5:47 PM ET MIAMI — Jorge Masvidal is standing in the parking lot of an apartment complex, his eyes scanning the top of a five-story building for his old balcony. The exterior of this building used to be “flamingo pink,” he says, but the paint has peeled over time, giving way to the dull gray
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9:23 AM ET UFC heavyweight Walt Harris will not compete against Alistair Overeem in the scheduled UFC Washington headliner Dec. 7, Harris’ manager Jason House told ESPN on Friday. Harris’ stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard, 19, has been missing since Oct. 24. Harris alerted the public last week of Blanchard’s status via social media, and the MMA
Nov 1, 2019 NEW YORK — The highly anticipated BMF title fight is now official. Both Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz made weight successfully Friday morning at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Masvidal was 169.6 pounds and Diaz was 170.4 for the welterweight (171-pound limit) bout. The two men will compete in the UFC
1:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The night took a turn for the bizarre when Kelvin Tiller came trotting out to the PFL smart cage for the second time Thursday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. This encore was strange not simply because Tiller had lost his PFL heavyweight quarterfinal bout earlier in the
Four fighters claimed the remaining spots in the PFL finals Thursday night in Las Vegas, but few could have foreseen the path that determined those fortunate enough to still be in the running for $1 million in the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions. No. 1-seeded light heavyweight Emiliano Sordi took care of business with his
3:26 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Evidence shows a missing college student was harmed and is now considered a victim of foul play, police said Thursday as her mother and stepfather Walt Harris, who’s an Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight, pleaded for information. Speaking in an interview with WBRC-TV, Angela Harris said “there has
9:02 PM ET The UFC’s expansion into Asia, specifically China, will continue in 2020 with the launch of an Asian installment of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. The promotion announced plans for the new show on Wednesday. Fights will take place at the UFC’s new Performance Institute in Shanghai. Distribution details are still to
8:52 PM ET NEW YORK — UFC 244’s co-main event should go on as planned Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. But there has been some trepidation in recent days. Darren Till is scheduled to fight Kelvin Gastelum in the penultimate fight of the major card, but he has been saddled with visa issues, sources
Jul 8, 2019 Jorge Masvidal had one of the all-time great knockouts on Saturday, landing a flying knee strike on his opponent, Ben Askren, just five seconds into the UFC 239 bout. The result was the fastest knockout in UFC history. Masvidal, who trains with American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida, did not come
9:43 PM ET The highly anticipated middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa is in jeopardy. Costa underwent surgery on his left biceps in early October, his manager, Wallid Ismail, told ESPN. UFC president Dana White first revealed the surgery news on the YouTube show “The Schmo and The Pro.” According to Ismail,