1:39 PM ET In hindsight, Anthony Pettis‘ win over Stephen Thompson last month was even more impressive than perhaps originally thought. Pettis told ESPN on Thursday that he suffered a broken nose in the fight. His doctors said he did not need surgery but must rest for four-to-six weeks. The 32-year-old Pettis (22-8) knocked out

6:35 AM ET The UFC’s return to South Florida is in need of a new main event. The planned rematch between Yoel Romero vs. Jacare Souza at UFC Fight Night on April 27 has been canceled due to an illness by Romero, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Romero’s illness was first reported by Brazilian

11:30 PM ET Bellator is heading back to New York City. Sources told ESPN the promotion is set to hold its second event at Madison Square Garden on June 14. A light heavyweight fight between Chael Sonnen and Lyoto Machida has already been booked for the card, sources said. ESPN reported in February that both

7:26 PM ET Jorge Masvidal got his wish. A highly anticipated welterweight fight between Masvidal and Ben Askren is expected to be finalized shortly for UFC 239 in Las Vegas on July 6, sources told ESPN. The UFC was originally hoping to book the fight for UFC 238 on June 8 in Chicago, however, the

Apr 4, 2019 Igor Resende Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, in an exclusive interview with ESPN, reiterated his interest in becoming a boxer once his MMA career is over, and said it could happen soon. “My plan is to fight Alexander Volkanovski on May 11,” Aldo said last week. “Then I’ll have only one

11:31 AM ET Former UFC champion Conor McGregor may have announced his retirement from the sport last week, but that hasn’t kept him from lobbing insults at a former competitor in the Octagon. On Tuesday night, McGregor took shots at the wife of his last opponent, Khabib Nurmagomedov, on Twitter, saying “Your wife is a

11:43 PM ET Maycee Barber had successful surgery on her right hand Tuesday in Chicago, her father Bucky Barber told ESPN. According to her father, Barber broke her hand in the first round of her win against JJ Aldrich last month in Nashville. Barber, 20, defeated Aldrich via TKO in the second round, improving her

4:49 PM ET Steve KimESPN While former two-time boxing world champion Paulie Malignaggi and Artem Lobov, formerly of the UFC, aren’t scheduled to fight just yet, they nearly did Tuesday afternoon at Mendez Boxing in New York, during a media day for Bare Knuckle FC. As the two got in each other’s face, Malignaggi, who

Apr 3, 2019 Ryan Hockensmith PITTSBURGH — This is his home, and these are 18,000 of his friends, so Ben Askren doesn’t hesitate when he sees a pocket of open seats. “Are these taken?” he says to three middle-aged dudes in Iowa State gear. For the first time, at UFC 235, Ben Askren and Tyron

8:58 AM ET The Associated Press MOSCOW — Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t think Conor McGregor‘s retirement is for real. McGregor said last week that he was quitting mixed martial arts, but Nurmagomedov, who beat the Irish fighter for the UFC lightweight title in October, isn’t buying it. Speaking Tuesday in his native Russia at a Moscow