7:34 PM ET A featherweight matchup between two former title challengers in Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung will headline the UFC’s final card of 2019, on Dec. 21 in Busan, South Korea. The UFC announced the 145-pound contest on Monday. The UFC Fight Night event will take place at Sajik Arena and air on

4:02 PM ET Daniel Cormier will not retire just yet. The former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion said Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show that he will return to the UFC, but for just one more fight. And the only opponent he is interested in is Stipe Miocic. Miocic knocked out Cormier in the

2:50 PM ET Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez got into a minor scuffle Sunday, one day after their UFC main event ended in messy fashion. The UFC Mexico City headliner was ruled a no contest after just 15 seconds when Stephens was unable to continue due to a Rodriguez eye poke. Stephens was unable to

1:33 AM ET We’ve got a supremely busy weekend of MMA coming up, highlighted by the UFC’s debut in beautiful Copenhagen, Denmark. This is a sneaky good card, which has flown under the radar. The headliner, Jack Hermansson vs. Jared Cannonier, is of interest because both have looked really good as of a late and

11:22 PM ET The UFC’s return to Mexico ended in a complete mess. The main event of UFC Mexico City lasted just 15 seconds Saturday night after Yair Rodriguez accidentally poked Jeremy Stephens in the eye. When Stephens was unable to open his left eye after five minutes of recovery, the ringside physician advised that

12:08 AM ET Mulitple Contributors The UFC Mexico City main event finish turned an entertaining evening into a tumultuous one. After just 15 seconds, the featherweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez was ruled a no contest. Rodriguez landed an eye poke on Stephens during an early exchange, and after a five-minute recovery period,

8:29 PM ET UFC 245 has its second title fight. Featherweight champion Max Holloway will put his title on the line against Alexander Volkanovski on the Dec. 14 card in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN. The fight was first reported by The Daily Telegraph in Australia. A women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes

4:31 PM ET Former UFC champion Rashad Evans has secured his release from the promotion in anticipation of a probable comeback, according to his manager Ali Abdelaziz. Evans, 39, retired from mixed martial arts in June 2018. The former light heavyweight titleholder has been back in the gym lately, however, and is strongly considering a

10:41 AM ET The main event pitting two of the UFC’s most exciting featherweights is official, as Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens both weighed in at 145 pounds even Friday morning. The two men will meet in the UFC Mexico City feature bout Saturday night on ESPN+. Both have been training at altitude in Mexico

Sep 17, 2019 Yair Rodriguez‘s potential has been as clear as day from the moment we first saw him — and now is the time to see where it’s going. Rodriguez (12-2) is set to meet veteran featherweight Jeremy Stephens (28-16) on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Mexico City. It