The UFC has its first champion from South Africa. Dricus Du Plessis dethroned Sean Strickland in an entertaining, bloody, back-and-forth fight Saturday night in the main event of UFC 297 here at Scotiabank Arena. The final result was…
Any controversy between Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker came to an emphatic end on Saturday, as Ankalaev scored a vicious knockout over Walker at the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. Ankalaev (19-1-1) knocked out Walker (21-8) with a…
The UFC’s next milestone event will have a first — two Chinese athletes fighting one another in a title fight. Zhang Weili will defend her UFC women’s strawweight title versus countrywoman Yan Xiaonan at UFC 300 on April…
UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell says he will avoid contact training for six months after he was on the wrong end of one of the most vicious knockouts of 2023 last month. Mitchell (16-2) suffered a first-round loss…
Conor McGregor intends to make his UFC return versus Michael Chandler on June 29 in Las Vegas. Whether that actually happens still remains to be seen. McGregor, 35, revealed via social media Sunday that the “greatest comeback…
Leon Edwards took all of Colby Covington’s trash talk leading into the fight, stayed composed and put together a poised performance. Edwards defeated Covington via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) in the main event of UFC 296…
The UFC held its first event celebrating Mexican Independence Day back in September. The sequel promises to be even bigger. UFC CEO Dana White told reporters Saturday night that the promotion has booked the MSG…
Alex Pereira has been in the UFC for just two years. And now he has collected championships in two weight classes. Pereira stopped Jiri Prochazka via TKO at 4:08 of the second round Saturday night in the main…
After injuries created major short-notice shake-ups on last month’s UFC 294 fight card, the theme continued with this weekend’s pay-per-view. And once again both the main event and the future of the division are involved. Following…
Sean O’Malley, one of the UFC’s top up-and-coming stars, will return to the Octagon in March. And the promotion has another big main event calendared for February. CEO Dana White revealed Monday on social media…
On Saturday, Oct. 21, the UFC returns to Fight Island as UFC 294 kicks off from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This card has seen quite a bit of shake-ups in recent weeks…
UFC 294 has another major change — with another high-profile replacement stepping in. Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will now fight Khamzat Chimaev in the co-main event of the card Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi, UFC president Dana White…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
