9:03 AM ET Richard Mann The UFC will host its fifth full card on ESPN on Saturday. In the main event, former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler will be looking to get back on track against former interim champion Colby Covington. A win for Covington could lead to a title shot against welterweight titleholder Kamaru Usman.
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9:57 PM ET BJ Penn is a UFC Hall of Famer, a former two-division champion who has had many glorious moments inside the Octagon. But those moments happened long ago. Penn, 40, has lost his last seven fights and has just one victory in his last 11 bouts, a skid extending back to 2010. When
6:30 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis is headed back to Madison Square Garden for the second time in two years, sources told ESPN. The UFC is close to finalizing a bout between Lewis (21-7) and former WSOF champion Blagoy Ivanov (18-2) for UFC 244 on Nov. 2 in New York. The
5:32 PM ET Antonio Trocoli‘s UFC stint lasted about three weeks. The Brazilian light heavyweight fighter earned a UFC contract with a first-round submission victory on Dana White’s Contender Series on July 9 in Las Vegas. But White announced Tuesday night on the show that Trocoli would be cut due to a failed drug test.
11:16 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Flying knees were in the air Tuesday night during Dana White’s Contender Series. The UFC awarded contracts to four athletes, two of whom ended their fights in spectacular fashion with flying knees. Light heavyweight Aleksa Camur (5-0) knocked out Fabio Cherant with a flying knee 48 seconds into the
8:32 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a flyweight bout between two rising prospects in Maycee Barber and Gillian Robertson on Oct. 18, sources told ESPN. Contracts have not yet been signed, but both sides have agreed to the matchup. The 125-pound contest will take place at UFC Fight Night at TD Garden
4:45 PM ET An agreement has been made that would potentially unify MMA’s splintered rule set. The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) unanimously passed an alteration of its rule on the definition of a grounded fighter Tuesday at the association’s annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to ABC president Mike Mazzulli. The
8:04 PM ET Undefeated strawweight prospect Mackenzie Dern will return to the Octagon for the first time in 14 months against Amanda Ribas on Oct. 12, multiple sources told ESPN. Contracts have not yet been signed, but both sides have agreed to the matchup. The 115-pound contest will take place at UFC Fight Night event
7:56 PM ET The latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show featured a disgruntled former UFC champion, multiple up-and-coming prospects, and a movie star. Here’s what you might have missed: The BJ Penn vs. Nik Lentz fight hasn’t even been signed, has no targeted date or venue, but Lentz is already on attack. “The guy
6:21 PM ET An obstacle on the long comeback trail of champion fighter Miriam Nakamoto might have been cleared by an old friend — UFC color commentator and well-known comedian Joe Rogan. Nakamoto announced on social media Sunday that Rogan would pay for stem cell treatment on a lesion she has on her meniscus. Nakamoto