12:05 PM ET Rory MacDonald has been in some battles. Take his back-and-forth bout with Robbie Lawler at UFC 189, voted by readers as the best fight ever. Blood streamed down both of their faces for most of the five rounds until Lawler dropped his opponent with a left jab that broke his nose. Chuck

8:44 PM ET Bellator MMA’s middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will defend his 185-pound title against Rafael Lovato Jr. on Jan. 26 in Inglewood, California, the promotion announced on Monday. Mousasi (45-6-2) is coming off a terrific performance in September, knocking out welterweight champion Rory MacDonald in the second round of a champion vs. champion title

7:11 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN The first time an MMA event exceeded a million pay-per-view buys was in 2006, when UFC 66 reached 1.050 million homes. The headlining fight that night in Las Vegas was Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz II, a rematch of a fiery bout from two years earlier that had done barely

12:56 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show is back on Monday with another star-studded edition. The show, aired live on Twitter, features appearances by two legends of the sport who will return to the cage this weekend, plus the winner of this past weekend’s UFC event, a Bellator

11:31 AM ET UFC fighter Rachael Ostovich suffered a broken orbital bone after being attacked, her manager, Brian Butler-Au, confirmed to ESPN on Monday morning. Ostovich was taken to a hospital in Hawaii for treatment and has recently been released. The news was first reported by TMZ. Rachael Ostovich was attacked, putting her next match

1:41 AM ET The UFC held its first event in the country of Argentina on Saturday, and the crowd went home happy — courtesy of Santiago Ponzinibbio. Fighting out of La Plata, Argentina, Ponzinibbio (27-3) knocked out Neil Magny (21-7) with a vicious right hand to the chin at 2:36 of the fourth round. The

1:02 PM ET Nick Diaz is unquestionably one of the most entertaining fighters in UFC history. The former Strikeforce welterweight champion just brings it both inside The Octagon and out of it. He — similar to his brother Nate — is must-watch from the moment a fight is announced. Out since January 2015, the UFC

11:22 AM ET Any time a UFC athlete gets to fight at home, it’s a big deal. That is especially the case, however, for Argentina’s Santiago Ponzinibbio. Ponzinibbio (26-3) will headline UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Buenos Aires, opposite American welterweight Neil Magny (21-6). The televised event will mark the UFC’s first-ever trip to

7:19 PM ET UFC welterweight Nick Diaz will return to competition on March 2 in Las Vegas, according to UFC president Dana White. Diaz (26-9) has agreed to face Jorge Masvidal (32-13) in a welterweight contest at UFC 235 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Additional sources told ESPN that contracts for the bout are

1:01 PM ET For the first time in his professional career, Jorge Masvidal may go a full calendar year without a fight in 2018. He is anxious to return though, and wants it be against the best name possible. The UFC has already offered him a fun one: welterweight Nick Diaz, who hasn’t fought since