7:37 AM ET Tyron Woodley is back in action on Saturday after more than one year away from the Octagon. The last time we saw Woodley, he lost the UFC welterweight title to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 on March 2, 2019. His planned bout with Leon Edwards in March was scrapped due to the
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7:07 AM ET Tyron Woodley has been having some trouble sleeping lately, but it’s not because he has too much on his plate. Woodley said he’s 100 percent focused on Saturday’s Fight Night main event against Gilbert Burns, which wasn’t the case the last time he was preparing to step in the Octagon. Woodley had
7:32 PM ET UFC president Dana White said Wednesday night on SportsCenter that the promotion is targeting Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo for the bantamweight title, which was vacated after Henry Cejudo retired this month. White said a date and location are not yet set. Cejudo, a former two-division champion, announced his retirement after successfully
6:37 PM ET UFC president Dana White has announced the official lineup for a UFC 250 pay-per-view event on June 6 in Las Vegas. White revealed the 11-bout card on SportsCenter on Wednesday. The main event will feature two-weight female champion Amanda Nunes, who will look to defend her 145-pound featherweight title against Felicia Spencer.
1:58 PM ET Colby Covington‘s tumultuous tenure with the American Top Team gym has come to an end as the UFC welterweight contender announced Wednesday that there’s been a mutual parting of the ways. “I’m affiliated with Colby Covington, Inc., as of now,” Covington told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview. “I’m my own
7:03 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has extended the following invitation to Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal: Meet me in July. Usman (16-1) told ESPN on Tuesday that he’s been training since February and has offered to defend his 170-pound UFC championship in April, May, June and now July. Many expected Usman’s next
May 22, 2020 Tyron Woodley will step into the Octagon for the first time since he was dethroned as UFC welterweight champion nearly 15 months ago when he faces Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC Fight Night on May 30, with the fights expected to take place at the promotion’s Apex facility in
9:26 AM ET The UFC is instituting stricter coronavirus testing guidelines ahead of its return to Las Vegas this weekend. The promotion sent a memo to the fighters competing on the Las Vegas card scheduled for Saturday. The memo outlining the guidelines was obtained by ESPN. The event will take place at the UFC Apex
1:01 PM ET One of the world’s best fighters is no longer a UFC titleholder. Henry Cejudo is considered retired and has vacated the UFC bantamweight title, promotion officials confirmed with ESPN on Monday. Cejudo’s name was removed from the title page and the official rankings on the UFC website Sunday. ESPN has Cejudo, a
7:37 AM ET UFC president Dana White has been touting Fight Island for over six weeks, during which time he’s been asked about it at every opportunity. But his plans remain shrouded in mystery. Where is the island? When will it debut? Who will fight there? White has said the concept of fighting on an