7:58 AM ET This is a special week. Why’s that, you ask? Well, because this marks a year since I have been doing this random thoughts column for ESPN.com. The column has evolved over time, but I’m going back to how it started. Random thoughts. Lord knows I have plenty. And away we go …
MMA
4:52 PM ET Bellator MMA announced Tuesday it has postponed a live event scheduled for June 6 in Chicago due to the ongoing effects of the coronavirus. The event, Bellator 244, was supposed to feature a rematch between former lightweight champion Michael Chandler and Benson Henderson and take place at Wintrust Arena. “Due to the
9:46 PM ET The UFC’s targeted card for May 9 lost some of its luster when women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes pulled out of her title fight against Felicia Spencer, citing her inability to have a full training camp. The Nunes-Spencer matchup was one of three scheduled title bouts on what was considered a stacked
6:38 PM ET The UFC’s planned return to action May 9 will have to be without one of its top champions. Amanda Nunes will not be defending her UFC’s women’s featherweight title against Felicia Spencer in the planned card, her agent, Dan Lambert, confirmed to ESPN. Nunes first mentioned the news to CBS Sports in
5:30 PM ET UFC fighter Lyman Good tested positive for the coronavirus last month, he told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview Monday. He is the first UFC athlete to publicly acknowledge having tested positive for the virus. Good, 34, said he is now feeling “100%” and is in full recovery. The New Jersey
9:11 AM ET The Professional Fighters League pulled the plug on its 2020 regular season and playoffs because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with plans to resume in the spring of 2021. That’s a big deal for the fight promotion and its athletes spread across six weight classes. The fighters will no longer get to
11:08 AM ET The Professional Fighters League announced Monday it is canceling its 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic, with plans to resume its format of regular season and playoffs in the spring of 2021. For this year, according to a prepared statement, the PFL will create “new original programming.” The announcement stated that
7:49 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Henry Cejudo did everything right in becoming a champion. To lay claim to the UFC flyweight belt in 2018, he had to dethrone the pound-for-pound king, a dynamo who was unbeaten in nearly seven years and on a UFC-record run of 11 consecutive title defenses. Among Demetrious Johnson‘s conquests during
7:52 AM ET While the lightweight and welterweight divisions might be considered the most competitive in the UFC right now, the bantamweight division is hardly lacking in intrigue or talent. Champion Henry Cejudo has become one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA, and his next title defense is tentatively scheduled for May 9 against
5:18 PM ET Tony Ferguson will not fight Khabib Nurmagomedov or Justin Gaethje on Saturday night, as was originally planned. But the UFC lightweight star says he still did a full weight cut and stepped on a scale Friday morning. Ferguson made championship weight — 155 pounds — and showed the footage on his Instagram.