Steve Carr
Kayla Harrison will make her first appearance of 2023 versus Julia Budd on Nov. 24 in Washington, D.C. Harrison (15-1) will face former Bellator MMA champion Julia Budd (17-6) in a nontitle featherweight matchup, officials…
Steve Carr
The greatest upset in UFC middleweight title fight history belongs to Sean Strickland. Strickland (28-5) stunned the mixed martial arts world Saturday as he claimed the 185-pound championship in a five-round decision over arguably the greatest…
Steve Carr
Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland continued their verbal jousting Thursday, with American fighter Strickland racially taunting middleweight champion Adesanya during the UFC 293 news conference. Strickland continued to mock Adesanya’s connections to China, where Adesanya started his professional…
Steve Carr
UFC will use the program ProhiBet to expand its compliance with gambling regulations by catching fighters and others around the sport trying to place bets, the promotion revealed Wednesday. Through ProhiBet, wagers made by prohibited…
Steve Carr
It’s amazing how much better Ciryl Gane looks in the Octagon when he’s not fighting Jon Jones. Gane (12-2) breezed to a second-round TKO over Serghei Spivac (16-4) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday inside Accor…
Steve Carr
Max Holloway looks to remain in men’s featherweight title contention as he faces the Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung, in the main event at UFC Fight Night in Singapore on Saturday (8 a.m. ET on ESPN+, with…
Steve Carr
Undisputed super middleweight champion Savannah Marshall is the latest female fighter in the ESPN boxing pound-for-pound top 10 to make a foray into mixed martial arts. Marshall, ESPN’s No. 10 pound-for-pound fighter, revealed Tuesday she…
Steve Carr
Sean O’Malley climbed out of the Octagon, spread his arms wide and took a beer from a fan. He chugged it as the TD Garden rocked with cheering fans. The UFC has a new superstar. Welcome…
Steve Carr
For the seventh time overall and first time since October 2019, the UFC is shipping up to Boston, and this time, the organization is bringing a loaded pay-per-view fight card. Headlined by a pair of…
Steve Carr
The plaintiffs seemingly earned a strategic triumph in an antitrust lawsuit against the UFC in 2020. Nearly three years later, that win has been made official. Federal judge Richard F. Boulware granted the plaintiffs class…
Steve Carr
In Jake Paul’s war versus MMA fighters, he remains undefeated. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter defeated Nate Diaz via unanimous decision (97-92, 98-91, 98-91) Saturday night at a sold-out American Airlines Center. Paul hurt Diaz in the first round, and it…
Steve Carr
There have been a lot of special nights over the course of Justin Gaethje’s career. UFC 291, though, has to be at the very top. In his 29th professional fight on Saturday, Gaethje claimed the BMF…
