1:18 AM ET Ariel Helwani Close ESPN Staff Writer Ariel Helwani is an MMA reporter at ESPN. Follow him on Twitter at @arielhelwani. Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun ESPN MMA writers Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto and Jeff Wagenheim break down
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Oct 18, 2019 Four fights into his UFC career, former NFL star Greg Hardy continues to find himself at the center of controversy. A heavyweight bout between Hardy (5-1) and Ben Sosoli (7-2) ended in a no-contest Friday at UFC Fight Night in Boston because of Hardy’s unapproved use of an inhaler between the second
12:32 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Dominick Reyes is undefeated and No. 7 in ESPN’s light heavyweight Top 10. Chris Weidman is a former middleweight champion making his long-awaited debut at 205 pounds. Their clash in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Friday in Boston has significant implications for the weight class ruled by
Oct 18, 2019 Jeff Wagenheim BOSTON – Every rematch is a little different, but usually they grow from the same seed: a first meeting that leaves some open questions. A longtime champion who seemed invincible goes down to defeat. A well-matched duo leaves us wanting more after they’ve battled it out for 15 back-and-forth minutes.
2:20 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The 2019 PFL Finals on Dec. 31 will feature two familiar names, in 2018 champions Lance Palmer and Natan Schulte. Palmer (21-3) will meet Daniel Pineda in the featherweight finals, while Schulte (19-3-1) will look to repeat against Loik Radzhabov at lightweight. Both advanced to their respective back-to-back finals
8:39 PM ET A former UFC champion is leaning toward calling it a career. Luke Rockhold, who won the middleweight title in 2015, told ESPN Thursday night that he is considering never fighting again. “I have no interest in fighting right now,” Rockhold said. When asked if it was possible he might never fight again,
9:43 AM ET The UFC’s middleweight division has seen a changing of the guard over the past 12 months, and former champion Chris Weidman found himself on the wrong end of it. Can he get himself on the right side of the changes that are happening at light heavyweight? That’s the biggest question going into
10:12 AM ET The main event for UFC Fight Night, Dominick Reyes versus Chris Weidman, is official. Former UFC middleweight champ Weidman weighed in at 204 pounds Thursday, a pound under the limit for his first fight at light heavyweight. Reyes weighed in at 203. The fight will take place Friday at TD Garden in
9:57 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The Professional Fighters League says it has instructed prominent MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz not to attend any of its postseason events until a resolution is reached on a battery citation Abdelaziz received at a recent PFL show. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department cited Abdelaziz for battery at PFL’s
11:14 PM ET By his own admission, UFC debutant Ben Sosoli hates working on his major weakness – getting off his back when under fire in the Octagon. The 29-year-old has been called up to fight controversial American knockout artist Greg Hardy in Boston on October 19, a dramatic change of fortunes after Sosoli recently