10:09 AM ET HOUSTON — The bout to crown the next UFC lightweight champion is official. Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler both made weight successfully Friday morning, coming in exactly at the 155-pound limit. The two men will compete for the vacant lightweight title Saturday night in the main event of UFC 262 at Toyota
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7:40 AM ET ON MAY 11, 2019, Michael Chandler was warming up in a locker room inside Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, when he suddenly had a vision of his wife, Brie, sitting by herself on the edge of the bed in their Chicago hotel room. And for reasons he couldn’t explain at the time,
8:07 PM ET HOUSTON — Tony Ferguson will have a mix of old and new in his corner this weekend. The popular UFC lightweight contender has added legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach as one of his coaches, and Roach will be in his corner for his fight against Beneil Dariush at UFC 262 on Saturday
7:43 AM ET UFC 262 headliner Charles Oliveira has come a long way from being told by a doctor he would never walk again, and that he would require the use of a wheelchair because of illnesses he contracted at the age of 7. On Saturday night in a packed Toyota Center in Houston, Oliveira
9:39 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a middleweight main event between Paulo Costa and Jared Cannonier for a UFC Fight Night in August, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. Contracts have not been signed, but the 185-pound contest is expected to become official shortly. The fight will headline UFC Fight
9:53 PM ET The UFC is targeting a five-round middleweight fight between Darren Till and Derek Brunson in August, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. The bout is close to being finalized but still needs medical clearance, White said. Once finalized, it will headline a UFC Fight Night event on Aug. 14 at
8:05 AM ET Anderson Silva, one of the greatest to ever compete in the cage, says he thinks he has fought in mixed martial arts for the final time. The former longtime UFC middleweight champion told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in an interview published Wednesday that he likely is done with MMA following his release from
3:36 PM ET Bellator light heavyweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson was arrested in Fairfield County, Connecticut last Friday evening, shortly after scoring a knockout victory in his promotional debut. According to police records, Johnson, 37, was arrested by the New Canaan Police Department on suspected third-degree identity theft, for allegedly purchasing an airline ticket illegally with
9:56 PM ET UFC president Dana White told ESPN that he will give Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone one more fight at 155 pounds, saying it will “probably” be his last. Cerrone (36-16) is one of the UFC’s most popular fighters, and is tied with fellow lightweight Jim Miller for the most appearances in the Octagon all
7:31 AM ET The UFC’s lightweight division is about to embark on a new era following the retirement of undefeated former champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. The division endured the Conor McGregor era of 2016 to 2018, during which he essentially held the belt hostage without a single title defense for 511 days before being stripped of