2:15 PM ET Rose Namajunas is back, and she’ll be facing a familiar opponent in her return. Namajunas (8-4) vs. Jessica Andrade (20-7) 2 is close to being finalized for UFC 249 on April 18 in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to multiple sources. The fight will be a rematch of one that happened in May, which
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Nov 28, 2019 Editor’s note: This panel was originally published on November 28, 2019. Conor McGregor is back. After what seemed like endless speculation, hints and callouts, the announcement was made on Thursday: McGregor will face Donald Cerrone on Jan. 18 in Las Vegas. This will be McGregor’s first fight since he lost to Khabib
Nov 28, 2019 Jeff Wagenheim When Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone steps inside the Octagon to face Conor McGregor on Jan. 18, it will be his sixth fight in 14 months. Too much for a 36-year-old? No, that’s just “Cowboy” being “Cowboy.” Since his UFC debut in 2011, Cerrone has fought four or more times in six
10:20 AM ET With the new year underway, it’s time to officially put 2019 to bed. We gave out 25 awards on Monday’s show, a great time was had by all, but now I am ready to start seriously thinking about 2020. As we’ve said before, it should be an incredible start to the decade.
Jan 2, 2020 He’s back. Conor McGregor will be returning to the Octagon for the first time since October 2018 — and only his second MMA fight since November 2016 — when he faces Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in the main event of UFC 246 on Jan. 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor (21-4)
The new year gets right down to big business with next week’s return of Conor McGregor. And that’s just the start for the UFC, which has four championship bouts already booked for the first quarter of 2020. There likely will be another, as Israel Adesanya told ESPN on Monday that he’s close to finalizing his
4:28 PM ET Israel Adesanya is close to finalizing the first defense of his UFC middleweight championship in a March 7 fight against Yoel Romero, Adesanya and his coach told ESPN on Monday. “I have my first guy on the chopping block,” Adesanya said during an appearance on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “That’s Yoel. He’s
4:12 PM ET Jorge Masvidal would rather take a big-money fight against Conor McGregor in his next bout than get a title shot against welterweight champ Kamaru Usman. “I know my management without a doubt would say, and I would also say, the Conor fight,” Masvidal said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday. “We’ll
6:41 PM ET The Australian MMA scene continues to go from strength to strength. From the record-breaking UFC 243 at Marvel Stadium to Alexander Volkanovski’s rise to featherweight world champion, 2019 was indeed a year to remember. And 2020 promises to be no different. Here is our pick of five Australian fighters to watch across
11:00 AM ET Behold the 2019 Helwani Nose Awards. This is the seventh year in a row that I’ve done this and I have to say that this might have been the toughest year yet. I agonized over a bunch of these categories for weeks (in particular male and female fighter of the year, coach