11:05 PM ET A former Invicta FC champion has agreed to make her UFC debut on less than a week’s notice on Saturday at UFC Fight Night. Jinh Yu Frey, the former Invicta atomweight champion, will meet Kay Hansen this weekend in both fighters’ UFC debut. Both Frey and Hansen announced the news on social
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7:39 AM ET [embedded content] Dustin Poirier versus Dan Hooker certainly has fight fans amped for UFC Fight Night on Saturday. The main event pits two ferocious strikers who, with a victory, will at least remain in the title hunt in a loaded lightweight division. Once interim champ Justin Gaethje and world titleholder Khabib Nurmagomedov
10:39 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, the MMA world was abuzz over a featherweight co-main event between Josh Emmett and Shane Burgos. And boy, did it live up to the hype. Emmett (16-2) and Burgos (13-2) combined for an incredibly entertaining affair inside the UFC’s Apex facility, with Emmett
12:43 AM ET Curtis Blaydes kept rolling Saturday, defeating Alexander Volkov in the UFC Fight Night main event by unanimous decision in Las Vegas, but Dana White wasn’t happy with the performance. White said Blaydes looked “stupid” for not being able to back up his talk. Regardless of style points, Blaydes won his fourth straight
11:31 PM ET Curtis Blaydes‘ nickname is “Razor.” But there was nothing close about his fight with Alexander Volkov, especially early on. Blaydes used takedown after takedown to ground the much taller Volkov in a unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-46) victory Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. The
10:09 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission said it will look into a controversial sequence of events that occurred during Saturday’s UFC fight between Max Rohskopf and Austin Hubbard. Rohskopf, a previously undefeated prospect who accepted a short-notice fight against Hubbard five days ago, repeatedly told his chief cornerman, Robert Drysdale, to end the
9:38 PM ET Next weekend’s UFC event has suffered a blow. Aspen Ladd, who was scheduled to fight Sara McMann on the June 27 card, has been forced to withdraw after suffering a torn ACL and MCL in training, her manager, Dave Hirschbein, said Friday. According to Hirschbein, Ladd will find out Tuesday whether she’ll
10:03 PM ET Former UFC title contender Anthony Smith will look to get back on track in August. Smith is slated to meet Aleksandar Rakic on Aug. 29, sources confirmed to ESPN following a report by MMAPlay365. The event, which has yet to be officially announced by the promotion, doesn’t have a finalized location. Smith
1:55 PM ET UFC heavyweight contenders Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov each made weight on Friday for their main event clash at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. Blaydes (13-2) weighed-in at 261 pounds, while Volkov (31-7) tipped the scales at 247. The two were originally scheduled to meet on this June 20
7:41 AM ET Officially, the UFC has five title fights on its upcoming schedule — four of them featuring a fighter coming off a loss in his most recent fight. Now, the four matchups are easy to explain. Heavyweight Daniel Cormier lost to Stipe Miocic last year, and the two need to finish their rivalry.