4:29 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Kamaru Usman upstaged everyone and everything on Saturday, and that’s saying a lot. UFC 235 was a gloriously old-school night of fighting, featuring everything from the pound-for-pound No. 1 to several talents on the rise; from a high-profile debut, to an old-timer’s rejuvenation, to an ex-champion’s continued fall from grace

1:20 AM ET LAS VEGAS — If there is such a thing as a casual UFC title defense, Jon Jones’ victory against Anthony Smith was it. Jones (24-1) defended his light heavyweight title in a tepid, five-round title fight on Saturday, outpointing Smith (31-14) on all three judges scorecards 48-44. The 205-pound title fight headlined

1:44 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN UFC 235 in Las Vegas will pack a lot into Saturday night. A main event featuring the greatest champion in the sport (Jon Jones) against an overachiever driven by poise and self-belief (Anthony Smith). A co-main featuring another champion who’s in the pound-for-pound top five (Tyron Woodley) and a challenger

9:40 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A proposed lightweight blockbuster between Conor McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has apparently hit a snag, according to UFC president Dana White. A McGregor-Cerrone matchup has teased UFC fans since January, when Cerrone called out McGregor following his win over Alexander Hernandez at UFC Fight Night, and McGregor quickly

4:47 PM ET One of mixed martial arts’ all-time greats has called it a career. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, at one point considered one of the most feared strikers in the sport, announced his retirement on Croatian television Friday. ESPN confirmed the news with Cro Cop. Filipovic said he suffered a stroke following his unanimous

1:48 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Both title fights at UFC 235 on Saturday are now official as Jon Jones, Anthony Smith, Tyron Woodley and Kamaru Usman all made weight. Jones and Smith, fighting for the UFC’s light heavyweight belt in the main event, weighed in at 205 and 204.5 pounds, respectively. The fighters could

7:25 PM ET Colby Covington, the UFC’s interim welterweight champion, crashed Kamaru Usman‘s open workout for UFC 235 on Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas. The brash and outspoken Covington, self-proclaimed as the promotion’s “villain,” appeared in the crowd of fans with a bullhorn and yelled at Usman from a few feet away. “The real champ

12:37 PM ET Saturday’s UFC 235 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas will feature two title fights, led by ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world: Jon Jones. Jones will look to defend his light heavyweight title against Anthony Smith in the main event. In the co-feature, welterweight champ Tyron Woodley will take on Nigerian

11:06 AM ET Mike Rothstein UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was posed an interesting question Wednesday at UFC 235 media day: If he were to fight at heavyweight, would he choose Brock Lesnar or Daniel Cormier? The 31-year-old Jones said he’d take the guy he hasn’t fought before. “I’d take Brock Lesnar because he

11:29 PM ET “The Bad Guy” will meet “The Dragon” later this year. Bellator is working on finalizing a bout between Chael Sonnen and Lyoto Machida in the summer, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. A date and location for the fight haven’t been set just yet, but both fighters have verbally agreed to the light