1:08 AM ET Colby Covington dominated Jorge Masvidal to claim a one-sided unanimous decision Saturday night at UFC 272 at T-Mobile Arena in a grudge match between former teammates turned bitter rivals. The judges scored the bout 49-46, 50-44 and 50-45 for Covington. Covington wasted little time going to his bread and butter in the
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1:49 PM ET LAS VEGAS — One of the biggest grudge matches in UFC history is now official. Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal both made weight Friday morning ahead of their UFC 272 main event. Covington and Masvidal both weighed 170.5 pounds. The two former-teammates-turned-hated-rivals will compete Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. ESPN has Covington
7:48 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – Jorge Masvidal walked into the American Top Team (ATT) gym one day in September 2019 and spotted Colby Covington. The two men, formerly best friends and
10:31 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Jorge Masvidal has signed a new contract with the UFC just days before one of the biggest fights of his long career. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Masvidal’s co-agent, Malki Kawa of First Round Management, announced Thursday on social media that Masvidal penned an extension that
10:22 PM ET UFC lightweight Beneil Dariush told ESPN on Wednesday he will avoid surgery on his recently injured leg and should be able to return to action this summer. Dariush (21-4-1) was slated to face Islam Makhachev (22-1) in the main event of a UFC Fight Night on Feb. 26, but he was forced
4:42 PM ET Editor’s note: This story contains details that may be disturbing for some readers. Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was formally charged Wednesday with attempted premeditated murder and multiple gun assault charges in relation to a shooting Monday night in San Jose, California, according to a Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office
8:59 AM ET STOCKHOLM, Sweden — UFC middleweight Darren Till has a new training partner in breakout star Khamzat Chimaev. He also has a new UFC contract. Till (18-4-1), of Liverpool, made headlines this week when he surfaced at Allstars Training Center alongside Chimaev (10-0). Till told ESPN he is still associated with his longtime
7:56 AM ET No one can match Kamaru Usman for the depth of his hard-won expertise on Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal. The headliners for Saturday’s UFC 272 have each challenged Usman twice for his UFC welterweight championship. As Usman was winning all four of those fights, the champ piled up knowledge along the way.
12:40 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Renato Moicano will step in on just four days’ notice to fight Rafael dos Anjos in the co-main event of UFC 272 on Saturday here, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The fight has been verbally agreed to and both sides are awaiting contracts. Dos Anjos, the former UFC lightweight
8:55 PM ET One of the top women’s fighters in the world will be back in the cage before summer. A women’s flyweight title bout between champion Valentina Shevchenko and Taila Santos is being targeted for UFC 275 on June 11, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. MMA Fighting was the first to report the