8:12 AM ET ATLANTA — The transpacific flight from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Angeles is 16 hours long — which is a very, very long time to think about a fight that didn’t happen. It has been two months since Kelvin Gastelum saw a middleweight title fight ripped away at the last minute, due to
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8:28 AM ET A lot has changed since Dustin Poirier submitted Max Holloway in the first round of a featherweight bout at UFC 143 in 2012. Holloway (20-3) became a featherweight champion and has turned into one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. At age 27, he’s already working on “legacy fights” and
4:38 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor‘s next court date has been scheduled for May 13 in Miami-Dade County Court, for criminal charges including robbery and criminal mischief. Judge Spencer Multack assigned a trial date of May 13 on Wednesday, during an arraignment hearing. McGregor, 30, did not attend the hearing in person. Last month,
12:11 AM ET ATLANTA — When Max Holloway first signed with the UFC in 2012, the promotion offered the 20-year-old featherweight a choice between two opponents for his Octagon debut. “One is a [Brazilian jiu-jitsu] black belt, and one is a striker,'” Holloway told ESPN. “I told them, ‘That is a cake [decision]. We are
5:19 PM ET English lightweight Ross Pearson announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Tuesday, bringing his 15-year professional career to an end. View this post on Instagram After some long hard talks, and careful consideration with my family, friends and team, I’ve decided it’s time to retire as an MMA fighter. As hard
3:58 PM ET Richard Mann With lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov under suspension stemming from last October’s brawl following his win over Conor McGregor, the UFC put together Saturday’s interim title fight featuring featherweight champion Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier. The two fighters are both on impressive winning streaks, and they have a history. Seven years
3:52 PM ET Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw was suspended for two years by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday for testing positive for recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) before a flyweight title fight against Henry Cejudo on Jan. 19 in New York. The two-year suspension is the maximum sanction for a non-specified substance under
11:46 AM ET UFC 239 will feature a TUF 1 versus TUF 15 winner. Diego Sanchez, the first Ultimate Fighter winner, is scheduled to meet Michael Chiesa, the 15th Ultimate Fighter winner, on the July 6 card in Las Vegas, according to sources. The fight has been verbally agreed upon by both camps, sources say.
4:45 PM ET The man who sued Conor McGregor for allegedly smashing his cellphone on March 11 in Miami has dropped a civil lawsuit against the UFC star, according to online records. The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in Miami-Dade County court on Monday at the request of Ahmed Abdirzak, who had sought at least
11:24 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Dustin Poirier will be sitting up late some nights — unable to sleep, staring out into nothingness. In those moments, his mind will wander. The walk from the locker room to the Octagon. The cheers of the crowd. The smell of leather and canvas. He’ll envision walking into