11:15 AM ET The man whose phone allegedly was smashed by Conor McGregor said Tuesday that he thought he was getting a handshake from the UFC star when the incident took place. McGregor was arrested Monday and charged with strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief for allegedly slapping the cellphone out of Ahmed Abdirzak’s hand, stomping
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5:50 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Conor McGregor was a young lad in Dublin, training in martial arts and eking out a meager living as a plumber’s apprentice, he devoted himself to envisioning a bigger and better future. He had become a believer in the power of creative visualization, so as he set out to
12:26 PM ET Dillon Danis did not hold back in his first public comments since being involved in the UFC 229 postfight melee with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in October. Danis, appearing on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, described the incident from his perspective. “I would never, ever start a fight with someone after a
11:02 AM ET Chamatkar SandhuESPN If you’re an MMA fan in the U.K., the struggle is, as they say, real. With the relentless schedule of events, you’re either a hardcore fan, tuning in week in, week out, or you may have slipped into a viewing pattern that only includes pay-per-views and, further still, perhaps only
12:48 AM ET Luke Rockhold underwent surgery on his right knee Monday in South Dakota, the former UFC middleweight champion told ESPN. Rockhold described the surgery as a “minor procedure” on his meniscus that will sideline him for approximately three weeks, according to his doctors. The 34-year-old Rockhold said his next fight will mark his
5:37 PM ET Featherweight contender Alexander Volkanovski will face longtime champion Jose Aldo at UFC 237 in Brazil on May 11. The matchup carries major implications, as the winner could fight next for the division’s title. But it’s only happening thanks to the graciousness of Volkanovski’s best friend Eli Hutchinson and his fiancé Lauren Whitmee,
Mar 9, 2019 It has been nearly two years since Junior dos Santos fought for a UFC championship, but he might not be far off from a return to the top. Dos Santos (21-5) collected his third consecutive victory Saturday night, stopping Derrick Lewis at the 1-minute, 58-second mark of the second round. The heavyweight
Yana Kunitskaya (12-4) defeated Marion Reneau (9-5-1) via unanimous decision in their women’s bantamweight fight on the UFC Fight Night Wichita prelims. All three judges scored the fight 29-28, and despite getting her nose badly bloodied, Kunitskaya earned her second straight win in the UFC following a debut loss to Cris Cyborg. Reneau, 41, has
6:43 PM ET A light heavyweight matchup between two recent title challengers in Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Smith will headline UFC Fight Night on June 1 in Stockholm, sources told ESPN. Both fighters have verbally agreed to the 205-pound matchup, according to multiple sources. The UFC Fight Night event will take place at Ericsson Globe
1:44 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Greg Rosenstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Greg Rosenstein is the MMA editor at ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter at @grosenstein. Brazilian welterweight Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos picked up his third consecutive finish