5:09 PM ET Richard Mann UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov returns to action on Saturday for the first time since defeating former champion Conor McGregor last October. In the main event of UFC 242 he will meet interim champion Dustin Poirier, who is coming off his own signature victory over reigning featherweight champion Max Holloway.
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10:31 AM ET History was made at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Shenzhen, China. Zhang Weili finished Jessica Andrade by TKO in just 42 seconds to win the strawweight title, making her the UFC’s first Chinese titleholder. Having a champion from China is a massive boon for the UFC, which has been trying to
7:38 AM ET The UFC’s winningest Chinese fighter did not disappoint in front of the fans in his home country. Li Jingliang stopped Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos via TKO at 4:51 of the third round Saturday in the co-main event of UFC Shenzhen. Li landed an uppercut during a striking exchange that sent Zaleski dos
9:15 AM ET The UFC has its first Chinese champion and a brand-new star in a crucial market. Performing in her home country, Zhang Weili destroyed Jessica Andrade with a barrage of blows at the very outset and Andrade was not able to recover. The TKO finish came at just 42 seconds of the first
3:01 PM ET A scheduled main card fight is off the UFC’s card this weekend in China. Lv Zhenghong suffered a cut this week and is out of his planned featherweight bout with Movsar Evloev at UFC Shenzhen, the UFC announced Friday. No replacement will be found to fight Evloev and the event will go
11:53 AM ET Three months after claiming the UFC’s strawweight championship in her native Brazil, Jessica Andrade will return the favor by defending her belt in enemy territory — just not in a fight against the same woman who relinquished the strap to Andrade in May. Andrade (20-6) will make her first defense on Saturday
11:05 PM ET UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov believes his ugly rivalry with Conor McGregor will “never be finished.” However, Nurmagomedov says he has no interest now in a second fight. In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Nurmagomedov (27-0), who defended his lightweight title against McGregor (21-3) via fourth-round submission last October, said he would fight
9:36 PM ET The UFC’s first title fight in China is official. UFC women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade and challenger Weili Zhang made weight Thursday for their title bout, which will act as the main event of UFC Shenzhen on Saturday. Andrade weighed 114.5 pounds, and Weili came in right at the limit of 115.
11:56 AM ET The third season of Dana White’s Contender Series concluded Tuesday, with three more contracts awarded, and after 10 weeks of shows, the UFC has 30 new athletes under contract. That’s the most contracts a single season has produced thus far, though it’s worth noting that this season had two additional episodes after
5:54 PM ET There will be a piece of MMA history made this weekend at UFC Fight Night in Shenzhen, China, as strawweight Zhang Weili will become the first Chinese fighter to vie for a UFC championship. In just her fourth UFC appearance, Zhang (19-1) will challenge Jessica Andrade (20-6) on Saturday for the 115-pound