7:30 AM ET Cris Cyborg‘s foray into boxing seems to be on hold. The women’s MMA legend planned on making her pro boxing debut last year, but that idea was dashed by the pandemic. Now Cyborg is back to focusing on her primary combat sport with an eye toward a pugilistic venture in 2022, she

8:03 AM ET Tatiana Suarez, one of the best women’s MMA fighters in the world, is finally close to returning to the Octagon. Suarez told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview published Wednesday that she has been medically cleared by doctors and is targeting a return to the UFC in September, or perhaps even

3:43 PM ET The UFC is targeting a new date of July 24 for a bantamweight fight between former champion TJ Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen, multiple sources told ESPN, confirming an MMA Junkie report. Contracts have not been signed, but the UFC is working on finalizing the 135-pound contest. Once official, it will headline a

11:02 AM ET The PFL announced its next round of light heavyweight and welterweight matchups Wednesday, with the June 17 event serving as the final opportunity for fighters in those classes to earn points toward a berth in the 2021 playoffs. Among the most notable matchups, promotion newcomer Rory MacDonald (22-6-1) will face Gleison Tibau

7:30 AM ET It did not look good for Charles Oliveira. Less than a minute into last Saturday’s fight for the UFC lightweight championship, he was trapped in a guillotine choke, and Michael Chandler‘s beefy arms were squeezing the life out of him. Even after he escaped trouble and gained dominant position in control of

7:49 AM ET Charles Oliveira sits atop the UFC’s lightweight division after a thrilling second-round TKO of Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 262 on Saturday, but did the new champ do enough to surpass Dustin Poirier as the No. 1-ranked fighter in the division? Oliveira wasn’t the only one to make an

2:04 AM ET Charles Oliveira‘s last defeat came in December 2017, a loss to Paul Felder via second-round TKO. That was his fourth loss in a six-fight stretch. He had missed weight four times in the previous five years and started his UFC career a pedestrian 10-8, with one no contest. I asked Felder on

May 14, 2021 UFC middleweight Uriah Hall has booked his next fight, a three-round matchup against Sean Strickland in August, per multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed, but the 185-pound bout is close to being finalized for UFC 265 on Aug. 7 at a location to be announced. Hall (17-9) is coming off a

May 14, 2021 HOUSTON — Tony Ferguson‘s wish apparently has been granted. UFC president Dana White made the decision Friday to increase the fight-night bonuses athletes can receive at UFC 262 on Saturday, UFC officials confirmed with ESPN. Typically, fighters can win bonuses for performances of the night, and fight of the night, that are

12:46 AM ET HOUSTON — It took more than 10 years, a failed drop in weight class and more than his fair share of ups and downs. But Charles Oliveira is finally a UFC champion. Oliveira finished Michael Chandler via TKO at 19 seconds of the second round Saturday night in the main event of