6:19 PM ET The third season of Dana White’s Contender Series comes to a close Tuesday night after 10 episodes. Five fighters signed from the show this summer already have UFC fights booked. Contender Series has been well received for its no-frills format: five fights, a small audience at UFC Apex in Las Vegas and
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12:09 AM ET It’s Monday — time for another edition of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, which airs live at 1 p.m. ET on Twitter and YouTube. After it ends, you can listen to the show as a podcast. The UFC makes its debut in Shenzhen, China, this weekend with a very interesting main event. Jessica
6:02 PM ET Two of the best pure grapplers in MMA history will face off in October. Ben Askren will fight Demian Maia in the main event of UFC Singapore on Oct. 26, ESPN’s Ariel Helwani confirmed with sources on Friday. Askren tweeted earlier this week that the fight was a done deal. Askren is
1:08 PM ET Alfonso Duro Few examples in modern sports embody the maxim “no pain, no gain” quite like a transition from Olympic-style wrestling to MMA. Jordan Burroughs knows this well. The American freestyle wrestler, fresh off winning his third Pan American Games gold in the 74 kg category earlier this month, understands the appeal
10:50 PM ET Editor’s note: Ariel Helwani’s interview with Conor McGregor has been edited for length and clarity.The entire conversation will be re-broadcast Sunday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. Ariel Helwani: Last week TMZ posted a video where you appeared to get into an altercation with another man in Ireland. Can you tell us your
5:46 PM ET A video of Conor McGregor punching an older man inside a Dublin bar surfaced online last week, and seeing the video was “like a dagger into my heart,” McGregor told Ariel Helwani in an exclusive interview with ESPN on Thursday. In the interview, McGregor expressed regret for his actions in April, when
5:25 AM ET Former England rugby international James Haskell has signed with mixed martial arts promotion Bellator. 1 Related Haskell, 34, will compete in Bellator’s heavyweight division and could make his professional debut in 2020, the promotion said in a press release on Thursday. The former flanker earned 77 England caps during a 17-year international
12:50 PM ET After defeating Anthony Pettis by unanimous decision at UFC 241, Nate Diaz stood inside the Octagon for his postfight interview with a name ready to call out for his next fight. But that name wasn’t the one most MMA fans expected — Conor McGregor. Instead, it was the man just months removed
2:27 AM ET Ask and thou shalt receive. That’s certainly the case for New Zealand lightweight Dan Hooker who has been granted exactly what he was after: A showdown with the No. 6 ranked contender Al Iaquinta at UFC 243. Hooker vs. Iaquinta is the latest piece of the 243 puzzle set down for Marvel
10:47 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Florida-based welterweight Phil Rowe spoiled Leon Shahbazyan‘s opportunity to join his younger brother in the UFC — and earned a UFC contract for himself in the process. Rowe (7-2) defeated Shahbazyan via TKO at the 16-second mark of the third round. The welterweight bout headlined Dana White’s Contender Series