11:13 PM ET Deiveson Figueiredo left no doubt on Saturday night as to who is the top flyweight in the UFC. Figueiredo knocked down Joseph Benavidez three times in the first round and finished the fight late in the round with a rear-naked choke to capture the vacant flyweight championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab

Jul 18, 2020 One of the most anticipated UFC middleweight title fights has a date. Israel Adesanya will defend his 185-pound title versus Paulo Costa on Sept. 19, multiple sources said Saturday. Costa tweeted later Saturday: “The fight is on folks!” News of the fight was first reported by Combate. The fight, which will take

Jul 18, 2020 This time, Deiveson Figueiredo left no doubt. In a rematch of their controversial bout earlier this year, Figueiredo knocked down Joseph Benavidez three times and then choked him out at 4:48 of the first round in the main event of Sunday’s UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi. With the win, Figueiredo claimed

10:24 PM ET Jack Hermansson wasted no time in reasserting his place among the upper echelon of UFC middleweight contenders. The native of Sweden, who fights out of Norway, had won four in a row prior to having his momentum abruptly halted by last September’s TKO loss to Jared Cannonier. On Saturday, in the co-main

Jul 15, 2020 Timothy Fiorvanti Four days removed from her victory over Jessica Andrade at UFC 251, Rose Namajunas says she is looking forward to an opportunity to fight Zhang Weili and regain the UFC strawweight championship. The fight left Namajunas, who won by split decision, with several noticeable injuries to her face, including a

11:09 PM ET How shocking was this? Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari’s sending a post-win congratulatory message to Kamaru Usman after the UFC welterweight champion successfully defended his title against Jorge Masvidal on Saturday at UFC 251 was nothing short of a bolt from the blue. Buhari is not known to be an enthusiastic sports fan,

Jul 16, 2020 Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley says he is willing to face Colby Covington next but told ESPN that the current date proposed doesn’t work for him. “My answer to whether I would fight Colby is eternally yes,” Woodley wrote via text message. “At 96 years old in a nursing home it’s

1:12 PM ET UFC strawweight contender Rose Namajunas had successful nose surgery Friday, her team told ESPN. Namajunas told ESPN she broke her nose in the third round of her eventual split decision victory over Jessica Andrade last weekend at UFC 251. The win marked her first in over two years. Namajunas, 28, had not

9:37 AM ET The Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Joseph Benavidez rematch is official – and this time the flyweight title will actually be on the line. Both Figueiredo and Benavidez made weight Friday in Abu Dhabi, coming in at 125 pounds. The two men will compete for the vacant UFC flyweight title at UFC Fight Night

2:35 AM ET Alexander Volkanovski has responded to those who believe he was a fortunate victor at UFC 251, president Dana White included, saying that the judges made the right call in line with the company’s scoring system. Volkanovski retained his UFC featherweight crown via split decision over Max Holloway on Saturday at Fight Island