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
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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
11:00 AM ET The UFC’s heavyweight division was a hot topic of conversation Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show as Daniel Cormier and Curtis Blaydes discussed Stipe Miocic‘s inactivity and what should be done with his championship belt. Cris Cyborg, Tyron Woodley and top prospects Maycee Barber and Sean O’Malley also joined the show to
4:21 AM ET Bellator two-division champion Ryan Bader is dropping back down to light heavyweight to defend his title against Vadim Nemkov on May 9 in San Jose, California, the promotion announced Saturday night. Bader (27-5, 1 NC), who also holds the Bellator heavyweight belt, has been light heavyweight champion since 2017 but hasn’t defended
3:49 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The last time Cris Cyborg fought at The Forum, it was Dec. 29, 2018. That night, Amanda Nunes knocked her out to win the UFC women’s featherweight title. It was Cyborg’s first loss in more than 13 years. On Saturday, back within the same walls, Cyborg stopped Julia Budd
1:09 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The shots came fast and with ferocity from Cris Cyborg. A knee. A left hand to the head, a right to the body. A hard right kick to the legs. Over and over. Before long, it was over. It was that kind of long combination, thrown with maximum force,