6:37 PM ET UFC president Dana White has announced the official lineup for a UFC 250 pay-per-view event on June 6 in Las Vegas. White revealed the 11-bout card on SportsCenter on Wednesday. The main event will feature two-weight female champion Amanda Nunes, who will look to defend her 145-pound featherweight title against Felicia Spencer.
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7:39 AM ET I have a confession to make. Usually, I like social media. It’s fun, it provides value, it’s entertainment. Last week, I didn’t like social media very much. Why? Allow me to explain that, and much more, in this week’s column. Without further ado … 1. There were way too many mixed messages
7:03 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has extended the following invitation to Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal: Meet me in July. Usman (16-1) told ESPN on Tuesday that he’s been training since February and has offered to defend his 170-pound UFC championship in April, May, June and now July. Many expected Usman’s next
7:37 AM ET UFC president Dana White has been touting Fight Island for over six weeks, during which time he’s been asked about it at every opportunity. But his plans remain shrouded in mystery. Where is the island? When will it debut? Who will fight there? White has said the concept of fighting on an
1:01 PM ET One of the world’s best fighters is no longer a UFC titleholder. Henry Cejudo is considered retired and has vacated the UFC bantamweight title, promotion officials confirmed with ESPN on Monday. Cejudo’s name was removed from the title page and the official rankings on the UFC website Sunday. ESPN has Cejudo, a
9:26 AM ET The UFC is instituting stricter coronavirus testing guidelines ahead of its return to Las Vegas this weekend. The promotion sent a memo to the fighters competing on the Las Vegas card scheduled for Saturday. The memo outlining the guidelines was obtained by ESPN. The event will take place at the UFC Apex
7:57 PM ET UFC women’s flyweights Jessica Eye and Cynthia Calvillo have agreed to fight on June 13 at UFC Fight Night, sources told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto on Saturday. The bout would headline the event, sources said, though a location was not immediately known. Eye (15-7, 1 NC) is coming off a unanimous decision victory
7:46 AM ET Between the fourth and fifth rounds of his main event bout against Glover Teixeira on May 16 in Jacksonville, Florida, UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith walked to his corner, sat on a stool and told his team, “My teeth are falling out.” And lo and behold, they were. Smith (33-15), who lost
3:44 PM ET Tyron Woodley will step into the Octagon for the first time since he was dethroned as UFC welterweight champion nearly 15 months ago when he faces Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC Fight Night on May 30, with the fights expected to take place at the promotion’s Apex facility in