10:48 AM ET An important piece of mixed martial arts history took place on Sept. 30, 2010 — in Concho, Oklahoma, of all places. On that date, Valentina Shevchenko fought Liz Carmouche. Shevchenko is now UFC flyweight champion and arguably the best female fighter in the world, and Carmouche is a ranked UFC veteran who
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5:21 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Jon Jones will be officially licensed to compete at UFC 239 on Wednesday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), commission executive director Bob Bennett told ESPN. Jones, who has been in an ongoing fight to clear his name of doping questions, will defend the UFC light heavyweight title against
11:46 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight bout between Colby Covington and Robbie Lawler to headline UFC Fight Night on Aug. 3 in Newark, New Jersey, according to UFC president Dana White. White informed ESPN of the 170-pound matchup on Monday. Additional sources confirmed both sides have agreed to the bout. UFC Fight
8:10 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN A UFC Paris card might not be too far away. France made a major step toward the legalization of mixed martial arts Monday. Roxana Maracineanu, the French minister of sports, announced on Twitter the country will take applications from existing sports federations to be the one that organizes MMA in
7:58 PM ET Former UFC champion Jose Aldo, arguably the greatest featherweight in the history of mixed martial arts, will not retire in 2019 after all. UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Monday that Aldo, 32, recently signed an exclusive contract extension with the UFC. Aldo’s longtime coach and manager, Andre Pederneiras, confirmed to
2:45 PM ET Francis Ngannou has won eight times in the UFC, each time by stoppage, with his last four wins coming by first-round knockout. Junior Dos Santos has 15 KOs among his 21 professional victories, including in his last two outings. So big fists will be flying when these heavyweights clash in the main
12:17 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN It was another newsmaking UFC fight card Saturday night in Greenville, South Carolina. “The Korean Zombie,” also known as Chan Sung Jung, bounced back from a heartbreaking loss. Randy Brown finished the always-durable Bryan Barberena. And Luis Peña dominated Matt Wiman, who was returning after a layoff of nearly four
10:04 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Very few UFC fighters have lived up to their nickname more than Chan Sung Jung. Whenever “The Korean Zombie” seems to be down — one way or another — he comes storming back. In most cases, violently. And so it was again Saturday night. Jung crushed Renato Moicano with an
9:22 PM ET Alex Pattle LONDON — Rafael Lovato Jr. pulled off a major upset in the main event of Bellator 223 in London on Saturday, defeating Gegard Mousasi by majority decision (47-47, 48-47, 48-47) to become the new Bellator middleweight champion. The fourth-degree jiu-jitsu black belt and multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion started and finished