12:44 AM ET A highly anticipated bantamweight matchup between former champion TJ Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen will have to wait after Dillashaw suffered an injury during training. Dillashaw (16-4) was set to return against Sandhagen (14-2) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on May 8 in Las Vegas. On Tuesday, however, Dillashaw announced
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8:43 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Rory MacDonald‘s 2015 challenge of UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler was an absolute classic. A year and a half after Lawler had edged out MacDonald by split decision in a nontitle bout, they went at each other relentlessly for the belt for 21 bloody, bruising minutes. MacDonald wobbled Lawler with
7:42 PM ET The beef between Daniel Cormier and Jake Paul seemed to come to a head last weekend during a face-to-face confrontation. But now, things have only escalated. Cormier, the former UFC double champion, and Paul, the polarizing YouTube-star-turned-boxer, have gone back and forth on social media since Paul knocked out Cormier’s friend Ben
8:39 PM ET Jorge Masvidal said Monday he feels “great” and is hoping to earn his way back to another title shot after losing via second-round knockout to welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on Saturday in the main event of UFC 261. Masvidal, 36, admitted there were brief moments when he thought about “retirement, or could
12:54 AM ET UFC 261 featured three title fights and a ton of memorable moments. Some of those moments, like Rose Namajunas knocking out Zhang Weili to win the strawweight title, were filled with exhilaration. Other moments, like Chris Weidman breaking his leg on a kick attempt, were somber reminders about the risks these athletes
8:25 PM ET The UFC’s decision to book a middleweight title fight between defending champion Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori on June 12 took many by surprise this past week, as it was widely assumed the next title shot would go to former champion Robert Whittaker. But speaking to ESPN on Sunday, Whittaker (23-5) revealed
10:00 AM ET Eddie Alvarez‘s recent disqualification loss to Iuri Lapicus has been overturned to a no contest, One Championship officials told ESPN on Monday morning. A panel made up of 15 independent officials, plus One personnel, judges and referees, unanimously determined that illegal strikes to the back of Lapicus’ head did in fact occur,
12:06 AM ET Folks, Rose Namajunas has done it again. Less than four years after winning the UFC’s strawweight championship in a shocking knockout of Joanna Jedrzejczyk in New York, Namajunas (10-4) knocked out Zhang Weili with a left head kick just 1:18 into the opening round on Saturday. The 115-pound title fight co-headlined UFC
Apr 24, 2021 The UFC is finalizing a middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori for UFC 263, per UFC president Dana White. Contracts have not been signed, but the 185-pound title fight is expected to headline the UFC’s pay-per-view event on June 12. The UFC has not yet announced a venue for
11:26 PM ET Valentina Shevchenko has long been billed as one of the best strikers in all of MMA, male or female. On Saturday, she decided to give everyone a reminder that she’s nowhere near a one-dimensional standup fighter. Shevchenko dominated Jessica Andrade with her wrestling and then finished in violent fashion with elbows on