1:21 AM ET The main event of UFC 258 between Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns was filled with emotion. The friends and teammates built up a high level of intensity in the lead-up to the fight and then unleashed it against one another inside the cage at the UFC Apex on Saturday night. Burns came
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11:19 AM ET UFC 258 included the expected from welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and strong performances from both women in the co-main event, Alexa Grasso and Maycee Barber. It also included one of the most surprising results in recent memory as Anthony Hernandez defeated Rodolfo Vieira, a seven-time submission grappling world champion, by submission. The
Feb 13, 2021 The UFC 258 card has taken another hit, this time just hours before the first bout was set to begin. A scheduled fight between women’s flyweight prospects Gillian Robertson and Miranda Maverick in Las Vegas was canceled Saturday afternoon after Robertson suffered an illness, according to the UFC. The illness was not
9:49 PM ET Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns have faced off hundreds of times with each other in practice. On Saturday, they’ll do it for real. Usman will defend his UFC welterweight title against Burns, his former sparring partner, in the main event of UFC 258 in Las Vegas. Purchase UFC 258 here. “I know
6:46 AM ET It’s one of the most intriguing prefight storylines in combat sports. Teammate versus teammate. Friends turned foes. In MMA, there’s a pretty common stance on teammates fighting each other: They typically refuse to do it — unless a championship belt is at stake. Well, there will be a belt on the line
6:55 AM ET IT WAS SEPTEMBER 2020, and UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman raised some eyebrows as he entered the Sanford MMA gym in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It was his first visit since he changed teams in the spring. There was talk of Usman defending his title in December against former training partner and current
3:06 PM ET The first heavyweight fight of Jon Jones‘ storied MMA career will have a UFC championship on the line. UFC president Dana White told TMZ this week that Jones (26-1) will face the winner of a heavyweight title fight between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou, which is scheduled to headline UFC 260 on
3:14 PM ET UFC veteran Frankie Edgar intends to fight again in 2021 following a vicious knockout loss to Cory Sandhagen on Saturday in Las Vegas. Edgar (24-9-1) fell awkwardly to the canvas after he was knocked out cold by a Sandhagen flying knee just 28 seconds in. The 39-year-old eventually walked out of the
6:37 PM ET The UFC’s highly anticipated welterweight matchup between Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev on March 13 is off. Again. UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Thursday that Chimaev was forced to withdraw from the bout due to lingering physical effects caused by COVID-19. White said Chimaev has an issue with his lungs
9:18 PM ET UFC president Dana White is refusing to throw in the towel on Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s retirement, even though the undefeated champion continues to state he’ll never fight again. Speaking to ESPN on Thursday, White said he has a meeting scheduled with Nurmagomedov at the end of the month in Las Vegas. Regardless of