12:29 AM ET Don’t put a nail in the coffin of Glover Teixeira‘s title aspirations just yet. The former 205-pound title challenger is on the cusp of making one final run at UFC glory, following an extremely important win against Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida. Teixeira was the betting
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2:04 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor has continued to donate medical supplies to various hospitals in his native Ireland, all while apparently planning a return to the Octagon this summer. McGregor donated another round of personal protective equipment to various facilities on Tuesday, according to several posts on social media. According to reports, McGregor
7:43 AM ET What was the biggest story on Saturday night at UFC 249? Was it Justin Gaethje‘s virtuoso performance? Or was it Tony Ferguson‘s 12-fight winning streak coming to a halt? Was it Henry Cejudo‘s retirement? Or maybe Dominick Cruz‘s failed comeback attempt? Perhaps it was Francis Ngannou‘s 20-second knockout? You could make a
3:39 PM ET The UFC went eight weeks without an event — March 14 to May 9 — because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now it’s time for the organization’s second live card in just five days. UFC 249 felt like a breath of fresh air for the sports world. And it would be hard to
12:07 PM ET Pumped up after an exciting UFC 249? Well, the UFC isn’t waiting long to bring more action into the Octagon and will have two UFC Fight Night cards this week, on Wednesday and Saturday, both in Jacksonville, Florida. The entire Wednesday card will be broadcast on ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET.
4:17 PM ET It would appear Conor McGregor is itching for a fight, and he’d like it to be against the UFC’s newly crowned interim lightweight champion, Justin Gaethje. McGregor (22-4) took to social media on Monday to offer his thoughts on the current 155-pound landscape. A former two-weight champion, McGregor demanded to fight Gaethje
7:57 PM ET If there was any question about who Conor McGregor wants to fight next, the answer was delivered on Monday afternoon in a series of profane tweets aimed at UFC interim lightweight champ Justin Gaethje. McGregor said he would butcher Gaethje and put his teeth on a necklace. It’s a different stance than
6:50 PM ET When you build a card with as many big fights as UFC 249 had, the fallout is going to be considerable, especially coming from the top of the card. Justin Gaethje put on the performance of his career in ending the 12-fight win streak of Tony Ferguson to become UFC interim lightweight
2:13 AM ET By the time Henry Cejudo left the Octagon on Saturday night, after defending his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz and announcing his retirement, the skeptics among his fellow fighters questioned whether the champ was seriously quitting or putting on another performance. But one thing skeptics didn’t question during UFC 249 was the
4:03 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim It was the greatest fight ever heard. Justin Gaethje landed 136 punches and kicks, and of those, approximately 136 were bombs. Not one twack or thud was drowned out by fans. Gaethje broke down an unbreakable man at UFC 249. Tony Ferguson took around two dozen knockout blows and didn’t