Mar 4, 2019 Editor’s note: This story was originally published in September 2018, days before Till lost to Tyron Woodley at UFC 228. Till faces Jorge Masvidal March 16 on ESPN+. LAS VEGAS — It’s the final week of Darren Till‘s first UFC championship fight camp, and there’s an interesting dynamic playing out between two
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12:48 AM ET Luke Rockhold underwent surgery on his right knee Monday in South Dakota, the former UFC middleweight champion told ESPN. Rockhold described the surgery as a “minor procedure” on his meniscus that will sideline him for approximately three weeks, according to his doctors. The 34-year-old Rockhold said his next fight will mark his
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1:44 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Greg Rosenstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Greg Rosenstein is the MMA editor at ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter at @grosenstein. Brazilian welterweight Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos picked up his third consecutive finish
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