10:42 PM ET NORFOLK, Va. — The UFC’s flyweight division is still champion-less, but Deiveson Figueiredo sure looked the part on Saturday. Figueiredo knocked out Joseph Benavidez with a right hand in the second round of their main event bout at UFC Fight Night inside Chartway Arena. Figueiredo did not win the crown, however, as
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10:25 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Deiveson Figueiredo added to the turbulent history of the UFC men’s flyweight division Saturday by winning a title fight in which he was not eligible to capture the belt. Figueiredo opened up a cut on Joseph Benavidez‘s forehead, possibly on a clash of heads, and knocked him out with a
9:52 PM ET The largely dormant UFC women’s featherweight division got a shot in the arm Saturday night. Two of them, in fact. Felicia Spencer put on a dominant performance in defeating Zarah Fairn by first-round ground-and-pound TKO in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo in Norfolk, Virgina. And earlier in
5:36 PM ET Tito Ortiz has his win back. The UFC Hall of Famer was disciplined by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) last month, which included the overturning of his December victory over Alberto Rodriguez to a no-contest. On Friday, the TDLR said Ortiz’s win had been reinstated. As ESPN reported Thursday,
5:19 PM ET Jessica Penne‘s case with USADA has reached a conclusion — with a better outcome than she previously believed. USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, announced Friday that Penne has accepted a 20-month suspension due to a positive drug test for the banned steroid stanozolol. The ban is retroactive to April 8, 2019, so
3:52 PM ET UFC Norfolk will have a title on the line in the main event. The circumstances just won’t be what was expected when the fight was booked. Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo were supposed to fight for the vacant UFC flyweight title Saturday night at Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. That fight will
11:19 AM ET NORFOLK, Va. — The UFC was set to usher in a new era for its flyweight division in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event. Now only one of the participants is even eligible to win the title. Brazilian flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo (17-1) weighed in at 127.5 pounds on Friday, 2.5 pounds over
Feb 25, 2020 For many years, UFC flyweight Joseph Benavidez kept an old 4-inch-by-6-inch photograph of a UFC championship belt on his mantel. Keeping the spot warm until the real belt could take its place. But a few years ago, Benavidez and his wife moved to a new home in Las Vegas, and the photograph
9:25 PM ET Tito Ortiz‘s next fight appears to be against the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). The UFC Hall of Famer’s Dec. 7 win over former WWE champion Alberto “Del Rio” Rodriguez at Combate Americas 51 was overturned by the TDLR last month to a no contest (or no decision), and sources
8:08 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Joseph Benavidez was in the midst of a TV interview backstage in Las Vegas, wearing the cruel facial evidence that he had just been in a scrap. Through bloodied lips, he reflected on his split-decision victory over Henry Cejudo, and when the subject of his immediate future came up, Benavidez’s