5:09 PM ET Israel Adesanya is in Melbourne, Australia, this week preparing for the biggest fight of his life. More than 8,000 miles away in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jon Jones fired off some warning-shot tweets to the budding UFC star. Jones went on a rant against Adesanya on social media Wednesday, writing that if the
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7:03 PM ET The UFC has added a lightweight fight between Kevin Lee and Gregor Gillespie to its UFC 244 pay-per-view event on Nov. 2, promotion officials said Tuesday. UFC 244 is scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden, in Gillespie’s home state. Lee (17-5) is a longtime lightweight but moved up to the
4:07 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker might already be one of the biggest stars in MMA were it not for his absurdly, almost odds-defying, bad luck. The misfortune this man has endured since becoming a UFC titleholder in 2017 is hard to keep track of, and it’s affected how fans — and perhaps
7:49 AM ET Brendan Loughnane is headed back to Las Vegas, less than four months after the city hosted the most controversial fight of his career. Loughnane (17-3), of Manchester, England, will make his PFL debut on Oct. 11 at Mandalay Bay Events Center opposite Matt Wagy (13-6). The featherweight bout is not part of
Sep 28, 2019 ESPN’s MMA contributors break down the biggest takeaways from UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Hermansson: Ariel Helwani’s Fight Night takeaways The year isn’t over yet, but Jared Cannonier has to be on the short list for most improved and breakout fighter of the year. I mean, did you really see this coming?
4:42 PM ET Richard Mann An analysis of multiple statistical categories makes a strong case for interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 243 on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia. Per the numbers, he has an advantage when it comes to striking with volume, power and accuracy. However, champion Robert Whittaker is
12:45 PM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Two of Bellator’s biggest prospects won in a matter of seconds. One of the promotion’s best fighters got revenge in a big rematch. The quarterfinals of the Featherweight World Grand Prix were set with a unique twist. It was a wild, mostly successful two days for the promotion —
1:47 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — It took Gegard Mousasi five years. But he finally got his revenge on Lyoto Machida. Mousasi, one of the world’s best MMA middleweights, beat Machida via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27) in the main event of Bellator 228 on Saturday night at The Forum. It was a rematch of
Sep 24, 2019 Bellator’s two events may be separated by a distance of 5,000 miles, but both Friday and Saturday will be filled with marquee bouts that will set the stage for the promotion for the rest of the year and beyond. Bellator 227 takes place in Dublin, Ireland, on Friday, headlined by a bantamweight
5:18 PM ET Jared Cannonier is not going away. The former heavyweight — turned light heavyweight, turned middleweight contender — scored perhaps the biggest win of his career on Saturday, as he knocked out Jack Hermansson with ground strikes just 27 seconds into the second round. The 185-pound fight headlined UFC Fight Night at Royal