2:02 PM ET Conor McGregor says news about his next opponent and fight date are imminent. And the hope for his immediate future is to cut out the long breaks in between bouts. At a news conference Wednesday in Ukraine, McGregor made it seem like the details have been hammered out between him and the
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4:17 PM ET Fresh off a controversial no-contest in his last bout a UFC Fight Night last week, heavyweight Greg Hardy is getting right back to work. Hardy (5-1) has agreed to step in against Alexander Volkov (30-7) at UFC Fight Night on Nov. 9 in Moscow, according to UFC president Dana White. Volkov was
2:16 PM ET The UFC is searching for a new main event for next month’s card in Moscow. Junior dos Santos, who was scheduled to headline the Nov. 9 card versus Alexander Volkov, has been forced to withdraw from the event after recently contracting cellulitis, a skin infection, on his left shin, according to his
3:55 AM ET Rising UFC star Maycee Barber already anticipates the nerves she’s going to feel before the fight. She sees herself pacing the room. But this bout she’ll be sweating is going to be more than 9,000 miles away. Barber’s teammate from Roufusport MMA Academy, Ben Askren, will be taking on Demian Maia in
11:48 AM ET ESPN.com staff Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show will feature a combination of MMA and wrestling conversation on Monday as he looks back at Friday’s controversial UFC Fight Night card in Boston and looks ahead to Tyson Fury’s future in WWE. Fury and Triple H will be among the guests. Watch the show on
3:48 PM ET ESPN.com staff Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show featured a combination of MMA and wrestling conversation on Monday, as he looked back at Friday’s controversial UFC Fight Night card in Boston and looked ahead to Tyson Fury’s future in WWE. Fury and Triple H were among the guests. Watch the show on YouTube or
2:44 PM ET Richard Mann Despite Ben Askren‘s five-second knockout defeat to Jorge Masvidal in his last outing — the fastest loss in UFC history — the UFC has been able to garner interest in a fight between the Olympic wrestler and an all-world submission grappler. In the main event of Saturday’s card in Singapore,
5:21 PM ET Steve KimESPN Dustin Poirier‘s future is a little unclear after his loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov on Sept. 7 at UFC 242. After falling short of his UFC lightweight championship aspirations in Abu Dhabi, Poirier is intent on fighting his way back to the top — but for the time being, his next
1:05 PM ET A publicist for Conor McGregor has denied a second reported allegation of sexual assault against the UFC star. The New York Times reported Saturday that a woman had accused McGregor of sexually assaulting her last week in a vehicle outside a Dublin pub. McGregor has not spoken with police or been charged
11:58 PM ET Entering Friday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Boston, the only thing missing from Dominick Reyes’ title shot resume was a signature win. That is no longer the case. Reyes (12-0) made quick work of a former UFC champion Friday night, as he knocked out Chris Weidman (14-5) at the 1 minutes,