2:04 PM ET Taila Santos suffered a broken right orbital bone in her UFC 275 fight with Valentina Shevchenko on Saturday in Singapore, Santos’ manager, Tiago Okamura, confirmed with ESPN. Santos and Shevchenko clashed heads several times accidentally in the third and fourth rounds of their UFC women’s flyweight title fight, causing the damage to

11:42 PM ET One of the best women’s MMA fighters ever will be hanging up the gloves. Joanna Jedrzejczyk, the former UFC women’s strawweight champion, announced her retirement Saturday following a knockout loss to Zhang Weili at UFC 275 in Singapore. Jedrzejczyk was in line for a title shot if she beat Zhang but was

12:37 AM ET Valentina Shevchenko defended her flyweight championship for the seventh time at UFC 275 on Saturday in Singapore, but her aura of invincibility might have taken a hit in doing so. Shevchenko (23-3) edged Brazilian contender Taila Santos (19-2) by split decision in the co-main event of UFC 275. Two judges scored the

Jun 10, 2022 The bar had been set sky-high, yet Zhang Weili again reached for the stars. Two years after she and fellow former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk engaged in what many consider the greatest fight in women’s MMA history, the two had another classic slugfest at UFC 275 on Saturday in Singapore. This

10:05 AM ET The main event of the UFC’s first pay-per-view card in southeast Asia is official. Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka both weighed in successfully Friday for their light heavyweight title fight, each coming in at 205 pounds. Teixeira will defend his belt against Prochazka in the UFC 275 headliner Saturday in Singapore. ESPN

8:00 AM ET Before UFC 248, fans were still learning about the UFC’s new women’s strawweight champion. Seven months earlier, Zhang Weili had dethroned Jessica Andrade in her home country of China in August 2019, becoming the first Chinese champion in UFC history. While that win was historic, that fight wasn’t held on the promotion’s

8:13 PM ET Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has put together one of the most intriguing fight bookings of the year. Bellator star Michael “Venom” Page will take on former UFC veteran Mike Perry at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 27 on Aug. 20 in London, the promotion announced Thursday. Page, a karate specialist, will remain with

1:25 PM ET He may only be one fight into his UFC career proper, but Jack Della Maddalena says he is ready to emerge as the next star MMA athlete from Oceania and follow the path being forged by Alexander Volkanovski, Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. Della Maddalena gets his first taste of a UFC

8:04 AM ET JIRI PROCHAZKA PUT his arms at his side and curled his lanky, 6-foot-4 frame into a bow. In front of him was a Shinto priest, wearing a white robe and traditional black cap, called a tate-eboshi. It was October 2019, just days after Prochazka had knocked out Fabio Maldonado on a Rizin

7:03 PM ET Two of the best bantamweights in the world will face off this summer. A bout between former champion Dominick Cruz and Marlon Vera is being targeted for a UFC Fight Night headliner, UFC president Dana White confirmed Tuesday to Barstool Sports. The bout is scheduled for Aug. 13, and White said the