7:20 AM ET When I spoke to Conor McGregor on Dec. 12, 2015, after he knocked out Jose Aldo, he said something that has always stuck with me: “Questions are good, like options are good. In the fight business, questions and options, I’m happy that there’s both.” I’d never heard someone break down the best
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7:02 PM ET Jairzinho Rozenstruik will step in to face Alistair Overeem in the scheduled UFC Washington headliner Dec. 7, replacing heavyweight Walt Harris, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. Harris’ manager, Jason House, told ESPN Friday that Harris was pulling out as the search continues for his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard, 19, who has been
Oct 31, 2019 ESPN News Services UFC heavyweight Walt Harris‘ stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard, who went missing last week, was harmed and is now considered a victim of foul play, police said Thursday. UFC president Dana White tweeted a video on Wednesday saying he was offering a reward of $25,000 for information on Blanchard, a college
5:50 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is ready to fight light heavyweight champ Jon Jones, but only on one condition. “If he wants to fight me right now, come see me at 185 (pounds, the middleweight limit),” Adesanya said Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “I’ll let him jump the queue, cuz he’s
5:52 PM ET Conor McGregor “vehemently denies any allegation of sexual misconduct or any wrongdoing,” his manager told ESPN on Monday, responding to two New York Times reports that said McGregor was accused of sexual assault in Dublin, Ireland, last month and separately in March. “He’s a global icon, but he’s also a polarizing figure,”
2:15 PM ET Despite the chaos of that saw both the main event and co-main event in peril of falling apart in the lead-up to UFC 244, Darren Till managed to overcome visa issues and a late arrival in New York, ultimately earning a victory over Kelvin Gastelum. But even after bringing the fight back
10:20 PM ET NEW YORK — As Jorge Masvidal sat at the dais in Madison Square Garden late Saturday night enjoying a slice of pizza, the craziness of the previous nine days seemed like a distant memory. But it wasn’t too long before that victory slice that Masvidal was binge-eating pizza for an entirely different
10:25 AM ET Darren Till has said he was “terrified” to step in the Octagon at UFC 244 after being finished in his last two fights. The Liverpudlian defeated former title contender Kelvin Gastelum via split decision in the co-main event Saturday as he made his middleweight debut at Madison Square Garden, but said after
12:55 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Nate Diaz might be a bad man, but he’s not the baddest. At least not for now. That distinction belongs to veteran welterweight Jorge Masvidal as of Saturday, as he soundly defeated Nate Diaz via third-round TKO. The non-title welterweight bout, which was promoted as a BMF belt fight,
1:39 AM ET The battle for the BMF belt and UFC 244 ended with the surprising result of a doctor’s stoppage due to cuts around Nate Diaz’s eye. Jorge Masvidal might have won the bout, but fans and fighters alike were left unsatisfied. Before the main event, the Johnny Walker hype train was derailed, Stephen