10:51 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print With a rivalry going back to April with a steel dolly thrown at a bus, the most anticipated UFC fight of the year ended with Khabib Nurmagomedov tapping out Conor McGregor Saturday night at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena. However that was just the start of
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3:40 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Before their UFC 229 fight Saturday night, Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov said their feud would continue no matter what happened in the Octagon. No one thought it would continue literally seconds after the fight. That’s when a brawl inside and outside the Octagon involving both camps forced both
3:51 AM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC president Dana White says Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s 155-pound championship could be stripped depending on if he is suspended and for how long after the Russian jumped out of the Octagon and went after Conor McGregor‘s jiu-jitsu coach Saturday night. Before their UFC 229 fight, McGregor and Nurmagomedov said their
10:14 AM ET Here we go. Khabib Nurmagomedov versus Conor McGregor. The UFC’s undefeated lightweight champion, versus the sport’s biggest star, returning from a two-year hiatus. It’s everything you want in a main event: Divisional supremacy, bad blood, dueling fanbases, clashing styles. McGregor is a great salesman and he’ll never want for a crowd, but
2:08 AM ET As anticipation builds for his return to the Octagon, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has pumped the brakes on a potential trilogy bout with archnemesis Daniel Cormier. Jones, in an interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, said he doesn’t care to set up a third fight with Cormier, the current lightweight
9:24 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor is notoriously late for most UFC-related obligations. If he has to be at a news conference or open workout at a certain time, there is a good chance he will show up at least a half-hour late. Khabib Nurmagomedov was not going to wait Thursday. Nurmagomedov took
10:31 AM ET Jon Jones is widely considered one of the greatest, and most controversial, fighters in MMA history. The former UFC light heavyweight champion, who was suspended by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for 15 months for failing a second drug test of a banned substance, was recently notified he can return to the
12:22 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Tony Ferguson speaks like he moves. He’s choppy, unpredictable and, frankly, a little all over the place. But if you’re willing to invest just a little effort into following his occasionally erratic way of communicating, you might see what he’s getting at. Conor McGregor attacked a bus and Khabib
11:36 AM ET The heated rivalry and personal disdain between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are not the only things they’ll bring into the cage this weekend at UFC 229’s blockbuster main event. They also bring a combined UFC record of 19-1, which has provided financial backers substantial returns at the betting window. Conor McGregor
1:20 AM ET Conor McGregor has his hands full on Saturday night against Khabib Nurmagomedov, but on Monday’s episode of “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show” he raised a lot of eyebrows when he said he would like to fight Anderson Silva. Conor McGregor told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani he would win this weekend by “devastating KO” over