Contracts have not been signed, but the 115-pound contest is close to being finalized, sources told ESPN. The fight is expected to headline UFC Fight Night on

5:55 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a light heavyweight bout between Jimmy Crute and Jamahal Hill for an event on Oct. 2, according to multiple sources. The 205-pound bout will take place on a UFC Fight Night. The promotion has not announced an official venue for the card. Crute, 25, and Hill, 30, are