8:09 AM ET As the MMA world prepares for two championship fights at UFC 253 on Saturday, another storyline developed when the promotion signed former Bellator champ Michael Chandler and immediately put him in position to possibly debut with a title shot at UFC 254. Chandler will fill in if either champ Khabib Nurmagomedov or
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8:05 AM ET Nicknames can be fun or serious, have little meaning or be deeply personal. They can be self-given, coined by a coach or a promotion or in some cases earned based on a performance. Oftentimes a nickname is more ubiquitous than a fighter’s actual name. Such is the way of combat sports, where
12:17 AM ET After three years of trash talk on social media, former teammates Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley finally met in the Octagon on Saturday in the UFC Fight Night main event. The scrap between the welterweights lacked any drama, with a dominant Covington stopping Woodley early in the fifth round. How lopsided was
11:10 PM ET One of the biggest grudge matches in UFC history reached its epic conclusion on Saturday, with Colby Covington coming out on top of long-time rival and former teammate Tyron Woodley. In the co-main event, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone fought to the first draw of his career in his 53rd professional fight, against Niko
1:21 PM ET Former Bellator MMA lightweight champion Michael Chandler has signed an exclusive contract with the UFC, and will serve as a potential backup to the company’s highly anticipated lightweight title fight in October. UFC president Dana White announced Chandler’s signing on SportsCenter. Chandler (21-5) has been considered one of the top fighters competing
11:21 PM ET Colby Covington settled the score, won bragging rights over his biggest rival and perhaps earned another title shot. The UFC welterweight star defeated Tyron Woodley via TKO at 1 minute, 19 seconds of the fifth round Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. The finish was
3:29 PM ET Tyron Woodley has been in Colby Covington‘s crosshairs for years. The first time Covington started calling out Woodley was in June 2017 when Woodley was the UFC welterweight champion. The fight never came to fruition then or after several other tries over the past few years. On Saturday that changes. The elite
8:05 AM ET Does Tyron Woodley want to fight? It’s a question that has plagued the former welterweight champion — probably unfairly at times — for the better part of a decade. There were moments early in his UFC career — losses to Jake Shields and Rory MacDonald — in which Woodley simply did not
12:23 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The wait for Tyron Woodley vs. Colby Covington is nearly over. Woodley (19-5-1) and Covington (15-2) successfully made weight on Friday for their highly anticipated welterweight bout at UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Each fighter weighed in at the maximum 171-pound limit. The fight will headline the event, which
7:49 PM ET UFC light heavyweight Mike Rodriguez is appealing his loss last Saturday to Ed Herman, saying he was penalized for a low blow that never occurred. Herman defeated Rodriguez by third-round submission at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Rodriguez’s team filed an appeal Friday with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, asking for