11:21 AM ET Former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor took to Twitter late Monday night to announce his retirement from mixed martial arts. Whether the decision is final or just a negotiation tactic for his next fight remains to be seen, but social media went abuzz nonetheless. Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided
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3:29 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault in his native Ireland, according to a report by The New York Times. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that McGregor, 30, was accused of sexually assaulting an unnamed woman in December in Dublin, and was arrested the following
3:29 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault in his native Ireland, according to a report by The New York Times. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that McGregor, 30, was accused of sexually assaulting an unnamed woman in December in Dublin, and was arrested the following
3:40 AM ET UFC star Conor McGregor announced his unexpected retirement from mixed martial arts on Monday, in a post on social media. The announcement came just hours after McGregor, 30, told “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” that he and the UFC were negotiating a potential return to the Octagon in July. Hey guys
5:36 PM ET Urijah Faber, a UFC Hall of Famer who has been retired since 2016, said Monday he is considering resuming his MMA career. The 39-year-old former WEC featherweight champion and three-time UFC bantamweight challenger mentioned the possibility of a comeback while appearing Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to talk about having just
3:00 PM ET UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo said Monday that a fight against Marlon Moraes for the vacant bantamweight title on June 8 in Chicago is in the works, and he added that if a failed drug test by TJ Dillashaw — which led him to vacating the belt last week — turns out
12:29 PM ET Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis came roaring back to life on Saturday in a highlight reel knockout over Stephen Thompson at UFC Fight Night in Nashville. Pettis, 32, went into the welterweight contest on a 3-6 skid. Part of the reason he even wanted the 170-pound fight, in fact, was due
11:24 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis made a superhero splash in his welterweight debut Saturday, knocking out two-time title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson with a Superman counterpunch with 5 seconds left in the second round in the main event of UFC Fight Night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Pettis, who
11:34 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim If you’re a heavyweight not named Francis Ngannou, you’d better watch out for Curtis Blaydes, who absolutely manhandled Justin Willis for three rounds on Saturday night in Nashville, Tennessee, in an emotionally charged but barely competitive co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis at Bridgestone Arena. It wasn’t
10:20 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Stephen Thompson and Anthony Pettis has the potential to take our breath away. What more can we ask from an MMA fight — especially one that, much like a karate kick of “Wonderboy” Thompson or a taekwondo kick of “Showtime” Pettis, seemingly appeared