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 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…
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…
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…
Islam Makhachev’s next title defense is no longer a mystery. The UFC lightweight champion will defend his belt versus former champ Charles Oliveira in a rematch in the main event of UFC 294 on Oct. 21 in…
UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira says he went into his title fight versus Israel Adesanya at less than 100%. Pereira told ESPN Brazil’s Gustavo Faldon in an interview Wednesday that he suffered torn ligaments in his right middle…
The first-ever quadrilogy fight in UFC history will take place early next year in South America. Deiveson Figueiredo will defend his flyweight belt versus former champion and current interim champ Brandon Moreno at UFC 283 on Jan. 21…
One of MMA’s all-time greats is calling it a career. Former longtime UFC and WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, 36, has retired from the UFC, his team told ESPN on Sunday. The promotion also announced…
Alexander Volkanovski vowed to finish Saturday night, something he has yet to do to an rival since becoming UFC featherweight champion. One of the world’s top fighters lived up to his promise. Volkanovski stopped “The Korean…
UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has been forced out of a main event slot versus Islam Makhachev on Feb. 26 due to injury, UFC officials stated last Wednesday. Dariush (21-4-1) was scheduled to face Makhachev (21-1) in a…
Israel Adesanya, one of the UFC’s top stars, has signed a new “lucrative” contract with the promotion, his Paradigm Sports Management team revealed Wednesday. At the UFC 271 media day Wednesday, Adesanya described the contract as a…
Two long-standing championship rivalries will be settled at UFC 272 in March, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will meet Max Holloway in a highly anticipated trilogy fight, while bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will look…
Isn’t this the way things always seem to play out in mixed martial arts? Fans got hyped to watch one of the sport’s most enduring stars perform — in this case, former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha…
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…
The UFC has added a high-profile lightweight matchup between Rafael dos Anjos and Islam Makhachev to UFC 267. Both sides have agreed to the 155-pound contest, which will take place on Oct. 30. The UFC has not revealed a…
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…
Any questions about TJ Dillashaw’s standing in the bantamweight division after a long layoff have been answered — emphatically. Dillashaw, the former two-time UFC bantamweight champion, defeated Cory Sandhagen via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) in a bloody,…
Brandon Moreno wasn’t even supposed to be competitive with Deiveson Figueiredo the first time they fought in December. And after showing he could be competitive in a majority draw, he still wasn’t supposed to win their rematch Saturday.…
The UFC’s lightweight division is finally ready to crown a new champion now that Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement has been officially acknowledged. While Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor will settle their differences in July, either Michael Chandler or Charles Oliveira will earn the career-defining moment on…
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou stated he would like to fight twice more this year, and while he’s not sure what’s going on between the UFC and Jon Jones, he said he wants Jones first and at some…
Khabib Nurmagomedov is still the UFC’s undefeated lightweight champion, although even he considers the belt should belong to Dustin Poirier. Speaking to Match TV, Nurmagomedov (29-0) stated he believes Poirier “deserves” to be the UFC’s 155-pound champion,…
Just a little more than a week after his career-defining victory over Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier has not yet decided on his next move. There is one thing that is paramount in his mind over all else, though: becoming…
