9:37 AM ET When Yair Rodriguez knocked out Chan Sung Jung in the final seconds of UFC Fight Night: Denver this past weekend, the MMA world exploded. Rodriguez’s elbow landed squarely with Jung’s chin, sending him straight to the mat. It was the end of an epic back-and-forth battle that headlined the UFC’s 25th anniversary
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2:16 PM ET Yair Rodriguez landed what some consider the greatest knockout in UFC history Saturday night in Denver, finishing Chan Sung Jung — best known as “The Korean Zombie” — with a brutal elbow to the chin with one second remaining in a back-and-forth bout. Jaws from those both inside the Pepsi Center and
6:23 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo and bantamweight titlist TJ Dillashaw, who meet in a Jan. 26 superfight for Cejudo’s belt, both acknowledged on Monday that their clash likely will mark the end of the 125-pound weight class in the UFC. “They paid me a f— ton of money to kill
2:03 AM ET DENVER — Saturday’s UFC Fight Night was meant to be a celebration of how far the sport has come in the past 25 years. And the main event lived up to its billing. In perhaps one of the most spectacular knockouts in UFC history, featherweight Yair Rodriguez (11-2) devastated Chan Sung Jung
2:36 PM ET DENVER — There is a difference in Yair Rodriguez, as he heads into his first UFC fight in 18 months. How could there not? In May 2017, Rodriguez went flying into a featherweight matchup against Frankie Edgar with all the momentum in the world. He was 6-0 in the UFC, and had
1:15 AM ET UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will move down in weight to challenge flyweight champion Henry Cejudo at UFC 233 on Jan. 26, according to multiple sources. The 125-pound title fight will take place inside Anaheim’s Honda Center. UFC is adding a women’s flyweight fight — Joanne Calderwood against Ariana Lipski — to
5:07 PM ET DENVER — Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone would probably fight on every single UFC card if he could — but there is something perfect about him fighting on this next one. The UFC will celebrate its 25th anniversary at UFC Fight Night on Saturday, inside Pepsi Center. The location of the event is nod
10:20 PM ET Twenty-five years ago today, combat sports changed forever. Eight individuals from different fighting disciplines met in a tournament at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver to see whose martial art was supreme. Called “The Ultimate Fighting Championship,” the event involved a sumo wrestler, a boxer, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and everyone in between.
12:56 PM ET The UFC has added an intriguing women’s flyweight fight to their pay-per-view event in January. Joanne Calderwood will meet former KSW champion Ariane Lipski on the Jan. 26 UFC 233 card in Anaheim, Calif., multiple sources told ESPN. Calderwood (12-3) is coming off a first-round submission win over Kalindra Faria in August.
3:53 PM ET A planned middleweight bout between rising star Paulo Costa and former title contender Yoel Romero is off again, sources told ESPN. The UFC had hoped to book the fight as the main event for its Jan. 19 card in Brooklyn, New York, but sources said the fight was recently canceled after Costa