6:57 PM ET A light heavyweight matchup between Jan Blachowicz and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will headline UFC Fight Night on Nov. 16 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, according to UFC president Dana White. The UFC Fight Night event will take place at Ginasio do Ibirapuera and air on ESPN+. Blachowicz (24-8), of Poland, is coming off
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5:54 PM ET The UFC’s annual pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden continued to come together this week. A previously signed middleweight bout between Darren Till and Kelvin Gastelum will officially serve as the co-main event for UFC 244 on Nov. 2 in New York, according to UFC president Dana White. Additionally, a welterweight bout
6:20 PM ET Colby Covington will not get to perform on the grand stage of Madison Square Garden, as he had hoped. Now he’s aiming to take his challenge of welterweight champion Kamaru Usman to a December UFC event at the Capital One Center in Washington, D.C., “10 blocks down the street from the White
3:29 PM ET In November, the “M” in MSG might stand for Miami. Jorge Masvidal tweeted to The Rock on Sunday that he wanted him to put the belt around his waist if he beats Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 244 on Nov. 2 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. On Monday,
Sep 7, 2019 Dustin Poirier succumbed to the same fate as Conor McGregor. And no one has figured out how to deal with Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s wrestling, let alone beat him. Nurmagomedov defeated Poirier by submission via rear-naked choke at 2:06 of the third round Saturday in the main event of UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi,
9:04 AM ET The UFC is back in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, this weekend. When the UFC visits Canada, the card is usually filled up with a bunch of Canadians. However, this one features only three Canucks, which is tied for the least amount of Canadians on a UFC card in the history of the
10:50 AM ET Pound-for-pound lists are subjective. There’s never been an official No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world — although UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has probably been the closest thing for awhile. Perhaps not anymore. Undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov turned in another spectacular performance on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
1:40 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Ryan Bader remained a two-division Bellator MMA champion after a dominant performance Saturday night. He did not, however, walk away from the cage as a winner. The main event of Bellator 226 in San Jose, California, was declared a no contest at 3 minutes, 53 seconds of the first round
6:24 PM ET Ariel Helwani, Marc Raimondi, Jeff Wagenheim, Chael Sonnen and Gilbert Melendez Khabib Nurmagomedov was in classic form, defending his UFC lightweight championship with a third-round submission win over Dustin Poirier on Saturday. Paul Felder earned the biggest win of his career, knocking off Edson Barboza, and top contenders Joanne Calderwood and Curtis
1:25 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Staff Writer Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Khabib Nurmagomedov will put his UFC lightweight title and undefeated record on the line in the main event of UFC 242 today. Nurmagomedov, the undisputed champion, and interim champion Dustin Poirier will unify the UFC’s lightweight titles. The locale is Abu