7:54 AM ET Anthony “Rumble” Johnson is headed to Bellator. In an unexpected move, the former two-time UFC title contender has signed with Bellator, his manager and Bellator officials said Wednesday. Johnson has not fought in more than three years. Johnson mutually parted ways with the UFC in November, according to his manager, Ali Abdelaziz.

8:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Tony Ferguson believes he is a big reason the UFC resumed operations as quickly as it did in 2020, and he theorizes that everyone profited from that quick return — except for him. Ferguson (25-4) will face Charles Oliveira (29-8) at UFC 256 on Saturday, in his first appearance

Dec 7, 2020 Already a breakout star in 2020, UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is looking to make a rather extraordinary statement on Saturday. Figueiredo will defend his title against top contender Brandon Moreno in the main event of UFC 256 in Las Vegas. That fight will go down as the fastest turnaround in history

1:18 PM ET UFC 256 has lost two more fights because of coronavirus, but the event also has named a replacement fighter for a third bout that previously had been canceled because of COVID-19. Dwight Grant (10-3), who was to face middleweight Li Jingliang (17-6) in an early prelim on Saturday’s card in Las Vegas,

11:54 AM ET UFC lightweight star Tony Ferguson isn’t someone who’s confined by conventional norms. He has been known to wear dress clothes, sunglasses and fighting gloves while carrying a baseball to an indoor news conference. He zigs while others zag. Perhaps his most famous creative outlet are his workouts. From tossing around huge tractor

5:58 PM ET PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison will get a second fight in 2020 after all, as she has booked a 155-pound contest against Jozette Cotton at Titan FC 66 on Dec. 17. Harrison (8-0) is still under exclusive contract with PFL, but was given permission to fight outside the organization because of the

6:27 PM ET Popular women’s flyweight fighter Rachael Ostovich is the latest victim of UFC’s planned cuts, the promotion confirmed Monday. UFC president Dana White said Saturday following UFC Fight Night that they would be making “serious cuts” — about 60 fighters would be released before the first of the year. The UFC released perennial

7:27 AM ET Jon Jones was in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, living room in front of a projection television on July 25. UFC Fight Night aired that evening, and Jones had a keen eye on the undercard as Alexander Gustafsson, one of Jones’ main light heavyweight rivals, was making his heavyweight debut against former champion

1:22 AM ET Marvin Vettori has had an extremely unlucky year. But the UFC middleweight contender will finish a trying 2020 with a fortunate break and the biggest victory of his career. Vettori defeated Jack Hermansson via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-45) in the entertaining, back-and-forth main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in

4:16 PM ET A Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach who trains several well-known UFC fighters has been arrested and charged with third-degree criminal sexual penetration in New Mexico, per court records. Rafael “Barata” Freitas had a court appearance Saturday in which the state filed a motion to keep him detained until trial, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court public