4:54 PM ET The flying knee landed flush on the chin, just the second strike to connect for Cory Sandhagen. That was all that was necessary. Sandhagen stiffened Frankie Edgar with the knee, then watched the former UFC lightweight champion slowly fall to the canvas face-first, unconscious. Referee Keith Peterson immediately jumped in to wave

10:30 PM ET Cory Sandhagen made a statement on Saturday night in Las Vegas, knocking out veteran Frankie Edgar with a memorable strike that will be seen on highlight reels for many years to come. Sandhagen’s flying knee landed flush on Edgar’s chin, sending him to the canvas. Sandhagen has now won five of his

2:28 PM ET A fighter hoping to make his UFC debut this weekend will have to wait. Askar Askar was not medically cleared to compete Saturday night at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas, the promotion announced. His scheduled bout with Cody Stamann has been canceled. Askar took the fight earlier this week on short

4:54 PM ET A pair of UFC veterans will attempt to take another step forward in their respective championship pursuits Saturday night as former champion Frankie Edgar and heavyweight legend Alistair Overeem will bring almost 100 fights worth of experience into the Octagon. Overeem (47-18) will face Alexander Volkov (32-8) in a five-round, heavyweight main

8:30 AM ET You can find tape of Alistair Overeem‘s professional MMA debut online if you want to see it — although don’t expect to watch it in high definition. It was Oct. 24, 1999. Overeem was 19 years old, and he fought a very muscular older opponent by the name of Ricardo Fyeet, aka

9:49 PM ET Two of the biggest fan favorites in UFC history — and a pair of former teammates — will fight this spring. UFC veterans Donald Cerrone and Diego Sanchez have verbally agreed to a May 8 contest, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The bout will be contested at welterweight, sources said. While

8:38 PM ET UFC women’s bantamweight fighter Marion Reneau tested positive for the coronavirus and her bout with Macy Chiasson is now off the UFC Fight Night card Saturday in Las Vegas, Reneau announced Thursday on Instagram. Reneau wrote that the bout will be postponed to Feb. 27. Sources confirmed to ESPN that the fight

7:41 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Here comes Frankie Edgar again. UFC cageside announcers have made that pronouncement on many fight nights through the years as Edgar went on the attack, or battled back, or rose above expectations. Edgar has shown, as much as anyone in mixed martial arts, that when you’re perpetually in motion, you

8:37 PM ET The UFC has made several changes official ahead of its next card. Julio Arce and Andre Ewell have been removed from UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas because of COVID-19 protocols, the UFC announced Tuesday. In addition, Alex Da Silva was pulled from his bout because of an injury. All

1:53 PM ET The UFC has moved a highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane into a main event slot on Feb. 27, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The heavyweight fight was originally targeted for a card on March 13, however the UFC changed it to a five-round headliner at