12:41 PM ET UFC president Dana White said Tuesday that he expects the lightweight unification bout between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Justin Gaethje to happen on Fight Island this summer. “I don’t know if it will be the first one, but it will be on Fight Island, unless miraculously the world comes back

4:17 PM ET It would appear Conor McGregor is itching for a fight, and he’d like it to be against the UFC’s newly crowned interim lightweight champion, Justin Gaethje. McGregor (22-4) took to social media on Monday to offer his thoughts on the current 155-pound landscape. A former two-weight champion, McGregor demanded to fight Gaethje

May 10, 2020 The world embraced live sports for the first time in weeks on Saturday as the UFC returned with a stacked lineup at UFC 249. There were several breakout performances in Jacksonville, Florida, on the night, but none bigger than Justin Gaethje‘s interim lightweight title win over Tony Ferguson, Henry Cejudo‘s bantamweight title

9:22 AM ET Tony Ferguson suffered an orbital bone fracture during Saturday’s main event loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 249, multiple sources told ESPN. UFC president Dana White first revealed the injury to Yahoo Sports. The injury, sources say, will require surgery, but it hasn’t been scheduled. Ferguson was discharged from a Jacksonville, Florida,

6:50 PM ET When you build a card with as many big fights as UFC 249 had, the fallout is going to be considerable, especially coming from the top of the card. Justin Gaethje put on the performance of his career in ending the 12-fight win streak of Tony Ferguson to become UFC interim lightweight

2:13 AM ET By the time Henry Cejudo left the Octagon on Saturday night, after defending his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz and announcing his retirement, the skeptics among his fellow fighters questioned whether the champ was seriously quitting or putting on another performance. But one thing skeptics didn’t question during UFC 249 was the

4:03 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim It was the greatest fight ever heard. Justin Gaethje landed 136 punches and kicks, and of those, approximately 136 were bombs. Not one twack or thud was drowned out by fans. Gaethje broke down an unbreakable man at UFC 249. Tony Ferguson took around two dozen knockout blows and didn’t

3:57 AM ET Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Francis Ngannou said he had been training 15 weeks for Saturday night’s bout against Jairzinho Rozenstruik, and it ended in just 20 seconds. In one of the most anticipated fights

8:30 PM ET The UFC returned to action on Saturday night, with fighters on the card and those watching at home making the best of current circumstances, each sharing their appreciation of the action in the Octagon. VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, played host to UFC 249, the first major sporting event in

10:09 PM ET Ronaldo “J’acare” Souza, who was scheduled to fight Uriah Hall at UFC 249 on Saturday, has tested positive for coronavirus. While Souza will not fight, the UFC 249 card will go on as planned, Hunter Campbell, EVP and Chief Business Officer of UFC told ESPN’s Stephen A Smith. Souza arrived in Jacksonville