3:12 PM ET After a tumultuous few weeks, the dust is starting to settle in the UFC’s women’s flyweight division. A fight between Jessica Eye and Katlyn Chookagian has been added to UFC 231 on Dec. 8 in Toronto, sources told ESPN on Friday. Eye was originally scheduled to fight Sijara Eubanks at UFC 232
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10:42 AM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov has threatened to leave the UFC, if the promotion cuts ties with his teammate and rostered featherweight Zubaira Tukhugov. In an Instagram post on Thursday, Nurmagomedov (27-0), who defended his lightweight championship against Conor McGregor in a deeply personal fight at UFC 229 last weekend, told the UFC to “send
6:43 PM ET Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov will be temporarily suspended beginning Monday, according to Nevada Athletic Commission executive director Bob Bennett. A hearing will take place Oct. 24, when the NAC chairman and commissioners will vote on whether McGregor and Nurmagomedov will be indefinitely suspended pending the results of their investigations. Following their
4:40 PM ET When push came to shove, the UFC made Daniel Cormier an offer he couldn’t refuse. Daniel Cormier will defend his heavyweight title against Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC 230 on Nov. 3 in New York, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. Cormier (21-1) will defend his heavyweight title against
2:31 PM ET Matt Mitrione hated his training camp for Friday’s matchup with Ryan Bader. Hated it. He actually called the last couple months “miserable.” But when you’re one win away from a spot in the finals of Bellator’s Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament, you have to be willing to do whatever it takes. “It was
11:10 PM ET Dillon Danis, Conor McGregor‘s teammate and one of his cornermen for his fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov last Saturday at UFC 229, has been accused of calling Nurmagomedov an anti-Muslim slur following Nurmagomedov’s victory over McGregor in Las Vegas. A brawl broke out immediately after the fight, when Nurmagomedov jumped over the cage
7:37 PM ET Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta will square off in the main event of UFC on FOX 31: Milwaukee on Dec. 15 in a battle of top UFC lightweight contenders. The news, first reported by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, was made official by the UFC on Wednesday night. The matchup is a rematch from
3:45 PM ET A rematch of arguably the best fight in UFC history is set. The promotion has officially booked Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson for UFC 232 on Dec. 29 in Las Vegas, multiple sources close to the organization told ESPN. The fight is slated to be for the UFC light heavyweight title. Current
9:50 PM ET Dustin Poirier had to pull out of his scheduled lightweight bout with Nate Diaz at UFC 230 because of an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN. Daniel Cormier will defend his heavyweight title against Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC 230 on Nov. 3 in New York, UFC president Dana White
9:45 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic says he spoke to the promotion about stepping in to bolster a UFC 230 event on Nov. 3 in New York, but was never offered a rematch against Daniel Cormier. Daniel Cormier will defend his heavyweight title against Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC