5:36 PM ET Tito Ortiz has his win back. The UFC Hall of Famer was disciplined by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) last month, which included the overturning of his December victory over Alberto Rodriguez to a no-contest. On Friday, the TDLR said Ortiz’s win had been reinstated. As ESPN reported Thursday,

11:19 AM ET NORFOLK, Virginia — The UFC was set to usher in a new era of its flyweight division in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event. Now, only one of the participants is even eligible to win the title. Brazilian flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo (17-1) weighed-in at 127.5 pounds on Friday, two pounds over the

Feb 25, 2020 For many years, UFC flyweight Joseph Benavidez kept an old 4-inch-by-6-inch photograph of a UFC championship belt on his mantel. Keeping the spot warm until the real belt could take its place. But a few years ago, Benavidez and his wife moved to a new home in Las Vegas, and the photograph

9:25 PM ET Tito Ortiz‘s next fight appears to be against the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). The UFC Hall of Famer’s Dec. 7 win over former WWE champion Alberto “Del Rio” Rodriguez at Combate Americas 51 was overturned by the TDLR last month to a no contest (or no decision), and sources

8:08 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Joseph Benavidez was in the midst of a TV interview backstage in Las Vegas, wearing the cruel facial evidence that he had just been in a scrap. Through bloodied lips, he reflected on his split-decision victory over Henry Cejudo, and when the subject of his immediate future came up, Benavidez’s

5:46 PM ET When UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili was told on Feb. 1 that she had to immediately move her training camp from China to avoid the travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus, she thought it was a dream. That dreamlike sequence took an even more surreal turn a week later when she had

5:50 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC’s strawweight champion, Zhang Weili, says her upcoming title defense against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 on March 7 has taken on a “deeper significance” due to the ongoing health crisis in her native China. Earlier this month, Zhang (20-1) was forced to flee her normal training camp

12:50 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov has made his lack of desire to fight Conor McGregor again no secret. In an interview with TMZ on Wednesday, the UFC lightweight champion doubled down. Nurmagomedov said fans only want a rematch between him and McGregor to see a continuation of “what happened last time.” In the lead up

8:19 AM ET Let’s make something very clear right off the bat: Jose Aldo getting a bantamweight title shot against Henry Cejudo isn’t the most egregious title shot in UFC history. No, that distinction still belongs to Alexander Gustafsson, who got a shot at then-light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in 2015 following a brutal knockout

3:25 PM ET UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo will attempt to defend his title in enemy territory when he meets Brazilian legend Jose Aldo in Sao Paulo later this year. UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Monday that the 135-pound championship fight will headline UFC 250 on May 19 in Sao Paulo. Additional sources