Jul 31, 2019 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cain Velasquez leans up against the ring ropes in a small pro wrestling gym wearing a maroon Arizona State workout top. It’s his third shirt of the practice. The other two were sweated through. The former UFC heavyweight champion is a month into training in lucha libre at
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4:56 PM ET The relationship between the UFC and its former featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino appears to be done. In an interview released on the company’s YouTube channel on Friday, UFC president Dana White declared he is “out of the Cyborg business” and will waive any contractual matching rights he owns on one of
11:06 AM ET In typical Eddie Alvarez fashion, he found a way to battle back — in more ways than one — and make the ONE lightweight grand prix final. Alvarez, the former UFC lightweight champion, defeated former ONE champ Eduard Folayang by rear-naked choke submission at 2:16 of the first round Friday in Manila,
7:40 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Colby Covington sits in front of the television camera, interim title belt on his shoulder. The self-proclaimed supervillain of the UFC, who often wears a MAGA hat and sunglasses shielding his eyes, holds a sign reading “World Champion Colby Covington, Make Welterweight Great Again.” The lights and attention
9:06 AM ET In the past 14 months, Colby Covington has won an interim UFC title, visited the president of the United States at the White House and confronted the undisputed champion of his weight class in a crowded Las Vegas buffet line (Google it if you don’t know the story). One thing he has
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.
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