7:18 PM ET Islam Makhachev‘s first appearance in a UFC main event will have to wait, as the lightweight has withdrawn from Saturday’s headliner with an undisclosed injury. Makhachev (18-1) was scheduled to face former champion Rafael dos Anjos (29-13) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas but was forced to withdraw on
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4:08 PM ET A fight is off Saturday’s UFC card due to a positive test for coronavirus. A middleweight bout between Ian Heinisch and Brendan Allen at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira has been canceled Saturday afternoon, the UFC announced. The scrapping of the bout is due to a positive COVID-19 test “involving” Heinisch,
2:03 AM ET ESPN’s panel of Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim break down the biggest stories coming out of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card, including a look at Glover Teixeira‘s third-round submission of Thiago Santos and what it means. Eight or so days ago, if you would have asked me who
1:09 AM ET Glover Teixeira is on the wrong side of 40 years old. He hasn’t fought for a title in more than five years. Yet, one of the most durable veterans in UFC history continues to put up victories against elite light heavyweights. Teixeira submitted Thiago Santos via rear-naked choke at 1:49 of the
5:44 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Two former UFC title challengers will look to strengthen their cases for a second championship attempt when light heavyweights Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira collide at UFC Fight Night on Saturday at the Apex. Santos (21-7) will be making his first appearance since he came up short in a
9:08 PM ET There was a time, not that long ago, when Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between light heavyweights Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira looked like a No. 1 contender bout. That time, unfortunately, has passed. UFC president Dana White recently ended any speculation as to who will challenge light heavyweight champion Jan
4:05 PM ET UFC middleweight Darren Till has withdrawn from his scheduled UFC Fight Night main event against Jack Hermansson on Dec. 5 due to injury and had been replaced by surging contender Kevin Holland. An undisclosed injury officially knocked Till, of Liverpool, out of the 185-pound contest this week. All parties involved have already
1:00 PM ET A key bout canceled twice due to COVID-19 is now finally official. Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira both weighed in successfully Friday in Las Vegas for their light heavyweight contender bout. Santos and Teixeira each weighed 205.5 pounds, within the 206-pound non-title limit in the division. The two will meet in the
7:50 AM ET On July 6, 2019, Thiago Santos came closer than anyone else in the history of the UFC to legitimately defeating Jon Jones. Yes, Vitor Belfort had Jones in trouble with a submission attempt in 2012. Alexander Gustafsson beat him up pretty good in a unanimous-decision loss in 2013. And there are a
9:29 PM ET Corey Anderson‘s Bellator debut could not have gone more perfectly. Anderson destroyed combat sports veteran Melvin Manhoef via TKO at 2:34 of the second round in the main event of Bellator 251 on Thursday night. The card took place in a bubble setting at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Anderson, one of