Jun 30, 2019 Francis Ngannou knocked out another opponent in the first round Saturday, this time Junior Dos Santos in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Minneapolis. His power is clearly unmatched in the UFC. Ngannou is 3-1 since his unanimous decision loss to former champion Stipe Miocic in January 2018. Have we

Jun 24, 2019 The latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday featured arguably the greatest fighter ever, two UFC title challengers and a new Bellator champion. Here’s what you might have missed: Jon Jones doesn’t hold back UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, less than two weeks from his UFC 239 main event

12:05 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN The super-sized main event for UFC Minneapolis is official as heavyweight headliners Francis Ngannou and Junior Dos Santos both made weight Friday morning ahead of the card Saturday night. Ngannou weighed in at 255.5 pounds, while Dos Santos hit the scale at 249. The winner could be next in line

9:13 AM ET It’s easy to forget, given his meteoric rise in the sport, but Francis Ngannou never intended to get into mixed martial arts. When Ngannou migrated to France from his native Cameroon in his mid-20s, he initially got into boxing. His coaches eventually steered him toward MMA. And looking back, he says, one

8:27 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Henry Cejudo remembers running into Demetrious Johnson backstage at a UFC event in early 2016, before their first fight for the flyweight title. Johnson was the longtime champion, Cejudo the upstart challenger and 2008 Olympic gold medalist. Cejudo approached Johnson as he stood with his family. There were already rumors

1:45 PM ET We’re closing in on the second set of regular-season fights in the Professional Fighters League, and over the first three fight cards, there have been a handful of standout performances that have elevated certain fighters into the spotlight. That’s clear when looking at traditional stats, like fastest finishes, total strikes landed and

3:17 PM ET UFC fighter Desmond Green is facing four DUI manslaughter charges for his alleged role in a five-vehicle crash last August that killed two people. According to Broward County Jail records, Green, 29, was arrested Tuesday. Along with the manslaughter charges, the Broward County Court lists 19 total charges, including DUI causing serious

3:28 PM ET Richard Mann Francis Ngannou has certainly gotten himself back on track with back-to-back first-round knockouts, after back-to-back losses knocked him out of the UFC heavyweight title picture. In his most recent fight, he stopped former UFC champ Cain Velasquez in what was perhaps his biggest victory to date. Ngannou gets a shot

Jun 27, 2019 It’s the hottest ticket in town. The only problem is you can’t buy one yet. Trans-Tasman sports fans are eagerly awaiting the official announcement for the UFC middleweight title fight between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya later this year, which ESPN understands is all but certain to take place in Melbourne in

11:26 PM ET LAS VEGAS — For the first time in three seasons, a Dana White’s Contender Series show saw all five fights go the distance Tuesday night at the UFC Apex center. Nevertheless, the promotion president still awarded contracts to two fighters. One of them was welterweight Miguel Baeza (7-0), who earned a unanimous