1:41 AM ET The UFC held its first event in the country of Argentina on Saturday, and the crowd went home happy — courtesy of Santiago Ponzinibbio. Fighting out of La Plata, Argentina, Ponzinibbio (27-3) knocked out Neil Magny (21-7) with a vicious right hand to the chin at 2:36 of the fourth round. The
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1:02 PM ET Nick Diaz is unquestionably one of the most entertaining fighters in UFC history. The former Strikeforce welterweight champion just brings it both inside The Octagon and out of it. He — similar to his brother Nate — is must-watch from the moment a fight is announced. Out since January 2015, the UFC
11:22 AM ET Any time a UFC athlete gets to fight at home, it’s a big deal. That is especially the case, however, for Argentina’s Santiago Ponzinibbio. Ponzinibbio (26-3) will headline UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Buenos Aires, opposite American welterweight Neil Magny (21-6). The televised event will mark the UFC’s first-ever trip to
7:19 PM ET UFC welterweight Nick Diaz will return to competition on March 2 in Las Vegas, according to UFC president Dana White. Diaz (26-9) has agreed to face Jorge Masvidal (32-13) in a welterweight contest at UFC 235 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Additional sources told ESPN that contracts for the bout are
1:01 PM ET For the first time in his professional career, Jorge Masvidal may go a full calendar year without a fight in 2018. He is anxious to return though, and wants it be against the best name possible. The UFC has already offered him a fun one: welterweight Nick Diaz, who hasn’t fought since
9:37 AM ET When Yair Rodriguez knocked out Chan Sung Jung in the final seconds of UFC Fight Night: Denver this past weekend, the MMA world exploded. Rodriguez’s elbow landed squarely with Jung’s chin, sending him straight to the mat. It was the end of an epic back-and-forth battle that headlined the UFC’s 25th anniversary
2:16 PM ET Yair Rodriguez landed what some consider the greatest knockout in UFC history Saturday night in Denver, finishing Chan Sung Jung — best known as “The Korean Zombie” — with a brutal elbow to the chin with one second remaining in a back-and-forth bout. Jaws from those both inside the Pepsi Center and
6:23 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo and bantamweight titlist TJ Dillashaw, who meet in a Jan. 26 superfight for Cejudo’s belt, both acknowledged on Monday that their clash likely will mark the end of the 125-pound weight class in the UFC. “They paid me a f— ton of money to kill
12:35 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show is back on Monday with another star-studded edition. The show, aired live on Twitter, will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first UFC event with an appearance by the fight promotion’s first champion, and also will feature two reigning champions as
2:03 AM ET DENVER — Saturday’s UFC Fight Night was meant to be a celebration of how far the sport has come in the past 25 years. And the main event lived up to its billing. In perhaps one of the most spectacular knockouts in UFC history, featherweight Yair Rodriguez (11-2) devastated Chan Sung Jung