MMA

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 24, 2024, 05:58 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Who will fight Francis Ngannou when he returns to the world of mixed martial arts? The answer is an emphatic Renan Ferreira. Ferreira (13-3) knocked out Bellator

Feb 21, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Professional Fighters League launches its pay-per-view Super Fight series in a big way when it pits PFL champions against Bellator champions on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event at Kingdom Arena features two matchups of current PFL champs against the titleholders from newly acquired

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 23, 2024, 06:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Several well-known current and former fighters, including a UFC Hall of Famer, will testify on behalf of the UFC in an upcoming class-action antitrust case, per a brief filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Current star Michael

Feb 23, 2024, 08:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The growth of MMA in the past couple of decades has been astronomical. Fighters from every major continent have won championships across the UFC, PFL and Bellator, and the three promotions already have cards scheduled outside the United States in 2024, including Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia,

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 22, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Impa Kasanganay is three months removed from winning the PFL’s 2023 season as a light heavyweight. Now he’s moving down in weight to face Bellator MMA middleweight

Feb 21, 2024, 02:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former two-time flyweight champion Brandon Moreno meets recent title challenger Brandon Royval in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Mexico City. The fights at Mexico City Arena are on ESPN+, with the 10 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 7

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 21, 2024, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson will present three winners a custom championship belt Saturday at the PFL vs. Bellator: Champs card in Saudi Arabia, PFL chairman Donn Davis told ESPN on Wednesday. Tyson will be in attendance for the event in Riyadh, which will pit

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The PFL’s 2024 regular season will kick off April 4 in San Antonio with fights at heavyweight and in its new women’s flyweight division, officials announced Tuesday.

Feb 18, 2024, 08:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Finally, the wait is over. UFC 300 has its main event. Alex Pereira will defend his UFC light heavyweight title against the last person to hold the belt, Jamahal Hill. Hill, who was forced to vacate the title due to rupturing his Achilles tendon, defeated Pereira’s

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 18, 2024, 01:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — The new generation of the UFC featherweight division is here, in the form of a multicultural, multilingual European fighter who has roots in Georgia, Spain and Germany. The undefeated Ilia Topuria knocked out Alexander Volkanovski, arguably the best featherweight