7:14 PM ET A former UFC title contender is headed to Bellator. Cat Zingano has signed a multifight deal with the promotion and will compete in Bellator’s featherweight division. Her debut date and opponent are unknown. The 37-year-old Zingano (10-4) was somewhat surprisingly released from the UFC in August when the two sides couldn’t agree
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11:46 AM ET Conor McGregor announced his UFC return for Jan. 18 in Las Vegas, but didn’t name his opponent. Now it seems like one has emerged. ESPN reported last week that Donald Cerrone was the front-runner to fight McGregor, and Cerrone all but confirmed that Tuesday in a video interview with TMZ. Cerrone said
6:36 PM ET Nate Diaz is cleared and will fight Jorge Masvidal on Saturday despite an atypical drug-test finding. But the controversial UFC welterweight star is now calling into question the validity of the tests administered by USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner. Speaking for the first time since a startling announcement last week saying he
5:55 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Ben Askren arrived in the UFC earlier this year as an undefeated fighter who had been a champion in two other promotions and was determined to prove he is the best welterweight in the world. Now, after suffering his second straight loss on Saturday, the 35-year-old isn’t sure if he
12:20 PM ET Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show will feature a taped interview with Nate Diaz, who walked with Helwani around Madison Square Garden following the Sept. 19 news conference for UFC 244. Diaz discussed why he doesn’t get excited about fighting, his brother’s support and headlining a show at Madison Square Garden against Jorge Masvidal
1:11 AM ET Douglas Lima got his win — and his title — back. Plus, much more in one of the highest stakes bouts in Bellator history. Lima defeated Rory MacDonald by unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45) in the main event of Bellator 232 on Saturday night at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun. With the victory, Lima
5:54 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim One day after announcing at a Moscow news conference that he will return to the Octagon in January, Conor McGregor had his rusty reflexes tested in the Russian capital. McGregor had to dodge a water bottle thrown in his direction during a heated verbal exchange on Friday with a man
2:04 PM ET Carlo Pamintuan The bright lights of the Octagon never appeared to be an option for Loma Lookboonmee. But the Thai fighter, born Konklak Suphisara in 1996 in the town of Buriram, knew at an early age that combat sports were nevertheless her ticket out of poverty. On Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium,
12:05 PM ET Demian Maia has still got it. He left no doubt about that Saturday. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu master beat Ben Askren by submission with a rear-naked choke at 3:54 of the third round in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Singapore. Somehow, quietly, at 41 years old, Maia has put together
12:41 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi LAS VEGAS — Nate Diaz is eligible to compete against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244 on Nov. 2 in New York. Period. “The fight is ON!!!,” UFC president Dana White