9:08 AM ET The UFC is working on finalizing a Donald Cerrone vs. Justin Gaethje main event for the Sept. 14 Fight Night card in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, multiple sources confirmed with ESPN. UFC president Dana White first revealed the plans to Yahoo Sports on Wednesday night. According to sources, the fight isn’t finalized,
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1:27 AM ET First and foremost, Kai Kara-France is just happy to have a job. Not the 9-5 kind, the daily grind that others dread when the alarm signals a return to the office on a Monday morning. No, the 26-year-old Kiwi prefers to earn his keep in the gym. And with his immediate UFC
Jul 19, 2019 Peter Carroll On July 19, 2014, the mixed martial arts universe watched in awe as a nation heralded the emergence of an icon. At UFC 93 in 2009, legends such as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Mark Coleman and headline duo Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson had catered to diehard Irish fans. This time,
7:21 PM ET BURBANK, Calif. — Bellator is hoping to bring a major show to Japan later this year, headlined by Fedor Emelianenko. Scott Coker, Bellator’s president, told ESPN on Wednesday that discussions are underway to hold a card Dec. 29 at Saitama Super Arena with a main event featuring Emelianenko, perhaps the greatest heavyweight
7:45 AM ET Richard Mann Rafael dos Anjos avoided the first three-fight losing streak of his career with a gritty fourth round submission over Kevin Lee in May. In the process, he held on to his place as the UFC’s No. 4-ranked contender in the UFC welterweight division. In order to remain in the conversation
11:22 AM ET UFC light heavyweight Thiago Santos revealed on Resenha PVT — a show from the Brazilian channel Portal Vale Tudo — that he will be having surgery on Wednesday in Los Angeles on both knees. Santos, who fought longtime UFC champion Jon Jones to a split decision loss on July 6, tore the
10:55 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC signed four more prospects from Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday, just one week after handing out a record five contracts on the show. The new signees are heavyweight Don’Tale Mayes (7-2), middleweights Antonio Arroyo (9-2) and Brendan Allen (12-3) and bantamweight Ode Osbourne (8-2). White likely
7:34 PM ET The latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show featured a UFC Hall of Famer, a fighter competing for the first time as a mother and an MMA legend still competing at 44. Here’s what you might have missed: Faber would rather fight Dillashaw over Cejudo Urijah Faber said he would welcome a
2:50 PM ET Bellator MMA announced in April the creation of a 16-fighter featherweight grand prix tournament, and on Monday the promotion explained the first-round matchups. Division champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, who also holds Bellator’s lightweight belt, will defend his title against rising star Juan Archuleta (23-1) on September 28 in Los Angeles. Freire has
6:32 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Growing up in Brazil, Ricardo Prasel always had dreams of stardom. He wasn’t sure how he would accomplish that, but he ruled out a few things right away. “I was not born with the gift to sing and I never had the opportunity to be an actor,” Prasel said with