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.
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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
2:09 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi A welterweight champion retained his title against a heated rival. A featherweight king surrendered his crown. And a bantamweight lioness continued her dominant reign over the 135-pound division. The UFC’s
2:06 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Colby Covington dominated the war of words. Kamaru Usman got the victory where it counted most. Usman finished the trash-talking Covington via TKO at 4:10 of the fifth round in the main event of UFC 245 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. With the win, Usman retained his UFC
Dec 9, 2019 The UFC’s 2019 pay-per-view schedule ends with a bang on Saturday, as UFC 245 features three championship fights — only the fifth time in the promotion’s history that that’s happened. One title bout centers around a personal rivalry. Another is built around a female GOAT. And the third features a dominant champion