4:29 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Not only is Anderson Silva apparently not nearing retirement, he is working on signing a contract extension. Silva’s manager, Jorge Guimaraes, told ESPN Brazil’s Igor Resende during an exclusive interview this week in Rio de Janeiro that Silva and the UFC are already discussing a contract renewal. Silva, the former
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9:20 AM ET If you’re one of those who really enjoy the story behind a fight, the UFC 237 main event might be for you. I mean, how can you top this? Rose Namajunas (8-3), a UFC champion who is known for wearing her emotions on her sleeve and occasionally acting downright fragile during fight
11:04 AM ET WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Pat Barry is standing over a large aluminum bathtub in his backyard, gripping one of those plastic dog-ball launchers with both hands. He has just poured an aggressive amount of ice chips into the tub and filled it to its brim with hose water. After letting the concoction sit,
1:40 AM ET UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Kayla Harrison dominated Larissa Pacheco in their Professional Fighters League matchup on Thursday night at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but she said she cried afterward because she wanted to produce a spectacular performance, not the unanimous decision she received. Harrison (4-0), a two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo
8:20 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — As children ran around the mats and parents settled into their seats at American Top Team’s headquarters for a slate of youth classes last week, one noise ricocheted throughout the building: Kayla Harrison‘s leg kicks. Her sparring session in full swing, the kicks sounded like jackhammers hitting slabs
12:56 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Michael Chandler‘s first real memory of being around Patricio Freire dates all the way back to early 2011. At the time, Bellator used a tournament format, with seasons and events airing every week. Ahead of the fourth season, the promotion flew the tournament participants to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida,
4:47 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Gilbert Melendez is returning to the Octagon this summer. The decorated MMA veteran will take on Arnold Allen in a featherweight bout at UFC 239 on July 6 in Las Vegas, the UFC announced Wednesday. The fight originally was scheduled for last November before Melendez withdrew due to injury. Melendez
9:51 AM ET Richard Mann Rose Namajunas fought for the inaugural UFC strawweight title in her promotional debut in 2014. In that fight, it was clear that she was talented, but there were some obvious holes in her game that ultimately led her to come up short against Carla Esparza. However, she continued to learn
8:44 AM ET A number of years ago, 2011 to be exact, I remember having a conversation with someone else in the fight game in which I compared Anderson Silva to Floyd Mayweather. We were talking about what it was like to cover, as a journalist, a Silva fight and a Mayweather fight. And the
3:17 PM ET The UFC is going to give Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa another shot. According to multiple sources, the middleweight fight has been verbally agreed to for UFC 241 on Aug. 17 in Anaheim, California. Both fighters are expected to sign their bout agreements shortly, sources say. By all accounts, this is the