10:46 PM ET Jose Aldo, the longest-reigning featherweight champion in UFC history, will be inducted into the promotion’s Hall of Fame later this year. Aldo, 36, retired from the UFC in September, one month after losing to Merab Dvalishvili in a highly ranked bantamweight fight. Had Aldo won that fight, he might have moved on

12:08 PM ET On Thursday, the UFC announced the addition of stricter language about wagering in its fighter code of conduct as well as the hiring of sports wagering monitoring firm U.S. Integrity. The two changes come as multiple governmental bodies are investigating a UFC fight between Darrick Minner and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke on Nov. 5

7:16 PM ET Raul Rosas Jr., the 18-year-old prodigy who became the youngest fighter to ever sign with the UFC, will return to the Octagon on April 8 to fight fellow prospect Christian Rodriguez at UFC 287, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Former UFC champion Anthony Pettis, who represents Rodriguez under the Showtime Group

8:42 AM ET IT WAS A MID-DECEMBER evening at the UFC’s Performance Institute in Las Vegas, and Brandon Moreno was trying to find it in him to train at a world-class level. It wasn’t going well. Moreno was in the middle of camp for his title unification bout against Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 283 on

9:03 PM ET UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will defend her title for the eighth time when she fights Mexican challenger Alexa Grasso at UFC 285 on March 4. Shevchenko’s representatives told ESPN on Wednesday that an agreement for the fight has been reached, while sources told ESPN Deportes that there is a mutual agreement

Jan 17, 2023 Jeff WagenheimESPN If Brazil isn’t the birthplace of the UFC, it is at least the playground for the promotion’s formative years. The inaugural event in 1993 took place in Denver, and the company’s first 15 fight cards all happened in the United States. It took the UFC nearly five years before finally

9:00 AM ET Andres Waters He had worked his way into the UFC’s light heavyweight top-15 rankings, but suddenly Jamahal Hill found that status in jeopardy. With his head and arm trapped inside the triangle of jiu-jitsu ace Paul Craig, Hill was nearly helpless. Hill’s arm had been dislocated at the elbow by an armbar

12:28 AM ET A major bantamweight contender fight is heading to Las Vegas. Former UFC champion Petr Yan and the rising Merab Dvalishvili have verbally agreed to a main event on the UFC Fight Night card on March 11 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday night. Bout agreements have not

7:02 PM ET Francis Ngannou said he asked for a lot of things from the UFC during a long contract negotiation period. But the former UFC heavyweight champion said he ultimately decided that what the UFC was offering didn’t afford him enough freedom. In an interview Tuesday on “The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani,” Ngannou

1:18 PM ET UFC flyweight Jeff Molina is suspected of having “substantial involvement” in a betting scheme currently being probed by multiple government entities, Nevada deputy attorney general Joel Bekker said Tuesday at the Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting. The NSAC temporarily suspended Molina last month, as first reported by ESPN, though the commission did