11:11 AM ET Just mentioning the words “interim title” is enough to stir debate in mixed martial arts. The UFC has, at times, created interim championships seemingly for the sole purpose of selling a pay-per-view event — and perhaps has devalued its title belts and undisputed champions in the process. So you can imagine the

3:22 PM ET ATLANTA — A fight between Daniel Cormier and Brock Lesnar “isn’t even in the works,” UFC president Dana White said Friday. Cormier, the UFC heavyweight champion, has been outspoken about wanting to fight the WWE superstar before he retires from the sport. Lesnar lost his WWE Universal Championship belt to Seth Rollins

4:09 PM ET Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw accepted full responsibility for a two-year doping suspension on Friday, saying his team knew nothing about his use of EPO ahead of a flyweight title fight against Henry Cejudo in January. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspended Dillashaw, 33, through Jan. 18, 2021, earlier this

9:57 AM ET ATLANTA — Both UFC 236 title fights are now official, as Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, Kelvin Gastelum and Israel Adesanya all made weight on Friday. UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will fight longtime lightweight contender Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 236 on Saturday. Who has the edge? We asked

9:11 AM ET Through five fights in the UFC, Israel Adesanya has proved to be exactly as advertised. The only question left is whether he can win a UFC championship. It has taken 30 professional fights, but the time is finally here for longtime contender Dustin Poirier to win his first UFC championship. The UFC

8:12 AM ET ATLANTA — The transpacific flight from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Angeles is 16 hours long — which is a very, very long time to think about a fight that didn’t happen. It has been two months since Kelvin Gastelum saw a middleweight title fight ripped away at the last minute, due to

8:28 AM ET A lot has changed since Dustin Poirier submitted Max Holloway in the first round of a featherweight bout at UFC 143 in 2012. Holloway (20-3) became a featherweight champion and has turned into one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. At age 27, he’s already working on “legacy fights” and

4:38 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor‘s next court date has been scheduled for May 13 in Miami-Dade County Court, for criminal charges including robbery and criminal mischief. Judge Spencer Multack assigned a trial date of May 13 on Wednesday, during an arraignment hearing. McGregor, 30, did not attend the hearing in person. Last month,

12:11 AM ET ATLANTA — When Max Holloway first signed with the UFC in 2012, the promotion offered the 20-year-old featherweight a choice between two opponents for his Octagon debut. “One is a [Brazilian jiu-jitsu] black belt, and one is a striker,'” Holloway told ESPN. “I told them, ‘That is a cake [decision]. We are

5:19 PM ET English lightweight Ross Pearson announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Tuesday, bringing his 15-year professional career to an end. View this post on Instagram After some long hard talks, and careful consideration with my family, friends and team, I’ve decided it’s time to retire as an MMA fighter. As hard