8:16 PM ET A winner at UFC Sacramento has failed a drug test, ESPN confirmed Monday. John Allan, who defeated Mike Rodriguez on the card, tested positive for the prohibited substance tamoxifen in an in-competition drug test, California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) executive officer Andy Foster said. UFC Sacramento took place July 13 at Golden
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5:09 PM ET The latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday featured a dominant UFC champion, multiple top trainers and prospects as well as one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters ever. Here’s what you might have missed: Cormier is only open to Jones trilogy after Miocic bout UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who
8:31 AM ET It’s Monday — time for another edition of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, which airs live starting at 1 p.m. ET on Twitter and YouTube. After it ends, you can listen to the show via the ESPN podcast center. If we’re being 100 percent honest with ourselves, this hasn’t been a banner year
9:23 PM ET Ask and you shall receive, Dan Hooker. Al Iaquinta vs. Hooker has been verbally agreed to for UFC 243 on Oct. 5 in Melbourne, Australia, multiple sources told ESPN. The fight is expected to be signed in the coming days. Hooker (18-8) knocked out James Vick last month in San Antonio. Following
6:10 PM ET Valentina Shevchenko defended her UFC flyweight title on Saturday. Consider that a sentence you might see a lot in the coming years. Shevchenko dominated Liz Carmouche in a five-round decision at UFC Fight Night in Montevideo, Uruguay. That’s two title defenses thus far, and it’s anyone’s guess where that number will ultimately
12:00 AM ET Valentina Shevchenko dominated Liz Carmouche on Saturday, cruising to a unanimous decision victory in Montevideo, Uruguay to retain her UFC flyweight belt. The win was her second defense of the title, and no end appears in sight. Is this dominance — and lack of any true competition — a good or bad
11:54 PM ET “The Bullet” is No. 1. And no one seems close to catching up anytime soon. Valentina Shevchenko retained her UFC women’s flyweight title via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) over Liz Carmouche in the main event of UFC Montevideo on Saturday in Uruguay. The result was never in doubt. Shevchenko dominated from
7:07 PM ET Aspen Ladd will need to do some work before fighting at bantamweight in her next bout. The California State Athletic Commission has suspended Ladd’s license to compete at bantamweight, pending documentation from physicians, CSAC executive officer Andy Foster confirmed Friday with ESPN. Ladd looked ill weighing in the day before UFC Sacramento
Aug 7, 2019 When the UFC announced it would open a female flyweight division in 2017, the first question many people had wasn’t whether or not Valentina Shevchenko would hold the title. It was: Who in the world will challenge her? From 2015 to late 2017, Shevchenko (17-3) was a two-time title challenger at bantamweight,
8:42 AM ET UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and challenger Liz Carmouche both made weight on Friday morning for their title fight headlining Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Montevideo, Uruguay. Shevchenko (17-3) hit the scale at 124.5 pounds for her second defense of the belt she won in December. Carmouche (13-6) came in right