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7:00 AM ET Dotun AkintoyeESPN.com SOME CAREERS HAVE the good fortune of ending too soon — they petrify into myth. When Bruce Lee died at 32, on the eve of his first international hit, “Enter the Dragon,” whatever he might have become lapsed into what might have been, into the realm of rumor and wish
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5:06 PM ET For the second straight week, the UFC is sparring with one of its biggest stars. Jorge Masvidal, one of MMA’s hottest names, took to Twitter on Friday to air his grievances over the breakdown of contract talks with the UFC. Masvidal was supposed to challenge Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight title
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7:48 PM ET From a hotel lobby altercation to a UFC Fight Night co-main event, Marvin Vettori and Karl Roberson will get to settle their bad blood on June 13 at the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White announced the entire June 13 card on Thursday on ESPN. The middleweights were
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12:03 PM ET Associated Press OPELIKA, Ala. — The family of Aniah Blanchard, stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris, was emotional as a police detective testified about how Blanchard was found dead last year. Auburn Police Detective Josh Mixon testified in a Lee County courtroom Wednesday that a witness said he was with Ibraheem Yazeed
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5:00 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a high-profile rematch between two former strawweight champions in Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade this summer, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Contracts have not been signed, but both sides have agreed to meet on July 11 at a location to be determined, sources told ESPN. The
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12:17 AM ET Cody Stamann will continue to compete this weekend despite the death of his brother. Stamann is scheduled to fight Brian Kelleher at UFC 250 on Saturday in Las Vegas. On May 27, Stamann learned that his 18-year-old brother Jacob died. Stamann told ESPN that an official cause of death has not yet
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8:40 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight tilt between Kelvin Gastelum and Jack Hermansson for July 18, multiple sources told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, but both sides have agreed to the 185-pound matchup. The bout is expected to take place on the UFC’s Fight Island, which president Dana White has not
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