7:02 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Dana White first brought up the concept of “Fight Island,” it sounded so exotic. The intrigue intensified as the UFC president refused for weeks to share the site’s location or any other details. It was easy to conjure up images of fight teams relaxing on a beach among palm
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2:16 AM ET UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski has promised to send a message to the critics in his title rematch with Max Holloway, guaranteeing he will put the Hawai’ian away inside five rounds when they face off on Fight Island. Volkanovski, 31, is back into full training at his Freestyle Fighting Gym in Australia
2:12 PM ET UFC president Dana White made some news Tuesday morning, and while much of the focus was on the cards he announced for the highly anticipated Fight Island, he threw in a nugget that arguably dwarfs any other fight mentioned. The trilogy bout between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and former two-division champ Daniel
12:22 PM ET UFC president Dana White announced Tuesday that the trilogy bout between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier is set for Aug. 15. Cormier, 41, has said this will be his last fight before retiring. Miocic beat Cormier by fourth-round TKO on Aug. 17, 2019, to regain his belt after Cormier knocked
7:27 PM ET UFC superstar Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, is “progressing” in a Moscow hospital, Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz told ESPN on Tuesday. Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov was hospitalized last month and underwent a procedure on his heart, due to complications from a previous ailment and falling ill with the coronavirus. Nurmagomedov, 31, confirmed his father
2:12 PM ET UFC president Dana White made some news Tuesday morning, and while much of the focus was on the cards he announced for the highly anticipated Fight Island, he threw in a nugget that arguably dwarfs any other fight mentioned. The trilogy bout between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier is set
11:38 AM ET The UFC’s Fight Island is real, and it’s located in the Middle East. UFC president Dana White revealed to ESPN’s First Take on Tuesday his mysterious Fight Island is located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The island will help the company promote some of its international athletes who
10:21 PM ET With UFC 250 in the books, the promotion is turning its attention to its next pay-per-view event. The UFC is targeting Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 2 for the featherweight title on July 11, sources told ESPN. The fight, however, isn’t signed yet. Volkanovski defeated Holloway to win the title in December.
1:34 PM ET Henry Cejudo is keeping the door ajar for a UFC comeback. The former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion told TMZ in a video published Monday that he would consider a return to the Octagon if he were given a fight against Alexander Volkanovski. Cejudo wants a crack at Volkanovski’s UFC featherweight title
7:53 AM ET UFC president Dana White didn’t have long to celebrate another solid night of fighting on Saturday before Conor McGregor stole the thunder from UFC 250. McGregor abruptly announced — for the third time on social media — that he is retiring from MMA. It was just the latest public spat White has