8:55 PM ET We have a lot to get to this week, so let’s not waste any time. The lede The biggest story of the weekend, at least as of right now, is Friday’s UFC Boston main event: Dominick Reyes vs. Chris Weidman. This fight is big for two reasons: 1) It’s Weidman’s long-awaited 205-pound
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5:47 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The California State Athletic Commission has taken a major measure in attempting to combat extreme weight cutting. CSAC, one of the largest combat sports regulatory bodies in the world, voted Tuesday to pass a rule that would cancel a fight if a competitor weighed more than 15% above the
6:56 PM ET UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took a plea deal Tuesday on a charge stemming from an April incident at a strip club. Jones pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct in Bernalillo (New Mexico) County Metropolitan Court and received a 90-day deferred sentence, per court documents. During that period of time, Jones
9:21 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN Artur Beterbiev faces Oleksandr Gvozdyk on Friday night in a highly-anticipated WBC/IBF light heavyweight unification fight. Beterbiev (14-0, 14 KOs) has become a superstar on his own, but the guidance and friendship of MMA legend Georges St-Pierre has led him to greater heights. Mark Kriegel sat down with Beterbiev and
3:49 PM ET Richard Mann The UFC light heavyweight division needs an influx of new contenders. Friday night’s main event in Boston could go a long way to reaching that goal. Dominick Reyes joined the UFC in 2017 and has passed every test. His next exam will come against former middleweight champion Chris Weidman, who
4:22 PM ET ESPN.com staff Joanna Jedrzejczyk scored a big win for American Top Team on Saturday by beating Michelle Waterson, but she wasn’t sharing that celebration with ATT teammate Colby Covington. Covington will challenge welterweight champ Kamaru Usman on Dec. 14, and his public feuds with ATT teammates Jorge Masvidal and Dustin Poirier have
4:48 PM ET Tatiana Suarez should be one of the top contenders for the next shot at the UFC strawweight title, with an 8-0 record and five straight wins in the UFC, but all plans are on hold as Suarez deals with a neck injury she reaggravated in June. “I’ve always had disk issues,” Suarez
10:08 PM ET A top UFC women’s fighter is appealing a recent knockout loss. Aspen Ladd will go before the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) on Tuesday and argue that her 16-second TKO defeat against Germaine de Randamie was stopped by referee Herb Dean prematurely, CSAC executive officer Andy Foster told ESPN on Sunday. Ladd’s
11:44 PM ET One of the UFC’s best women’s champions might have earned another shot at gold. Joanna Jedrzejczyk defeated Michelle Waterson by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) in the main event of UFC Tampa on Saturday night at Amalie Arena. Jedrzejczyk was the superior fighter on the feet throughout — much like her title
12:28 AM ET ESPN MMA writers Jeff Wagenheim and Marc Raimondi break down Joanna Jedrzejczyk‘s impressive victory over Michelle Waterson and what lies ahead for both fighters. Strawweight is Joanna’s home Is the risk worth the reward? Yes, of course it is. Joanna Jedrzejczyk has the kind of star power that the UFC eternally craves