Mar 11, 2020 Mixed martial events in Brazil have always been something special. The enthusiasm of the arena crowds, in full-voiced support of their country’s fighters, has made it that way. Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Brasilia will be different. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the promotion announced Thursday that its 12-fight card will
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1:51 PM ET Bellator MMA has ultimately decided to postpone Friday night’s event in Connecticut. Less than 24 hours after Bellator president Scott Coker announced that Bellator 241 would proceed without fans in attendance at Mohegan Sun Arena, the promotion has decided to postpone the event due to the threat of the coronavirus, sources say.
11:26 AM ET Kevin Lee has missed weight prior to a UFC fight for the second time in his career. Lee weighed in at 158.5 Friday morning in Brasilia, Brazil, ahead of his lightweight fight on Saturday against Charles Oliveira. The lightweight limit for nontitle fights is 156 pounds. Lee weighed in publicly two minutes
Oct 30, 2019 Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Editor’s note: This story was originally published before UFC 244. Walker’s next fight takes place on March 14. Good luck finding a recent UFC fighter who’s had quite the rapid rise as that of Johnny Walker. The
10:06 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi The UFC will close this weekend’s UFC Fight Night event in Brasilia, Brazil, to the public, after the governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, temporarily suspended all large gatherings
8:13 AM ET IT WAS LATE November, a few weeks after Johnny Walker‘s first UFC loss. Tara Campbell, a teacher with a law degree who is also Walker’s girlfriend, couldn’t reconcile his lack of sponsors with his substantial fan following. It was time for a change. With Walker’s blessing, Campbell began researching representation firms in
11:41 AM ET Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt has withdrawn from a scheduled fight against Raphael Assuncao on March 28 in Columbus, Ohio, after he was hospitalized this week with kidney issues. Garbrandt (11-3) told ESPN on Thursday he has been hospitalized in New Jersey since last weekend, and is currently on his way
9:02 PM ET UFC fighter Brian Ortega offered a more robust apology Wednesday for an incident that occurred last Saturday night in the crowd at UFC 248. On Instagram, Ortega wrote he now understands “what I did was truly wrong.” The featherweight fighter was referring to his slapping of popular Korean-American rapper Jay Park during
3:55 PM ET UFC is booking a high-profile middleweight bout between former champion Robert Whittaker and Darren Till to headline UFC Fight Night on Aug. 15 in Ireland, sources told ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, but UFC is close to finalizing the 185-pound bout. The UFC Fight Night event is scheduled to take place
8:42 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Standing in the corner between the fourth and fifth rounds of the Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3 main event on March 6, Abel Briceno thought his fighter, Lisa Verzosa, was in good shape to win the vacant bantamweight title. Then he saw the score. Julija Stoliarenko was up