11:26 AM ET The UFC hits London’s O2 Arena this weekend, with a welterweight main event between England’s Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal. Till, 26, is looking to reassert himself as a future star after suffering the first loss of his career to Tyron Woodley in September. Masvidal, 34, is looking to take a shortcut

6:21 AM ET Bertt Okamoto LONDON — UFC welterweights Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal have each made weight for their headlining matchup at UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Till (17-1-1), who is known for cutting a massive amount of weight, tipped the scales at 171 pounds. The 26-year-old flipped off the cameras shortly after making

8:09 PM ET ESPN News Services HONOLULU — A Hawaii mixed martial arts fighter pleaded no contest Thursday to a charge of assaulting his wife, a fellow fighter who said he left her with a fractured eye socket. Arnold Berdon is expected to be sentenced to probation. His wife, Rachael Ostovich, filed for a temporary

11:21 AM ET Derrick Lewis fought in the UFC main event Saturday night, knocked out on punches by Junior dos Santos. It turns out one person in his corner didn’t necessarily think he should have been fighting at all. Lewis’ coach, Bob Perez, told MMA Junkie radio that after an MRI came back on Lewis’

11:52 AM ET Dominick Reyes is a self-proclaimed “troubleshooter by nature.” The 29-year-old loves identifying a problem and doing everything possible to fix it. He proved this each day for two years, from 2015 to 2017, as the IT specialist at Oak Hills High School in San Bernardino County, California. Computer not working? Call Mr.

11:15 AM ET The man whose phone allegedly was smashed by Conor McGregor said Tuesday that he thought he was getting a handshake from the UFC star when the incident took place. McGregor was arrested Monday and charged with strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief for allegedly slapping the cellphone out of Ahmed Abdirzak’s hand, stomping

3:49 AM ET Chamatkar SandhuESPN Mixed Martial Arts in the United Kingdom is enjoying a golden era right now both on the regional scene as well as on the international stage. There are more events taking place in the U.K. than ever before, there is a treasure trove of talent emerging including some well-established household

5:50 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Conor McGregor was a young lad in Dublin, training in martial arts and eking out a meager living as a plumber’s apprentice, he devoted himself to envisioning a bigger and better future. He had become a believer in the power of creative visualization, so as he set out to

12:26 PM ET Dillon Danis did not hold back in his first public comments since being involved in the UFC 229 postfight melee with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in October. Danis, appearing on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, described the incident from his perspective. “I would never, ever start a fight with someone after a