3:04 PM ET UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic said Wednesday that he still sees spots in his left eye from a torn retina that was surgically repaired. He said there’s no timetable for his return to the Octagon, but in the meantime, he wages a different kind of battle as a part-time firefighter with the
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7:16 AM ET What a difference a day makes. If you would have asked MMA fans on, say, Sunday if they still wanted to see the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson fight happen on April 18, I’m certain the majority would have answered with a resounding yes. However, now that it appears as though Nurmagomedov
6:52 PM ET UFC champion Jon Jones agreed to plead guilty to DWI (second offense) on Tuesday and will not face any jail time if he follows the terms of a plea agreement, according to a spokesperson for the Bernalillo County, New Mexico, district attorney’s office. Jones was arrested on four charges last Thursday in
9:19 PM ET As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bellator said on Monday that it has decided to clear its slate of fights in May. Bellator 242, scheduled for May 9 in San Jose, California, has been postponed, along with Bellator London on May 16 and Bellator 243 on May 29 in Temecula, California,
12:53 PM ET Despite Dana White’s insistence in recent weeks that the Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov fight will go on, increasingly strict travel restrictions and other precautionary measures designed to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic appear to have the fight on the brink of cancellation. During an Instagram Live interview on March
6:38 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Daniel Cormier‘s phone started blowing up with texts last Thursday morning. His bitter rival, Jon Jones, had just been arrested for alleged aggravated DWI and negligent use of a firearm. Friends in Cormier’s inner circle were reaching out to him with messages that sounded celebratory. “But that’s not me. I
1:32 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov took to Instagram early Monday morning to state that it appears he won’t be able to fight in the main event of UFC 249 vs. Tony Ferguson on April 18 because of the travel restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic. He’s stuck in Russia. Incredibly, this matchup may fall through
8:35 PM ET UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is leaning toward a title defense later in the year with his recovery from a hand injury delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. Volkanovksi was set to return to the Octagon at UFC 251 in Perth, Western Australia, on June 7 in a likely rematch with Max Holloway,
5:04 PM ET Roman ModrowskiESPN.com “I do feel like the storm is behind me.” — Jon Jones, Jan. 31, 2020 Jon Jones seemed very much at ease and focused as he looked inside of himself during an interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani prior to his Feb. 8 fight with Dominick Reyes. The UFC light heavyweight
Mar 25, 2020 Jeff Wagenheim Sometimes, to dig up the shiniest gems among sports performances, we have to look way deep into history. Like … three weeks back. Zhang Weili made the first defense of her UFC strawweight championship on March 7, and her back-and-forth battle of attrition with former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk was an