3:30 PM ET One of the main storylines around the UFC’s past two events — on Wednesday and last Saturday, both in Jacksonville, Florida — has obviously been the return of sports to a world in partial lockdown. That storyline will give way to a new one on Saturday: the return of Walt Harris. Harris
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10:30 AM ET The UFC is capping its third event in eight days with a big main event. Literally. Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris made weight Friday morning for their heavyweight contender fight in Jacksonville, Florida. Overeem hit the scale at 253.5 pounds; Harris was at 264.5. The two will meet in the UFC Fight
12:29 AM ET Don’t put a nail in the coffin of Glover Teixeira‘s title aspirations just yet. The former 205-pound title challenger is on the cusp of making one final run at UFC glory, following an extremely important win against Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida. Teixeira was the betting
7:44 AM ET UFC heavyweight Walt Harris is ready to turn tragedy into triumph. On Saturday night, Harris will fight for the first time since his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard went missing last October and was found dead of a gunshot wound the following month. He’ll compete in the UFC Fight Night main event against veteran
12:19 AM ET One day, Glover Teixeira will cease to be one of the world’s best light heavyweight MMA fighters. That day was not Wednesday. Eighteen years after his pro debut, Teixeira proved his caliber yet again in the main event of UFC Jacksonville, beating Anthony Smith via TKO at 1 minute, 4 seconds of
2:12 AM ET The main event of Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night card in Jacksonville, Florida, elicited strong reactions for two drastically different reasons. On the one hand, 40-year-old Glover Teixeira was praised for his fourth straight win, this one coming over Anthony Smith, who just over a year ago was facing Jon Jones for the
8:17 PM ET UFC president Dana White promised he was bringing back sports for good — and it certainly felt that way as the UFC prepared to host its second event in five days. After postponing all events from March 14 to May 9 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the UFC is looking to make
2:04 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor has continued to donate medical supplies to various hospitals in his native Ireland, all while apparently planning a return to the Octagon this summer. McGregor donated another round of personal protective equipment to various facilities on Tuesday, according to several posts on social media. According to reports, McGregor
3:13 PM ET Colby Covington is still upset with the officiating of his UFC welterweight title fight against Kamaru Usman in December and predicted his next bout will be a rematch against Usman in July. Covington (15-2) suffered a fifth-round TKO loss to Usman at UFC 245, in one of the most exciting fights of
3:39 PM ET The UFC went eight weeks without an event — March 14 to May 9 — because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now it’s time for the organization’s second live card in just five days. UFC 249 felt like a breath of fresh air for the sports world. And it would be hard to