12:15 PM ET Who is the best fighter regardless of weight class? See ESPN’s P4P rankings. Click here Check out my rankings within each MMA weight division by clicking on the links below. For a list of current UFC champions in all weight classes, click here. Note: Results are current, rankings as of July 9.

11:20 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Dana White’s Contender Series history was made Tuesday. For the first time in the show’s three-year history, every single winner earned a UFC contract from White, the promotion president. The five fighters who will be signed: Jonathan Pearce, Maki Pitolo, Hunter Azure, Antonio Trocoli and Joseph Solecki. “Tonight is what

9:24 PM ET Three-time UFC title challenger Chad Mendes has officially retired from mixed martial arts. Mendes, 34, announced his retirement to ESPN on Tuesday. Unconfirmed reports of the California native’s decision to step away have circulated since his most recent appearance in December, a knockout loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 232. Mendes, however,

9:36 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Jonathan Pearce had a spiritual experience four years ago that has fueled his MMA career. It happened not in a church, not even in a gym during an especially transcendent workout. It occurred in an ambulance. Pearce had been training at his gym in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and saw a man

8:36 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN It didn’t take long for John Lineker to find a new home. Just six days after news broke that Lineker had been released by the UFC, the Brazilian bantamweight has signed with Asia’s ONE Championship, his manager, Alex Davis, confirmed to ESPN on Monday. MMA Fighting was first to report

10:00 AM ET ESPN the Magazine Before Amanda Nunes defeated Holly Holm to defend her bantamweight title and keep her title as “champ champ,” she sat down with ESPN at a shoot for the 2019 Body Issue. Nunes opens up about defending her title, earning her reputation in UFC and representing her fans as an

5:34 PM ET UFC 239 on Saturday in Las Vegas witnessed the fastest knockout in company history, the closest five-round fight of Jon Jones‘ career and yet another dominant performance by Amanda Nunes. What’s next for Jones, Nunes, Holly Holm, Jorge Masvidal and others from UFC 239? Here’s ESPN’s take. Jon Jones, light heavyweight Result:

6:03 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN LAS VEGAS — Luke Rockhold‘s debut at light heavyweight was an absolute disaster. Jan Blachowicz knocked out the popular former middleweight champion with a vicious, right-left punch combination coming out of a clinch. The knockout finish came at 1 minute, 39 seconds of the second round Saturday night at UFC

3:10 AM ET Phil MurphyESPN Video LAS VEGAS — The UFC 239 main card featured three finishes: a head-kick-sparked TKO by Amanda Nunes to defend her bantamweight belt, a record-setting flying knee knockout by Jorge Masvidal, and a devastating two-punch combination by Jan Blachowicz. Chael Sonnen, who fought three times for UFC gold, was on

11:44 PM ET After weeks of some heated trash talk, Jorge Masvidal finally faced Ben Askren at UFC 239 on Saturday in Las Vegas. Thanks to Masvidal and his running knee, it lasted all of five seconds. As the fight opened, Masvidal sprinted from his side of the fence and connected with Askren’s head as