8:34 PM ET UFC 248 had a little bit of everything: two title fights, a fight of the year contender, highlight-reel finishes and impactful returns. Among the unique happenings surrounding the March 7 card in Las Vegas: UFC 248 will be streamed Monday on ESPN+ at 1 p.m., then will be available on demand for
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11:15 AM ET Anthony Smith Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith is scheduled to face Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night on April 25 in his backyard of Lincoln, Nebraska. The UFC has not announced any changes to that card, but all future events are subject to change because of the coronavirus pandemic.
9:18 PM ET Amid most sporting events in the United States being canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, there is a mixed martial arts promotion forging ahead. Combat Night MMA will hold a card Saturday night in Jacksonville, Florida, one that remains fully sanctioned and regulated by the state. It is believed to be the
9:22 PM ET Connor O’Halloran Despite the growing number of sporting events canceled around the world because of the coronavirus pandemic, Cage Warriors 113 went ahead in Manchester, England, on Friday night, after it was originally scheduled to take place behind closed doors in London at the O2 Arena. Bartosz Fabinski (15-3) was able to
5:32 PM ET Gilbert Burns stopped Demian Maia via TKO on Saturday in the co-main event of UFC Brasilia in front of no fans. In his postfight speech in an empty arena, Burns called out Colby Covington, the most polarizing figure in the UFC’s welterweight division. Little did Burns know that 18 hours later he
2:01 PM ET Marvin Vettori Marvin Vettori is an up-and-coming UFC middleweight from Italy. He was scheduled to face Darren Stewart at UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Edwards on Saturday in London. Last Friday night, Vettori flew from Los Angeles — he trains at Kings MMA in Huntington Beach, California — to London, only to
5:06 PM ET American Kickboxing Academy, one of the premier MMA gyms in the country located in San Jose, California, is closed indefinitely for about 22 hours per day. During those other two hours, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has been training with a skeleton crew of sparring partners and coaches. “Just Khabib,” AKA head
8:20 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Saturday night is fight night. Every fan of mixed martial arts and boxing, not to mention the esteemed Sir Elton Hercules John, knows that. But as the world pauses to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, combat sports and all other sports have shut down. For MMA fans, that means no
11:35 AM ET Colby Covington no longer wants to fight Tyron Woodley, and he doesn’t want to beef with American Top Team teammate Dustin Poirier. He just wants one thing: a rematch with UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman. Covington said Wednesday during an interview on Submission Radio that he was willing to fight Woodley this
7:53 AM ET Every single fighter on the UFC roster — heck, every single person on the planet — is struggling right now. These aren’t fun times. They are anxious and depressing times. We are missing out on things and wondering when life will return to normal. I genuinely feel bad for every MMA fighter