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…
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…
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…
Cris Cyborg’s next professional fight will be in boxing, and her adversary will be Kelsey Wickstrum, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Cyborg, the Bellator women’s featherweight champion and one of the greatest women’s fighters in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The biggest promotion in MMA will have its first PPV event of the new year this weekend. And the card is stacked with incredible fights, involving two title fights. One of these is a champion…
A high-profile rematch between Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler will apparently still happen at UFC 266 this weekend, following a last-minute request from Diaz’s camp to change the weight limit of the fight. Diaz (26-9) and Lawler (28-15) initially…
Carlos Condit, one of the best MMA welterweights of the aughts and beyond, has retired from the UFC, his longtime manager, Malki Kawa of First Round Management, confirmed Thursday with ESPN. Nicknamed “The Natural Born…
A rematch of one of the best title fights in UFC welterweight history is on deck. Kamaru Usman, ranked as ESPN’s top pound-for-pound MMA fighter, will defend his UFC welterweight title in a second fight…
Anderson Silva made a career in MMA out of making the impossible look possible. Now, he has done the same thing in boxing. Silva, a UFC legend, defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. via split decision (75-77,…
At 39, former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre still looks like he just walked off the cover of a fitness magazine. And the competitive juices still flow, despite the fact the native of St-Isidore, Que., officially…
Jon Jones made yet another defense of his light heavyweight championship belt with a unanimous decision victory over Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 in Houston, Texas. Reyes came out strong and gave the champion all he could handle…
After 15 months away from MMA, and more than three years removed from his most recent triumph, Conor McGregor returned Saturday in a big way. The former UFC dual champion took out the promotion’s all-time wins leader…
