1:53 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to extend its temporary suspensions of UFC stars Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor for their postfight actions at UFC 229 on Oct. 6 at T-Mobile Arena. The NSAC placed Nurmagomedov (27-0) and McGregor (21-4) on 10-day suspensions Oct. 15 —
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8:37 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a welterweight bout between Gunnar Nelson and Alex Oliveira for UFC 231 on Dec. 8 in Toronto, sources told ESPN. The pay-per-view event is scheduled to take place at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Nelson (16-3-1) hasn’t fought since a first-round knockout loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio in
1:24 PM ET If you thought the feud between the teams of Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov was over, think again. In an exclusive interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on Monday, Artem Lobov — McGregor’s friend and longtime teammate — vowed to leave the UFC if the promotion cuts Zubaira Tukhugov, because he hopes to
1:17 AM ET Conor McGregor intends to return to the UFC’s Octagon with his “confidence high” and is apparently willing to do so against someone other than Khabib Nurmagomedov. In a rare public comment on social media, McGregor (21-4) said he was beaten “fair and square” by Nurmagomedov on Oct. 6 at UFC 229, but
7:06 PM ET Eddie Alvarez says his decision to leave the UFC and sign with One Championship last week wasn’t too difficult. Not when the contract is, he says, a guaranteed eight-figure deal. “When I left the table at the UFC and said I wanted to go and explore, this is the deal I had
3:22 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Chris Weidman will get a shot at the UFC middleweight championship if he wins on Nov. 3 in New York, the former champ said the promotion told him when he agreed to face replacement opponent Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the co-main event of UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden. “I
11:35 PM ET UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier has received good news regarding the hip injury that forced him to pull out of an upcoming bout against Nate Diaz at UFC 230 on Nov. 3. Poirier, 29, announced via social media on Thursday he will not require surgery and should resume training next month. So here’s
12:32 AM ET Ariel Helwani Close ESPN Staff Writer Ariel Helwani is an MMA reporter at ESPN. Follow him on Twitter at @arielhelwani. Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Luke Rockhold (16-4) told ESPN on Friday that he has been forced
1:28 PM ET LAS VEGAS — If two-weight UFC champion Georges St-Pierre wishes to challenge Khabib Nurmagomedov for an unprecedented third title, he’ll need to go through a contender first. That’s according to UFC president Dana White, who says the promotion has no interest in booking St-Pierre (26-2), arguably the greatest fighter of all time,
12:45 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC president Dana White says he has not been contacted by anyone associated with Floyd Mayweather regarding a boxing match against Khabib Nurmagomedov, despite both camps expressing interest in public. “Don’t pay attention to it,” White told ESPN. “First of all, the Mayweather team has not approached us at