Jul 20, 2019 UFC heavyweight Juan Adams spent more than a year calling out Greg Hardy — and it took Hardy less than one minute to silence him. Hardy (5-1) made quick work of Adams (5-2) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday inside AT&T Center in San Antonio. A former Division I collegiate wrestler, Adams
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Jul 18, 2019 For Rafael Dos Anjos, Saturday’s main event against Leon Edwards will mark his 28th appearance in the UFC. Not many of those were negotiated directly with promotion president Dana White. This one was, though. Dos Anjos (29-11) had just fought in May and was looking forward to spending the summer with his
11:21 AM ET Rafael dos Anjos and Leon Edwards both made weight Friday morning for their vital welterweight clash that is headlining the UFC San Antonio card. Edwards, the first fighter on the scale, came in at 171 pounds, and Dos Anjos hit the exact same number. The two men will square off in an
7:57 PM ET The UFC is moving a light heavyweight bout between Volkan Oezdemir and Ilir Latifi from Aug. 3 in Newark, New Jersey, to Aug. 10 in Uruguay due to Oezdemir’s visa issues, sources said. Oezdemir (15-4), of Switzerland, has been affected by visa issues in 2019, despite the dismissal of a felony battery
5:02 PM ET UFC veteran Myles Jury is off to Bellator. Jury has signed a multifight deal with the promotion, sources told ESPN. The 30-year-old Jury (17-4) is expected to debut for Bellator later this year, sources say. Jury will enter the promotion on a two-fight losing streak. He most recently dropped a unanimous decision
1:44 AM ET Why? What if? Those are the questions I ask myself every day. What if my dad didn’t bring me to the United Kingdom? What if my gym never opened in the Erdington neighborhood of Birmingham, England? It’s just mad — it’s a crazy thing. Why was I the one who made it
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,
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