Mar 16, 2019 LONDON — Rising light heavyweight Dominick Reyes (11-0) kept his perfect record intact, barely, by defeating Volkan Oezdemir (15-4) via split decision. Two judges scored the bout 29-28 in favor of Reyes, while a third saw it 29-28 for Oezdemir. The 205-pound contest was quite back and forth. Reyes, of Victorville, California,
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8:13 PM ET LONDON — Ben Askren flew to England for the first time in his life this week, and everybody knows exactly why he did it — but it’s still fun to hear him say it matter-of-factly. “I am here, in London, because I’m trying to pick a fight,” Askren beams. Askren (19-0) came
6:26 PM ET The UFC has signed a Brazilian welterweight who became a viral sensation last month. Michel Pereira (22-9) has signed a new multifight deal with the promotion, sources told ESPN. MMAFighting.com first reported the news. Pereira gained notoriety last month for all the flashy moves he displayed en route to defeating Dae Sung
5:33 PM ET Mayara Munhos Priscila Cachoeira stepped into the Octagon in Belem, Brazil last February and was promptly dominated by Valentina Shevchenko, losing by second-round rear-naked choke in one of the most lopsided losses in UFC history. Shevchenko was coming off a bantamweight title fight against Amanda Nunes in which she lost via split
11:26 AM ET The UFC hits London’s O2 Arena this weekend, with a welterweight main event between England’s Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal. Till, 26, is looking to reassert himself as a future star after suffering the first loss of his career to Tyron Woodley in September. Masvidal, 34, is looking to take a shortcut
12:38 AM ET The wife of former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson filed a temporary restraining order against him Wednesday in Orange County (Calif.) Superior Court. MMA Junkie first reported that Cristina Ferguson filed the temporary restraining order. Records were not immediately available to ESPN detailing the parameters of the order. Court records show
5:39 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Mixed martial artist and boxer Conor McGregor is facing a civil lawsuit after being charged in South Florida with stealing the cellphone of someone who was trying to take his photo. Miami-Dade County court records show that 22-year-old Ahmed Abdirzak filed a lawsuit seeking more than $15,000 on
11:21 AM ET Derrick Lewis fought in the UFC main event Saturday night, knocked out on punches by Junior dos Santos. It turns out one person in his corner didn’t necessarily think he should have been fighting at all. Lewis’ coach, Bob Perez, told MMA Junkie radio that after an MRI came back on Lewis’
8:08 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor was arrested Monday in Miami Beach for allegedly smashing a person’s phone. McGregor is being charged with strong-armed robbery and misdemeanor criminal mischief, according to Miami Beach police, after he allegedly grabbed a phone from a man taking photos outside the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel at 5 a.m.
11:52 AM ET Dominick Reyes is a self-proclaimed “troubleshooter by nature.” The 29-year-old loves identifying a problem and doing everything possible to fix it. He proved this each day for two years, from 2015 to 2017, as the IT specialist at Oak Hills High School in San Bernardino County, California. Computer not working? Call Mr.