10:47 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Amanda Nunes might have her next UFC bantamweight title contender. Germaine de Randamie knocked out the previously undefeated Aspen Ladd in just 16 seconds in the main event of UFC Sacramento on Saturday night at Golden 1 Center. De Randamie landed a straight hand that put Ladd down immediately and
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12:57 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN The UFC Sacramento women’s bantamweight main event is locked in. Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd successfully made weight Friday morning. De Randamie, the former UFC women’s featherweight champion, hit the bantamweight limit of 136 pounds, and Ladd made 135 pounds on the mark. The two fighters will compete in
12:26 AM ET Marc Raimondi Myron Medcalf Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato The first two Professional Fighters League playoff brackets are set, with 12 fighters in the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions still in the running for $1 million paydays. Glaico Franca is
10:59 PM ET PFL 4 was everything the Professional Fighters League hoped for when they established their playoff format. Six out of eight fights ended before the final horn Thursday, with five first-round finishes dramatically altering the composition of the playoff brackets in the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions. Pre-season favorites Magomed Magomedkerimov and Kayla
6:18 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Gegard Mousasi lost his Bellator title but is still getting the rematch he wanted. Mousasi will take on former UFC champion Lyoto Machida in the co-main event of Bellator’s event Sept. 28 in Inglewood, California, the promotion announced Thursday. Mousasi lost to Machida in 2014 on a UFC card in
9:21 AM ET Igor Resende UFC 239 had many astonishing moments. Welterweight Jorge Masvidal knocked out Ben Askren in fewer than five seconds with a flying knee; bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes landed a head kick to put Holly Holm down; and Jan Blachowicz sent Luke Rockhold to the mat with a vicious left hook to
3:13 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Jorge Masvidal is interested in a UFC welterweight title shot next. That is no surprise. But the rising 170-pound star made another intriguing callout Thursday on The Dan Le Batard Show: Conor McGregor. Masvidal, just five days removed from a UFC record five-second knockout of Ben Askren at UFC 239,
10:56 AM ET David Michaud picked a terrible time to suffer the quickest loss of his career. Michaud, 30, has been a professional fighter since 2009, and he has an impressive overall record of 15-5. May 9, however, was not his best night. He suffered a 17-second, knockout loss to Sadibou Sy, courtesy of a
8:11 PM ET The first fight of Bellator’s upcoming featherweight tournament is booked, and it involves the promotion’s current 145-pound champion. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire vs. Juan Archuleta for the Bellator featherweight title is set for Sept. 28 at the Forum in Inglewood, California, sources told ESPN. The fight will be one of eight first-round tournament
10:35 PM ET When it comes to women’s MMA, there is no debate. Amanda Nunes is the best fighter ever. Nunes owns both the UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight titles, and with her knockout of Holly Holm at UFC 239, she has defeated everyone who had held the 135-pound crown. But what really makes Nunes