5:08 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN “The Kid” has still got it. In his return from a 2½-year sabbatical, Urijah Faber continues to add to his UFC Hall of Fame legacy. Faber picked up the fastest finish of his MMA career, knocking out prospect Ricky Simon in 46 seconds in the co-main event of UFC Sacramento
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10:47 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Amanda Nunes might have her next UFC bantamweight title contender. Germaine de Randamie knocked out the previously undefeated Aspen Ladd in just 16 seconds in the main event of UFC Sacramento on Saturday night at Golden 1 Center. De Randamie landed a straight hand that put Ladd down immediately and
Jul 12, 2019 Aspen Ladd was hiking with her dogs in the California wilderness when her manager tried to inform her she’d be headlining a UFC event for the first time. The 24-year-old bantamweight is known for frequently losing herself on 12-mile hikes — with “the pack,” as she calls her collection of canines —
12:57 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN The UFC Sacramento women’s bantamweight main event is locked in. Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd successfully made weight Friday morning. De Randamie, the former UFC women’s featherweight champion, hit the bantamweight limit of 136 pounds, and Ladd made 135 pounds on the mark. The two fighters will compete in
12:26 AM ET Marc Raimondi Myron Medcalf Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato The first two Professional Fighters League playoff brackets are set, with 12 fighters in the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions still in the running for $1 million paydays. Glaico Franca is
10:59 PM ET PFL 4 was everything the Professional Fighters League hoped for when they established their playoff format. Six out of eight fights ended before the final horn Thursday, with five first-round finishes dramatically altering the composition of the playoff brackets in the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions. Pre-season favorites Magomed Magomedkerimov and Kayla
6:18 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Gegard Mousasi lost his Bellator title but is still getting the rematch he wanted. Mousasi will take on former UFC champion Lyoto Machida in the co-main event of Bellator’s event Sept. 28 in Inglewood, California, the promotion announced Thursday. Mousasi lost to Machida in 2014 on a UFC card in
6:18 PM ET The mid-season hiatus has ended and the Professional Fighters League is back in action as the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions enter their second round of fights at PFL 4, in Atlantic City, NJ. The eight-fight card, which will air on ESPN+ (5:30 p.m. ET) and ESPN2 (8:30 p.m. ET), underwent some
9:21 AM ET Igor Resende UFC 239 had many astonishing moments. Welterweight Jorge Masvidal knocked out Ben Askren in fewer than five seconds with a flying knee; bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes landed a head kick to put Holly Holm down; and Jan Blachowicz sent Luke Rockhold to the mat with a vicious left hook to
1:29 AM ET She has been called the worst UFC champion of all time, the least likable fighter in MMA. She has been labeled worthless. A coward. Germaine de “Ran-away.” It has been more than two years since the UFC stripped Germaine de Randamie of her featherweight championship for refusing to face Cris “Cyborg” Justino,