12:57 PM ET The UFC’s first main event back in its hometown is now official. Former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and Gilbert Burns made weight Friday morning at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Woodley and Burns each weighed in at 170.5 pounds. The UFC Fight Night card will take place Saturday night at the
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May 20, 2020 Tyron Woodley already has established himself as one of the greatest welterweights of all time. This weekend, he will try to prove he’s one of the greatest welterweights right now. Woodley (19-4-1, 9-3-1 in the UFC) will meet rising 170-pound contender Gilbert Burns (18-3, 11-3 UFC) in the main event of Saturday’s
4:03 PM ET Despite Conor McGregor’s recent outbursts on social media, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Thursday he has not talked to the former two-weight champion about his next fight. McGregor, 31, has “accepted” everything from a boxing match against retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya to a superfight against MMA legend Anderson
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
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