10:02 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a featherweight bout between Edson Barboza and Giga Chikadze as its main event for a card on Aug. 28, according to multiple sources. Once officially signed, the 145-pound contest is expected to headline UFC Fight Night at a location to be announced. 2 Related Barboza (22-9) is coming

7:14 AM ET UFC 264 is expected to produce the next challenger to lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, as Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor complete their trilogy in the main event. But could there be a wrinkle in those plans? Few doubt Poirier will pursue the title if he wins. He could already have fought for

8:01 AM ET We’re already halfway through the UFC’s 2021 schedule — a span of six months that has seen 10 championship fights. Those 10 title fights have produced some memorable moments, to say the least: Kamaru Usman‘s one-punch knockout of Jorge Masvidal; Francis Ngannou avenging his loss against Stipe Miocic to seize the heavyweight

7:43 AM ET Charles Oliveira, right, defeated Michael Chandler in a fight to remember at UFC 262 to win the UFC lightweight championship. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images There were dominant performances by champions, title-fight upsets and a surprising phenomenon that appears to be gaining momentum. About the only thing the MMA world didn’t have in the first

Jun 29, 2021 Sean O’Malley was scheduled to fight Louis Smolka at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, but Smolka had to withdraw Monday due to a bout with a staph infection, Smolka’s manager Jason House of Iridium Sports told ESPN. Kris Moutinho will replace Smolka, Moutinho’s manager, Tyson Chartier, told ESPN on

2:59 PM ET One of the UFC’s most popular up-and-coming fighters needs a new opponent. Sean O’Malley was scheduled to fight Louis Smolka at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, but Smolka had to withdraw Monday due to a bout with a staph infection, Smolka’s manager Jason House of Iridium Sports told ESPN.

4:40 PM ET The UFC is adding an interim heavyweight title fight between Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane to its pay-per-view event Aug. 7, according to president Dana White. The UFC tried to book an undisputed title fight between defending champion Francis Ngannou and Lewis in June and then targeted it again for UFC 265

7:15 AM ET UFC 264 fight week is nearly upon us, and an enormous amount of attention is rightfully being spent on the high-stakes trilogy fight headlining the July 10 card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor. But a second look at the pay-per-view lineup shows just how much

7:55 PM ET Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise that the public’s conversation about the UFC heavyweight title picture has not typically included Ciryl Gane. The current narrative is that champion Francis Ngannou will make his first defense against Derrick Lewis, unless former light heavyweight champ Jon Jones sneaks in to turn the title shot

2:03 PM ET Fedor Emelianenko is going home. One of the greatest heavyweights of all time will return to the cage with Bellator on Oct. 23 for a bout in his home country of Russia, the promotion announced Friday. The card will take place at VTB Arena in Moscow. It will be Bellator’s first-ever show