9:00 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. I hope you got the fuzzy feelings of a Max Holloway fight week out of
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4:47 PM ET Three months after coming up short in his bid for an interim lightweight title, Max Holloway reasserted himself as the king of the featherweight division at UFC 240 in Edmonton. This time, it was at the expense of former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, who fell to 0-5 in his last five title
3:53 AM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — BJ Penn will fight again for the UFC. But it will be the final time, according to UFC president Dana White. Penn will take on Nik Lentz later this year on a card to be determined, White confirmed Saturday night at the UFC 240 press conference. White said Penn
1:05 AM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — Max Holloway has made a successful return to his featherweight throne. After an interim title fight loss at lightweight in April, Holloway came back home to featherweight, beating Frankie Edgar to retain his UFC title Saturday night in the main event of UFC 240 at Rogers Place. The victory
3:01 AM ET Max Holloway looked not at all diminished coming off an April loss, cruising to a unanimous decision over Frankie Edgar in the main event of UFC 240 on Saturday night to retain his featherweight championship. Cris Cyborg also won convincingly in the co-main event, although featherweight Felicia Spencer proved to be no
6:59 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — The UFC 240 main event features a dominant featherweight champion in Max Holloway defending his crown Saturday night against Frankie Edgar, who is looking to make the most of what could be his last shot at winning a title. Holloway, 27, has won 13 straight fights at 145 pounds,
12:59 PM ET Yair Rodriguez is finally coming home. “El Pantera” will meet Jeremy Stephens in the main event of UFC Fight Night Mexico City Sept. 21, sources told ESPN. Rodriguez (11-2) is coming off a last-second knockout win over Chan Sung Jung in November. That win marked his ninth in his last ten fights.
11:33 AM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — There were no weight troubles for Max Holloway on Friday morning. The UFC featherweight champion weighed in at 145 pounds even for his UFC 240 title defense here. Frankie Edgar, his opponent, hit 145 as well, making the headlining bout official. The two will fight Saturday night at Rogers
8:47 AM ET If there is one phrase that perfectly sums up UFC 240’s main event, a featherweight title fight between Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar, it might be: Here we are again. Here we are again at this matchup, which the UFC scheduled in 2017 and 2018, only to see it fall through both
1:11 AM ET The defending PFL champions at featherweight and lightweight are the No. 1 seeds heading into the playoffs. Chris Wade ended his losing streak against Russian fighters in an impressive showing to close out PFL 5. The audience was thrilled by a fight that ended in a majority draw. It was a night