9:12 AM ET Daniel Pineda is a veteran mixed martial artist who was added as an alternate to the 2019 PFL season. He enters the PFL’s featherweight tournament ahead of PFL5 to face Gadzhi Rabadanov on Thursday in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Given the current standings, it’s likely that a finish against the skilled grappler

8:56 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Mixed martial arts great Anderson “Spider” Silva of Brazil became a U.S. citizen along with thousands of others in a mass naturalization ceremony Tuesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Silva took his oath of citizenship along with his son Kalyl, 20, and daughter Kaory, 23. The

4:49 PM ET Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will make his light heavyweight debut against Dominick Reyes at UFC Fight Night on Oct. 18, according to multiple sources. Verbal agreements are in place for the 205-pound bout and contracts are expected to be signed shortly. The light heavyweight fight will headline UFC Fight Night,

8:18 AM ET The highly-anticipated Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya middleweight title unification bout finally has a home. The fight, which will headline UFC 243, will take place at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 5, UFC officials announced Tuesday. Melbourne’s Herald Sun first reported the news. Marvel Stadium can hold up to 60,000

7:25 PM ET The latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show featured multiple former UFC champions, a rising prospect on the verge of a title shot and a famous television and movie star. Here’s what you might have missed: Spencer ready to ‘shock the world’ Cris Cyborg, at one point considered the greatest female fighter

3:19 PM ET A lightweight matchup between Benson Henderson and Myles Jury will headline Bellator 227 on Sept. 27, according to Bellator MMA officials. Jury (18-4) announced the bout on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday, and the promotion confirmed it to ESPN. The event will take place in Dublin. A former UFC lightweight, Jury

8:32 AM ET It’s Monday, time for another edition of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, which airs live starting at 1 p.m. ET on Twitter and YouTube. After it ends, you can listen to the show via the ESPN podcast center. The UFC is back in Western Canada this weekend, with UFC 240 going down Saturday

3:13 PM ET Everything’s bigger in Texas, right? That’s what they say? Well, this weekend’s UFC Fight Night in San Antonio did showcase three heavyweight bouts on the main card — two of which ended in violent fashion inside the first round. And in addition to that heavyweight action, welterweight Leon Edwards treated us to

1:48 AM ET Leon Edwards dominated former UFC champion Rafael Dos Anjos on Saturday in San Antonio for all five rounds, winning by unanimous decision. After the bout he called out current UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman — the last opponent to beat Edwards — and Jorge Masvidal, who he has bad blood with stemming

12:42 AM ET UFC welterweight Leon Edwards has had a tough time getting the top of his division to fight him. They might not have a choice in the matter after this weekend. Edwards (18-3) extended his win streak to eight Saturday night, as he defeated former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos (29-12) by unanimous