7:19 AM ET Now that UFC president Dana White is back in Las Vegas after a frantic three-cards-in-eight-days stretch in Jacksonville, Florida, he said the promotion will turn its attention to the future during a matchmaking meeting on Tuesday. The first order of business likely will be filling up the cards on May 30 and
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10:40 AM ET The UFC has a May 30 main event, and it features a former champion. The promotion has scheduled Tyron Woodley, who reigned as welterweight champ from 2016 to 2019, to fight Gilbert Burns in the headline bout of UFC’s next scheduled card, Burns confirmed on Twitter on Tuesday. Bout agreement is signed!
7:52 PM ET Undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov confirmed reports of his father being in critical condition due to COVID-19 on Monday. Speaking on Instagram in Russian, Nurmagomedov, 31, confirmed his father, Abdulmanap, recently underwent heart surgery due to complications stemming from a previous ailment and the coronavirus. He went on to encourage people
1:33 PM ET Bettors and bookmakers enjoyed their busiest weekend since the coronavirus pandemic halted the sports world in mid-March, with UFC leading the way and golf and NASCAR attracted higher-than-normal betting interest at some U.S. sportsbooks. FanDuel said the amount wagered on the TaylorMade Driving Relief match between Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson versus
8:22 AM ET Justin Gaethje has arrived. He might not think so, as evidenced by the disdain with which he tossed aside the interim lightweight championship belt moments after winning it with a brutal fifth-round TKO of Tony Ferguson in the UFC 249 main event on May 9. “I’ll wait for the real one,” Gaethje
12:15 AM ET The UFC wrapped up a whirlwind of three live events in a span of eight days on Saturday, and the last man standing was the seemingly ageless heavyweight, Alistair Overeem. Overeem capped off the week of UFC action with a second-round TKO over Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville, Florida.
12:54 AM ET Walt Harris was stopped by Alistair Overeem in the second round in the UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday. But that didn’t diminish his performance in the eyes of his UFC peers. Many of them, including Harris’ heavyweight division rival Francis Ngannou, took to social media after the fight in Jacksonville,
1:09 AM ET It was an emotional Saturday night in Jacksonville, as the UFC wrapped up its three-card stay in Florida. In the main event, Walt Harris came out swinging and nearly picked up a knockout victory over Alistair Overeem, only for the veteran Overeem to come back and take over the fight. After Overeem
2:07 AM ET UFC president Dana White said late Saturday night that if the promotion can’t hold its May 30 event at its Apex building in Las Vegas, then the card will take place in Arizona. Combat sports remain suspended indefinitely in Nevada, but Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday that sports can return to
10:40 AM ET The UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday is expected to be a slugfest as heavyweights Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris collide in Jacksonville, Florida. Overeem is coming off a loss to Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who finished the former Strikeforce heavyweight champion in the final seconds of their fight last December. Harris, meanwhile,