10:45 AM ET Rory MacDonald is taking his talents to the Professional Fighters League. The former UFC title contender and Bellator welterweight champion has signed an exclusive multi-fight deal with the PFL, MacDonald and PFL officials told ESPN. He will be a part of the promotion’s 2020 season and will compete for the PFL’s welterweight
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8:07 PM ET Just hours after Kamaru Usman‘s welterweight title defense Saturday night, Conor McGregor sent out a tweet. It read: “145. 155. 170.” McGregor has already held UFC titles at featherweight and lightweight — or 145 pounds and 155 pounds. The 170 represents the pound limit for welterweight. It sure seemed like McGregor was
6:26 PM ET Two-time Olympic gold-medalist Claressa Shields was at UFC 245 Saturday night campaigning for a fight against Amanda Nunes. Not since James Toney started on his path to taking on Randy Couture almost a decade ago have we seen a boxer at a UFC event so open about their desire to fight an
12:32 AM ET Australia started 2019 with one UFC world champion and finished with another, in what was another bumper and typically eventful year for the sport Down Under. Alexander Volkanovski was on Sunday crowned the UFC’s featherweight champion as he rounded out a stellar 12 months with victory over Max Holloway in Las Vegas.
5:15 PM ET A UFC contender opened up about her mental health, in detail, for the first time Monday. Megan Anderson discussed her 2010 suicide attempt and subsequent depression in an interview on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. The morning of her fight with Felicia Spencer at UFC Rochester in May, Anderson said she had a
11:10 AM ET One of the many questions following UFC 245 included the future of Hall of Famer Urijah Faber. He looked competitive against bantamweight title contender Petr Yan, but the 40-year-old also took a pounding. The cut and nasty lump near his left eye were proof. Faber is scheduled to join Ariel Helwani’s MMA
11:10 AM ET One of the many questions following UFC 245 involved the future of Hall of Famer Urijah Faber. He looked competitive against bantamweight title contender Petr Yan, but the 40-year-old also took a pounding. The cut and nasty lump near Faber’s left eye were proof. Faber is scheduled to join Ariel Helwani’s MMA
8:08 PM ET LAS VEGAS — One of the hottest topics going into the UFC 245 main event between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington was the potential that if Covington won he might fight Jorge Masvidal next. Covington and Masvidal, who has become one of the UFC’s biggest stars, are former best friends and roommates
LAS VEGAS — Kamaru Usman is one of the most physical, skilled wrestlers on the UFC roster. His usual path to victory is a grinding one, filled with clinches, pushing up along the fence, takedowns and top position. At UFC 245, there was none of that. Usman, the welterweight champion, wanted to make a statement
3:02 AM ET UFC 245 featured new champions, former champs and perhaps future champions. The main event featured a proud champion in Kamaru Usman, who held off a challenge by Colby Covington. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim break down Saturday’s event. As the final UFC pay-per-view of the decade was