12:40 PM ET Three of the four UFC 255 title headliners have had notable weight issues in the past. But none of those problems reared their ugly heads Friday morning. Deiveson Figueiredo and Alex Perez each successfully made weight ahead of their UFC flyweight title fight. Figueiredo, the flyweight champ, weighed 125 pounds even, while
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7:30 AM ET It comes with the territory at 125 pounds. Not only is UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo tasked with defending his title, but he also needs to draw attention to the weight class — something flyweights have generally struggled to do since the UFC added the division in 2012. Former champion Demetrious Johnson
1:19 PM ET Editor’s note: This has been updated with Thursday’s news that Conor McGregor has signed his bout agreement to face Dustin Poirier on Jan. 23. UFC superstar Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon and face Dustin Poirier as the main event of UFC 257 on Jan. 23. The site has not yet
8:55 AM ET AJ McKee was 12 years old at his childhood home in Long Beach, California, when he wrote himself a mock check for $1 million. The check was from McKee to McKee. The verbiage the then-preteen used to indicate the amount was “1 mil.” “I just always wanted to be a millionaire,” McKee
8:00 AM ET As Joaquin Buckley exited the Octagon on Oct. 10, the UFC middleweight had no idea what he had just accomplished. Not until he ran into a security guard in the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi, did Buckley get some idea of the magnitude of the moment. “I got out of the cage,
5:12 PM ET Canadian fighter Jesse Ronson, who returned to UFC in July after six years and picked up his first victory in the promotion, has been suspended for 20 months due to a failed drug test, USADA announced Wednesday. The UFC anti-doping partner said Ronson tested positive for a metabolite of the banned substance
7:24 AM ET Will Valentina Shevchenko fight Amanda Nunes in 2021? Will Deiveson Figueiredo breathe new life into the flyweight division? Can Joaquin Buckley sustain the momentum he created with his viral knockout? These are some of the questions surrounding UFC 255 on Saturday in Las Vegas, where Shevchenko defends her flyweight belt against Jennifer
12:35 PM ET Chris Weidman and Uriah Hall are going to run it back more than 10 years after their first meeting. Weidman vs. Hall 2 has been verbally agreed to for UFC 258 on Feb. 13, 2021, multiple sources told ESPN. The fight hasn’t been signed yet, sources said. The duo first met in
11:27 PM ET The fourth season of Dana White’s Contender Series came to a conclusion Tuesday, and saw the UFC add four more athletes to its active roster. Men’s flyweight JP Buys (9-2), strawweight Gloria de Paula (5-2), lightweight Tucker Lutz (11-1) and women’s flyweight Victoria Leonardo (8-2) all signed with the UFC following their
Nov 2, 2020 Whether she knew it or not, Chelsea Hackett seemed destined for a UFC career from an early age. Combat sports filled her childhood and paved the way for a shot at the big time, which has come in the form of an opportunity on Dana White’s Contender Series. The Gold Coast-raised 21-year-old