9:08 PM ET Henry Cejudo has no problem staying retired. But if he were to return to competition, a fight with up-and-coming boxer Ryan Garcia would be at the top of his wishlist. The former UFC double champion told ESPN’s Now or Never on Tuesday that if any bout would get him to come back,
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7:42 AM ET JEREMY STEPHENS LANDED his first kick to Gilbert Melendez‘s left leg 22 seconds into their fight on Sept. 9, 2017. By the two-minute mark, Stephens had smashed Melendez’s leg with four kicks, and the limb was beginning to swell. Melendez started hopping around and limping after the sixth leg kick at 3:19
9:37 PM ET After already having completed eight events in the coronavirus era, the UFC is promising even tighter protocols on what has been dubbed “Fight Island.” In addition to significantly more testing than the UFC has done so far, those involved in the four events this month on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island will be
7:57 PM ET Next week’s Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz fight has been canceled. Munhoz was forced to withdraw from the July 15 bout on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, after testing positive for COVID-19, sources said. The UFC is trying to convince Edgar to take a replacement fight, and the talks
8:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Jose Aldo steps inside the “Fight Island” Octagon on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to face Petr Yan for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship, the Brazil native will be attempting to become just the eighth fighter in UFC history to reign in more than one division. Aldo
2:46 PM ET In a shocking turn of events, Kamaru Usman will defend the UFC welterweight title against Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 251 this Saturday night on Fight Island. After Gilbert Burns was removed from the main event early Saturday, the UFC, which had been unsuccessful in negotiating a deal with
2:52 PM ET Kamaru Usman will face Jorge Masvidal in a welterweight title fight on Saturday at UFC 251 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The promotion announced the fight at midnight Monday. Masvidal passed his coronavirus test, and both he and Usman will be leaving Las Vegas for Abu
Jul 4, 2020 Alexander Volkanovski found out he’s a part of the new main event for UFC 251 upon landing in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. A source confirmed to ESPN that Gilbert Burns would not compete against welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the original main event on July 11. As a result, Volkanovski’s fight against
8:00 PM ET A day after Gilbert Burns was forced out of the UFC 251 main event, there is renewed hope that next week’s welterweight title fight can be saved with an even bigger fight. According to multiple sources, there are active negotiations to book Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal as the new main event
9:25 AM ET Gilbert Burns will not compete in the main event of UFC 251, a source confirmed to ESPN. Burns had been set to face welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in a title fight July 11 that was the headliner of the first card at UFC’s Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The