3:10 PM ET Saturday’s UFC card is down one fight, but this time it’s not because of an injury or a positive COVID-19 test. The Ciryl Gane (6-0) vs. Ante Delija (17-3) fight has been canceled due to a contract dispute with PFL, which Delija fought for in 2019. Per sources, the UFC pulled Delija
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7:58 AM ET Want to know what it’s like to compete against Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Octagon? Ask someone who thought he would take it easy because he was about 70 pounds heavier — only to realize he needed to give it more gas when sparring with Nurmagomedov. Ask Daniel Cormier. “There have been times
10:51 AM ET Jon Jones sat in the bowels of Houston’s Toyota Center in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, when he was asked by reporters about his controversial unanimous decision win over Dominick Reyes about 90 minutes earlier in the main event of UFC 247. The light heavyweight title fight was a close
May 7, 2020 Editor’s note: This story was originally published ahead of UFC 249. He will face Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 on Oct. 24 and the story has been updated to reflect his upcoming fight. JUSTIN GAETHJE WAS 18 years old when he spent a summer working at the Morenci copper mine, located about
8:10 AM ET The wait will soon be over for UFC fans eagerly anticipating the battle between interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje and world titleholder Khabib Nurmagomedov. The popular fighters are set to meet Saturday at UFC 254 on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. Gaethje will rely on power strikes and athleticism in attempting to
10:37 PM ET Ortega looked like a different fighter On paper, Brian Ortega had three things going against him heading into Saturday night: 1. He was coming off the worst loss of his career, a fourth-round TKO (doctor’s stoppage) to Max Holloway. 2. He had not fought in 22 months. 3. He changed the majority
Oct 15, 2020 UFC flyweight Cynthia Calvillo has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout against Lauren Murphy at UFC 254 next week on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and has been replaced by UFC newcomer Liliya Shakirova. Calvillo (9-1-1) was forced to pull out of the bout after testing positive
9:51 AM ET Umar Nurmagomedov, cousin and teammate of UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, will be unable to make his UFC debut Saturday because he has been hospitalized with a staph infection, according to Khabib’s Instagram post. Umar, a bantamweight who is 12-0, was set to face Sergey Morozov in the early prelims of UFC
4:04 PM ET Jessica Andrade was a powerful force in the UFC strawweight division, where she was champion less than 16 months ago. She opted to move up to flyweight, and on Saturday she showed that she did not leave her power behind. Andrade, No. 4 in ESPN’s 115-pound rankings, took out the 125-pound division’s
10:03 PM ET UFC featherweight Brian Ortega said he didn’t even want people to recognize him on Saturday, as he came off a nearly two-year layoff from the Octagon. It’s safe to say he succeeded. Fighting for the first time since he was badly outclassed in a UFC championship fight in late 2018, Ortega (15-1)