8:29 PM ET One of the biggest names in the history of women’s mixed martial arts is making a move. Bellator announced Tuesday that it had signed Cris “Cyborg” Justino to a multi-year, multi-fight deal. Cyborg was done with the UFC after finishing her contract at UFC 240 with a fight against Felicia Spencer in
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7:20 PM ET After a long Labor Day weekend, a special Tuesday edition of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show set the tone for a massive week in the world of MMA. Dominick Cruz, Paul Felder and Joanne Calderwood all checked in from Abu Dhabi ahead of UFC 242, but the biggest news of the day arrived
4:17 PM ET Cris Cyborg has signed with Bellator MMA after a messy three-year run with the UFC. One of the best women’s fighters in the history of the sport is now under a multi-year, multi-bout contract with Bellator, promotion president Scott Coker announced Tuesday on Twitter. Coker wrote that it was the biggest contract
10:31 PM ET This weekend is an extremely busy one in MMA. Of course, the big story of the week is the much-anticipated return of Khabib Nurmagomedov against the surging Dustin Poirier Saturday at UFC 242 (2 p.m. ET, ESPN+). Hard to believe, but it really HAS been 10 months since we last saw Nurmagomedov
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.
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