7:30 AM ET UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya likes to study things. From fighting styles to showmanship to fashion and even social media skills, Adesanya is quick with analysis and quips. His ongoing Twitter feud with Jon Jones is one of the more entertaining spats in the UFC and has lit a fuse for a
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6:09 PM ET The UFC has released former lightweight title challenger Gilbert Melendez from his exclusive contract, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. Melendez (22-8), who was once in consideration as the best 155-pound fighter on the planet, exits the promotion on a five-fight skid. FightBookMMA first reported his release. Melendez, 37, was not immediately available
4:50 PM ET UFC heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic is not that intrigued by a third fight with Daniel Cormier, who said that’s the one fight he wants before he retires. Miocic and Cormier split their first two fights with Miocic scoring a fourth-round KO on Aug. 17. Miocic said eye pokes and punches in that
12:32 AM ET The most profound thing Nick Diaz ever said to me just so happened to be on the darkest day of his MMA career. On Sept. 14, 2015, the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended Diaz for five years after he tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his decision loss to Anderson Silva at
Nov 11, 2019 Nick Diaz‘s long-awaited return to fighting could come in early 2020. Diaz and his manager told ESPN he is finally open to returning to the UFC Octagon. And he has set his sights on Jorge Masvidal, the man who just beat Diaz’s younger brother, Nate. Masvidal is coming off a third-round TKO
10:00 AM ET Do you smell what “The Rock” is cookin’? You will on Monday. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Hollywood’s biggest action star and the man who recently strapped the “BMF” title around the waist of Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244, will lead off Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, beginning at 1 p.m. ET. But that’s
6:18 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Jon Jones is back. To trolling on the internet, picking a fight. The UFC light heavyweight champion last fought on July 6, when he edged Thiago Santos. It was the closest Jones (25-1, 1 NC) has come to losing his belt, at least in terms of judging, as his narrow
9:31 PM ET Make no mistake about it, Nate Diaz has not retired. Earlier this week, Diaz seemed to insinuate on social media that he was done with mixed martial arts. “F— a rematch this s— was over before it started,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “I’m goin on out on tour. Peace out
6:19 PM ET The scene was set for Zabit Magomedsharipov to soar to the starry status that long has been expected of him. All he had to do to hold up his end, it seemed, was win on Saturday in Moscow, and he did so by unanimous decision. But the lasting impression left by this
6:46 PM ET Greg Hardy wasn’t into celebrating a moral victory. Not even after coming in on short notice Saturday against ESPN’s No. 7-ranked heavyweight in Alexander Volkov. Hardy said he was “devastated” about the unanimous decision loss in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Moscow, even though he exceeded expectations. “The bar where