4:16 PM ET A potentially major news story happened behind closed doors last week when PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison made the 146-pound featherweight limit for the first time in her career. A former two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, Harrison (8-0) is under contract with PFL but received permission to fight Courtney King (4-1)

7:26 AM ET “The kid’s got ‘it.'” — Dana White to reporters following Israel Adesanya‘s win over Anderson Silva on Feb. 9, 2019 UFC president Dana White makes a living off his instincts about fighters, and he saw something different — something special — about Israel Adesanya after just his fifth UFC fight. White saw

1:34 PM ET Petr Yan has been forced to withdraw from his bantamweight title defense against Aljamain Sterling at UFC 256 on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas for undisclosed reasons, sources confirmed to ESPN following reports out of Yan’s native Russia. Yan is not injured, sources said, but no date for rescheduling the fight has

Nov 22, 2020 UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is getting right back to work. Less than two hours after he successfully defended the 125-pound title against Alex Perez at UFC 255 on Saturday night in Las Vegas, Figueiredo verbally agreed to defend the belt against top contender Brandon Moreno in the co-main event of UFC

Nov 22, 2020 LAS VEGAS — Valentina Shevchenko‘s dominance has reached the point where MMA fans are shocked when she loses a round. Shevchenko (20-3) defended the UFC’s 125-pound championship for the fourth time on Saturday, defeating Jennifer Maia (18-7-1) by unanimous decision. All three judges scored it a blowout win for the champ, 49-46.

2:02 AM ET What does it take to become a star in MMA? Well, for starters, you have to win fights. Obviously. But, as we all know, that’s not enough. You have to finish fights. No doubt about it. You have to be well-rounded. For sure. You have to be flashy. That always helps. And

Nov 21, 2020 The UFC is finalizing a lightweight matchup between former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and Charles Oliveira for Dec. 12, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Friday. Ferguson (25-4) has been campaigning for one more fight before the end of the year and he will get his wish, according to White.

10:32 PM ET Kayla Harrison had been waiting to fight for 11 months. On Friday night, she more than made up for lost time. The undefeated Professional Fighters League lightweight champion destroyed Courtney King, winning via TKO (strikes) at 4 minutes, 48 seconds of the second round in the main event of Invicta FC 43

8:00 AM ET As Joaquin Buckley exited the Octagon on Oct. 10, the UFC middleweight had no idea what he had just accomplished. Not until he ran into a security guard in the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi, did Buckley get some idea of the magnitude of the moment. “I got out of the cage,

7:30 AM ET It comes with the territory at 125 pounds. Not only is UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo tasked with defending his title, but he also needs to draw attention to the weight class — something flyweights have generally struggled to do since the UFC added the division in 2012. Former champion Demetrious Johnson