10:20 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Cain Velasquez is planning on stepping out of the Octagon and into the pro-wrestling ring for the foreseeable future. Velasquez, the former two-time UFC heavyweight champion, is in advanced talks to sign with WWE, he told ESPN. He made a surprise appearance Friday on WWE SmackDown’s FOX premiere at

9:02 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The UFC’s middleweight unification bout between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya is official for UFC 243 on Saturday, after both fighters successfully made weight on Friday. Whittaker (20-4), the 185-pound division’s current champion, weighed in at 185 pounds. Adesanya (17-0), the interim titleholder, clearly had no trouble making weight,

1:07 PM ET Conor McGregor has been charged with assault for punching a man in a Dublin, Ireland, bar in April. McGregor, the former UFC two-division champion, was formally served with a summons and is due in a Dublin court Oct. 11 on the charge, McGregor spokesperson Karen Kessler confirmed with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. McGregor’s

6:18 AM ET On Nov. 14, 2015, UFC megastar Ronda Rousey suffered the first loss of her illustrious career, falling to Holly Holm in front of a UFC-record crowd of 56,214 in Melbourne, Australia. And wouldn’t you know it, both Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya — the two men who will headline Saturday’s UFC 243

9:41 AM ET All of a sudden, Sergio Pettis is a free agent. Following talks to book Pettis against Kai Kara-France at UFC 245, it was determined recently that Pettis’ UFC contract had expired and he is free to explore opportunities elsewhere, sources told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. Sources said Pettis isn’t ruling out a return

Aug 28, 2019 Conor McGregor is expected to return to the UFC in 2020, but who will his first opponent be? While Khabib Nurmagomedov, Nate Diaz, Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje appear to be the most popular choices, a surprising name has emerged as a candidate — Frankie Edgar. Say what? Wasn’t he supposed to

5:09 PM ET Israel Adesanya is in Melbourne, Australia, this week preparing for the biggest fight of his life. More than 8,000 miles away in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jon Jones fired off some warning-shot tweets to the budding UFC star. Jones went on a rant against Adesanya on social media Wednesday, writing that if the

7:03 PM ET The UFC has added a lightweight fight between Kevin Lee and Gregor Gillespie to its UFC 244 pay-per-view event on Nov. 2, promotion officials said Tuesday. UFC 244 is scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden, in Gillespie’s home state. Lee (17-5) is a longtime lightweight but moved up to the

4:07 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker might already be one of the biggest stars in MMA were it not for his absurdly, almost odds-defying, bad luck. The misfortune this man has endured since becoming a UFC titleholder in 2017 is hard to keep track of, and it’s affected how fans — and perhaps

7:49 AM ET Brendan Loughnane is headed back to Las Vegas, less than four months after the city hosted the most controversial fight of his career. Loughnane (17-3), of Manchester, England, will make his PFL debut on Oct. 11 at Mandalay Bay Events Center opposite Matt Wagy (13-6). The featherweight bout is not part of