7:30 AM ET Jairzinho Rozenstruik has been in the UFC for only nine months, and yet he already has made enough noise in the heavyweight division for people to take notice. In three UFC fights, Rozenstruik has three finishes via KO or TKO. His last two fights have ended in a combined 38 seconds courtesy

11:01 PM ET The UFC’s final main event of the decade has taken a hit. Brian Ortega, who was scheduled to fight Chan Sung Jung on Dec. 21 in Busan, South Korea, has been forced to withdraw from the featherweight headliner due to a torn ACL, he announced via Twitter. pic.twitter.com/meIc0o8V9Z — Brian Ortega (@BrianTcity)

11:01 PM ET The UFC’s final main event of the decade has taken a hit. Brian Ortega, who was scheduled to fight Chan Sung Jung on Dec. 21 in Busan, South Korea, has been forced to withdraw from the featherweight headliner due to an undisclosed injury, multiple sources told ESPN. Ortega is expected to be

7:24 AM ET I recall being in ninth-grade science class and learning about something called a litmus test. For some reason, this particular test, which according to Merriam-Webster is defined as “a test in which a single factor (such as an attitude, event, or fact) is decisive,” stuck with me. The stick goes in the

1:32 PM ET Alistair Overeem is a Netherlands-based heavyweight with a kickboxing background. Jairzinho Rozenstruik is a Netherlands-based heavyweight with a kickboxing background. Their fight careers, however, are at very different places. Overeem, a 39-year-old veteran of 63 professional MMA fights who is a former champion in the Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 promotions, faces relative

5:44 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a potential No. 1 light heavyweight contender bout between Jan Blachowicz and Corey Anderson on Feb. 15, according to multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed, but sources say both sides have agreed. The 205-pound contest will headline UFC Fight Night at Santa Ana Star Center

4:30 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing Zhang Weili’s first strawweight title defense, and it will come against the most dominant woman in the division’s history. Zhang (20-1) has agreed to face former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-3) at UFC 248 on March 7, according to multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed but

12:00 PM ET Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show will again be high on star power, with Tony Ferguson giving his thoughts on fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight belt on April 18. Kicking off the show will be Helwani’s reaction to the recently scheduled bouts between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone and Ferguson vs. Khabib.

12:00 PM ET Tony Ferguson had to delay Christmas season plans and his management had to cut short a Mexican vacation, but when all was said and done, the long-awaited and often-delayed fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov was signed, sealed and official for April 18. After injury, illness and fate saw this fight booked and cancelled

10:34 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published ahead of Tatiana Suarez’s fight against Nina Ansaroff in March. Suarez defeated Ansaroff by unanimous decision. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — The worst two weeks of Tatiana Suarez‘s life took place in 2011, in a small bedroom she shared with her boyfriend at the time. She