9:13 PM ET A Bellator MMA lightweight championship rematch between titleholder Brent Primus and Michael Chandler is being targeted for a Dec. 14 event, according to multiple sources. Bellator has not announced an event on that date or any potential venue. The Dec. 14 date is just one day before another Bellator card at Neil

7:11 PM ET An intriguing welterweight fight has been added to UFC 232. The promotion has booked Carlos Condit (30-12) vs. Michael Chiesa (14-4) for the Dec. 29 fight card in Las Vegas, multiple sources told ESPN. The fight will mark Chiesa’s UFC debut at 170 pounds. Prior to his most recent lightweight fight in

10:47 AM ET By the end of next month, Jon Jones will be eligible to move forward with his mixed martial arts career — and I have to say, I consider that great news. That might sound like an obvious sentiment, but the MMA community actually has had a pretty mixed reaction to last week’s

5:42 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Alexander Gustafsson, who five years ago gave former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones his toughest challenge in one of the greatest bouts in UFC history, wants to fight a rematch in New York on Nov. 3 — at an event that still does not have a main event. UFC president

4:58 PM ET After the completion of an MMA fight, competitors typically shake hands and don’t see each other again. That wasn’t the case following Sergio Moraes‘ submission win against Ben Saunders on Saturday at the UFC Fight Night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Moraes, with an arm-triangle choke in the second round, became the first

1:44 AM ET A light heavyweight fight between Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders was not what Brazilian fans expected to see on Saturday, but it turned into a pretty entertaining affair. Santos (18-6), of Rio de Janeiro, defeated Eryk Anders (11-2) via TKO at 5:00 of the third round, after Anders collapsed multiple times trying

11:47 PM ET One of Bellator MMA’s top prospects, 23-year-old featherweight A.J. McKee, delivered a spectacular first-round knockout in the main event of Bellator 205 on Friday in Boise, Idaho. McKee (12-0) knocked John Teixeira out cold at 1 minute, 9 seconds of the opening round at CenturyLink Arena. The finish came courtesy of a

6:12 PM ET Tyron Woodley is going under the knife. Conor McGregor went on the verbal assault at a UFC 229 news conference, but without fans in attendance, something was clearly missing as the UFC began the push to sell its biggest fight of the year. Former strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk will move up in

12:12 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Remember that mind-blowing moment during Conor McGregor’s last fight in the Octagon? It happened early in the second round of the then-featherweight champion’s challenge of Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight belt in 2016. McGregor had already scored three crisp knockdowns and was in such ruthless command that he stepped to

12:11 AM ET The UFC will have a new female flyweight champion after UFC 231 on Dec. 8 in Toronto. Valentina Shevchenko is set to take on former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant belt, the promotion announced late Thursday night. Nicco Montano held the belt until she had to withdraw from a UFC