6:01 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Thiago Santos fought most of his light heavyweight title bout with Jon Jones on essentially one leg. Santos tore the ACL, MCL, PCL and meniscus of his left knee in the UFC 239 main event Saturday night in Las Vegas, his manager Alex Davis confirmed with ESPN. Tests came back
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4:51 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Ben Askren says he has no outstanding health issues following a brutal knockout over the weekend. Jorge Masvidal landed a running knee to Askren’s head just after the opening bell of their UFC 239 fight Saturday night in Las Vegas. The bout was ruled a five-second KO, the quickest in
5:34 PM ET UFC 239 on Saturday in Las Vegas witnessed the fastest knockout in company history, the closest five-round fight of Jon Jones‘ career and yet another dominant performance by Amanda Nunes. What’s next for Jones, Nunes, Holly Holm, Jorge Masvidal and others from UFC 239? Here’s ESPN’s take. Jon Jones, light heavyweight Result:
6:03 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN LAS VEGAS — Luke Rockhold‘s debut at light heavyweight was an absolute disaster. Jan Blachowicz knocked out the popular former middleweight champion with a vicious, right-left punch combination coming out of a clinch. The knockout finish came at 1 minute, 39 seconds of the second round Saturday night at UFC
3:10 AM ET Phil MurphyESPN Video LAS VEGAS — The UFC 239 main card featured three finishes: a head-kick-sparked TKO by Amanda Nunes to defend her bantamweight belt, a record-setting flying knee knockout by Jorge Masvidal, and a devastating two-punch combination by Jan Blachowicz. Chael Sonnen, who fought three times for UFC gold, was on
11:44 PM ET After weeks of some heated trash talk, Jorge Masvidal finally faced Ben Askren at UFC 239 on Saturday in Las Vegas. Thanks to Masvidal and his running knee, it lasted all of five seconds. As the fight opened, Masvidal sprinted from his side of the fence and connected with Askren’s head as
12:13 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN LAS VEGAS — Holly Holm knows a little something about head kicks. She has the most historic one in UFC history, when she shocked Ronda Rousey with that variety of knockout four years ago. On Saturday night, Holm was on the receiving end of one of them by Amanda Nunes,
1:19 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN LAS VEGAS — Rashad Evans was giving his acceptance speech at the UFC Hall of Fame ceremony Friday night when an earthquake rippled through the Palms Resort Casino. The confused audience laughed. Some screamed and moved toward the exits. Evans paused for a second for the shaking to stop. Then,
5:39 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN LAS VEGAS — The highly anticipated fight between two of the UFC’s biggest stars from Oceania is official. UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and interim champ Israel Adesanya will unify the titles in the main event of UFC 243 on October 5, the promotion announced Friday. The bout is expected
1:22 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN LAS VEGAS — The two title fights for UFC 239 are now official, as the competitors for the five-round championship bouts made weight Friday at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino. Jon Jones weighed in right on the mark at 205 pounds for his light heavyweight title defense against