12:36 PM ET Popular UFC welterweight Darren Till has been fined for his part in damaging a hotel and driving off in a taxi on the Canary Islands last week, according to multiple reports. Till, of Liverpool, was one of five British nationals who were arrested last Thursday and admitted to vandalizing the hotel in
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1:10 PM ET ESPN Brazil Former UFC fighter Rodrigo de Lima (9-3-1) was killed Sunday following an argument with a rideshare driver in the city of Belém, Brazil. According to the authorities, de Lima argued with the driver and left his car. For unknown reasons, the man, later identified as Jefferson Roger Maciel, hit de
2:23 PM ET SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Roosevelt Roberts is not afraid of a fight. There was a time, very early in life, when he probably was afraid, but any fear Roberts had of physical violence was gone before he’d reached middle school. He might even remember the day it was lost for good. He
11:19 AM ET The UFC went to Russia this past weekend for just the second time in the promotion’s history. Alistair Overeem scored the 23rd KO/TKO of his career when he finished Aleksei Oleinik in the first round of the main event. Veteran Roxanne Modafferi beat Antonina Shevchenko via split decision in a hard-fought affair.
9:22 AM ET UFC bantamweight Cory Sandhagen says he views himself as “an upgraded version of Dominick Cruz.” On the surface, his statement could easily be interpreted one of two ways: Either Sandhagen, 27, is attempting to poke a potential opponent (Cruz), who is ranked ahead of him — or he must be incredibly cocky,
4:44 PM ET Alistair Overeem calmly weathered an early storm from Alexey Oleynik, before putting him away with knees in the opening round of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event in St. Petersburg, Russia. Overeem (45-17) finished Oleynik (57-12-1) via TKO at the 4:45 mark of the heavyweight bout, which headlined UFC Fight Night in
11:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The UFC’s second visit to Russia will be headlined by a heavyweight fight between Alistair Overeem and Aleksei Oleinik on Saturday in St. Petersburg. Before the big guys take to the Octagon, however, there are several fights of note happening at Yubileyny Sports Palace. Here’s how the action has gone
7:15 PM ET UFC featherweight Dan Ige says a bizarre set of circumstances led to him supplying blood to a complete stranger early Thursday morning. As an active UFC athlete, Ige, 27, is subject to a random, year-round drug-testing program, which is administered by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). According to Ige, a blood
5:38 PM ET The location of a UFC event can mean as much as, if not more than, the headline fighters themselves — and that just may be the case this weekend. 1 Related The UFC is now on ESPN and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ to get: exclusive live UFC events, weigh-ins and more; Ariel
4:12 AM ET Roxanne Modafferi is a mixed martial arts pioneer. After learning taekwondo as a teenager, moving to judo and then jiu-jitsu, Modafferi left the United States for Japan and turned professional in 2003 — long before it was a popular career choice for women. “I was always trying to get a fight and