7:56 AM ET ESPN’s MMA Insiders The year has already gotten off to a bang. A couple of the biggest stars in the sport — Conor McGregor and Cris Cyborg — have already made headlines with huge TKO stoppages. The next few months don’t slow down at all, with Jon Jones, Israel Adesanya and Khabib
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8:05 AM ET Jorge Masvidal has made it very clear that 2019 is in his rear-view mirror. “That f—ing year’s over — 2020 is gonna be better,” the UFC welterweight star said after receiving the Helwani Nose Award for Fighter of the Year. It is hard not to look back and reflect on what Masvidal
9:01 AM ET After an impressive start on Jan. 18, Conor McGregor has a chance to record the biggest year of any martial artist in 2020. His popularity alone gives him a leg up on everyone else, as it’s a lot easier to have a big year if the entire sporting world is tuned in
3:14 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and rival Jorge Masvidal had to be separated after an exchange Wednesday on Super Bowl radio row in Miami. Usman and Masvidal, who have been linked as potential future opponents, ran into one another between radio interviews. Usman provoked Masvidal, saying “do something” repeatedly. The two have
7:41 AM ET ESPN’s MMA Insiders The year has already gotten off to a bang. A couple of the biggest stars in the sport — Conor McGregor and Cris Cyborg — have already made headlines with huge TKO stoppages. The next few months don’t slow down at all, with Jon Jones, Israel Adesanya and Khabib
8:06 AM ET Lists are always fun. But dare I say, sports lists are even more fun. From now until the end of time, people will debate all things sports. I like to call these “barber shop debates.” You know, the kind of subjective, fun conversations you have while getting your hair cut. The list
12:12 PM ET The Professional Fighters League has announced a series of one-night tournaments around the globe that will ultimately feed five new athletes into the 2020 regular-season roster. The league has partnered with five separate organizations in United Arab Emirates, Russia, Germany, Brazil and Australia. Each international promotion will host a four-fighter tournament in
7:42 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is recovering from eye surgery, and his manager isn’t sure when he’ll be able to fight again. Top contender Daniel Cormier is tired of waiting and said if his trilogy fight with Miocic doesn’t happen by this summer, he could just retire. ESPN’s No. 4 prospect Curtis
4:01 PM ET Daniel Cormier said Monday if he doesn’t get his trilogy bout with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic by the summer, he would consider retiring. “You can’t wait forever,” Cormier said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “Every day that passes does not benefit me. I’m a realist, I understand that. Either we’re going to
11:00 AM ET The UFC’s heavyweight division got a new title contender during the weekend with Curtis Blaydes emerging after stopping Junior dos Santos. And the division’s top contender, Daniel Cormier, saw it all as he did commentary on the ESPN+ broadcast. Cormier, a former two-division UFC champion, will give his thoughts on that fight