Feb 6, 2019 Richard Mann UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will look to defend his title for the first time when he faces Kelvin Gastelum this weekend in Melbourne, Australia. While the fighters have some of the same attributes and qualities, there are slight differences in their styles and skills. The following statistical categories highlight
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12:53 PM ET Amanda Nunes rocked the MMA world recently by saying she’s already thinking about retiring. Her mother had asked her to stop fighting and Nunes, 30, admitted she was considering it. Yet it’s evident that the Brazilian bantamweight and featherweight UFC champion still has not decided what to do. Nunes was on ESPN
8:18 PM ET UFC 234 will mark Robert Whittaker‘s first title defence on home soil, but Israel Adesanya says it’s his showdown with Anderson Silva that saw the card sell-out in “minutes.” The countdown is on to what is Australia’s biggest UFC event since 2015 when Holly Holm handed global superstar Ronda Rousey her first
7:28 PM ET ESPN News Services An MMA fighter suspected of killing two people, including an ex-girlfriend, was captured Sunday after escaping from a prisoner transport van in Texas, authorities said. Cedric Marks was taken into custody after a nine-hour manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies, Conroe police Lt. Scott Spencer said in a tweet
10:38 PM ET Marlon Moraes defeated Raphael Assuncao by submission in the first round Saturday at UFC Fight Night in Fortaleza, Brazil. Moraes (22-5-1) dropped Assuncao with two big right hands and eventually locked in a guillotine choke, getting Assuncao to tap at the 3:17 mark. With the win, Moraes is expected to be next
10:59 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Jose Aldo has been insisting for a month that 2019 will be his final year in the fight game. On Saturday, though, he made it clear that he’s not done yet, battering rising contender Renato Moicano for a second-round TKO in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs.
6:13 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Before UFC Fight Night: Fortaleza’s main event between Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes, a multitude of undercard fights had major implications. Here’s how it all went down. Said Nurmagomedov defeats Ricardo Ramos by first-round TKO Nurmagomedov did not fight the way one might expect of someone with that surname, as
8:09 AM ET The UFC is headed to Fortaleza, Brazil, this weekend, with an all-Brazil main event between Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes. The UFC is now on ESPN and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ to get: Exclusive live UFC events, weigh-ins and more; Ariel and the Bad Guy; Dana White’s Contender Series; and more exclusive
7:54 AM ET Top UFC bantamweight title contenders Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes both made weight ahead of their main event bout on Saturday (ESPN+) in Fortaleza, Brazil. To be eligible to compete, they needed to be no more than 136 pounds the day prior. Assuncao and Moraes came in at 136 and 135 pounds,
9:48 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC has already lost a big fight from its UFC 235 lineup on March 2 at T-Mobile Arena. A bantamweight fight between former champion Holly Holm (12-4) and undefeated prospect Aspen Ladd (7-0) is off the card, according to UFC president Dana White. White broke the news unexpectedly