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
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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.
2:16 PM ET UFC’s dance card for its four events on Fight Island next month is just about full. UFC president Dana White officially revealed the company’s main card lineups, as well as the majority of prelims, for events scheduled on July 11, July 15, July 18 and July 25. The events will be held
12:00 PM ET A UFC fighter is out of this weekend’s event in Las Vegas after one of his cornermen tested positive for the coronavirus. Matt Frevola, who was scheduled to fight Frank Camacho on the card, was removed from the event after it was revealed that his cornerman Billy Quarantillo, who is also a
7:11 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Curtis Blaydes has won three fights in a row, the past two by knockout, and has just one loss in his past 10 trips inside the Octagon. Alexander Volkov has been a winner in five of his six bouts since he joined the UFC roster in 2016. Runs of success
7:40 AM ET Dana White doesn’t believe that the smaller cage the UFC is using at its Apex facility has factored into more stoppages, but the numbers might disagree. During three events at the Apex — with the 25-foot Octagon, as opposed to a 30-footer — the finish rate is 54.5% (18 finishes in 33
6:10 PM ET It appears as though Yoel Romero will be sticking around at middleweight. According to multiple sources, a fight between Romero and Uriah Hall is in the works for August. The UFC has yet to issue bout agreements for the fight, nor has it finalized a specific date, sources said, but the current
4:18 PM ET An important heavyweight fight is scheduled to headline the UFC’s Aug. 8 show. Derrick Lewis vs. Alexey Oleinik has been verbally agreed to, sources told ESPN. Lewis (23-7, 1 NC) has won his past two fights. He most recently defeated Ilir Latifi via unanimous decision in February. 1 Related Following the victory,
8:06 AM ET UFC president Dana White began touting a welterweight title bout between champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal as far back as January, when a heated exchange between the fighters during Super Bowl week lit a marketing fuse that was expected to detonate a blockbuster main event on July 11. But a lot