5:28 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Mike Perry wasn’t trolling after all. True to his word, Perry went into Saturday’s welterweight contest against Mickey Gall without a true corner — licensing only his girlfriend instead. At the end of the day, it worked out. Perry (14-6) defeated Gall (6-3) via unanimous decision in the co-main

5:28 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC will fire up its Apex facility for the fifth consecutive weekend Saturday with a UFC Fight Night main event featuring Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker. Poirier (25-6) will be making his first appearance since a failed lightweight title bid against Khabib Nurmagomedov in September. Nurmagomedov won by

5:55 PM ET One of the reasons UFC bantamweight contender Jimmie Rivera has not fought in more than a year was revealed Friday: Rivera said he and his wife both had the coronavirus two months ago. Rivera told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that he tested positive for COVID-19 in April and that his wife, Samantha, contracted

12:37 PM ET The UFC will cap its comeback month in Las Vegas with a big lightweight-contender bout, which is now official. Dustin Poirier weighed in at 156 pounds and Dan Hooker hit the scale at 155.5 pounds Friday morning. The two will meet in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday at

3:22 AM ET The UFC fighter involved in a controversial corner situation wants critics to stop blasting his coach. Max Rohskopf told his coach and head cornerman, Robert Drysdale, to end Rohskopf’s fight nine times during the one-minute rest period between the second and third rounds at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Rohskopf

8:13 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Even with so much going on, in so many weight classes, the 155-pound division is still the UFC’s biggest draw. And that’s saying a lot. The UFC is extremely intriguing right now. There will be a teammate vs. teammate title fight going down at welterweight next month. There’s a

2:08 AM ET A UFC fighter has been removed from a card set for this weekend due to a positive coronavirus test in his camp. One of Ramiz Brahimaj‘s cornermen tested positive for COVID-19 this week, and Brahimaj will no longer be able to compete at UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker on Saturday night

1:43 PM ET UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones said if he needs to sit out several years to stand up for what he believes is right, it’s something he will be remembered for more than his fighting. But he is optimistic the UFC ultimately will meet him halfway in negotiations. Jones has said he

7:27 AM ET The reason the UFC secured a venue it calls Fight Island was to make it easier for international fighters to compete without coronavirus-related travel restrictions in the U.S. But New Zealand’s Dan Hooker didn’t get a ticket to Fight Island, he was booked for Saturday’s main event against Dustin Poirier in Las

11:05 PM ET A former Invicta FC champion has agreed to make her UFC debut on less than a week’s notice on Saturday at UFC Fight Night. Jinh Yu Frey, the former Invicta atomweight champion, will meet Kay Hansen this weekend in both fighters’ UFC debut. Both Frey and Hansen announced the news on social