2:15 PM ET As much as it may feel as if Alistair Overeem has been fighting forever, the veteran heavyweight understands he cannot, in fact, fight forever. Overeem (43-17), a former champion in the Strikeforce and Dream promotions, and in K-1 kickboxing, has been relatively quiet since he suffered a third-round TKO loss to Curtis
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10:19 AM ET Bellator MMA has beaten the UFC to the punch by booking the first major mixed martial arts event in Hawaii in a decade. Flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, a native of Honolulu, will defend her belt on Dec. 15 in her hometown, taking on Valerie Letourneau, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. Flyweight
6:16 PM ET The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum for two years for a failed drug test administered on April 25. USADA announced the two-year sanction on Tuesday. Werdum, 41, will not be eligible to compete in the UFC until May 2020. The Brazilian tested positive for
1:43 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley credits much of his success to longtime head coach and retired lightweight Din Thomas, who has been in his corner since 2006. In addition to his relationship with Woodley, Thomas is close with UFC president Dana White. So he has a balanced outlook on what’s often been
10:46 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Tyron Woodley was planning on making a big splash during his walkout to Saturday’s welterweight title defense. Instead, he ended up making a bold statement, drawing inspiration from an athlete outside of MMA. Tyron Woodley refers to himself as the “worst-treated champion” in UFC history. Will Saturday’s sensational win over
Sep 11, 2018 UFC lightweight Michael Chiesa has filed a civil lawsuit against Conor McGregor, seeking damages he allegedly suffered during McGregor’s infamous bus attack in April. Chiesa, 30, was scheduled to fight at UFC 223 on April 7 in Brooklyn but was forced to withdraw when he suffered minor injuries during McGregor’s attack, days
4:14 PM ET Chamatkar SandhuESPN Valentina Shevchenko has her eyes firmly set on fighting for the vacant women’s flyweight title after it was stripped from Nicco Montaño last Friday. Shevchenko (15-3) and Montaño (4-2) were set to clash at UFC 228 this past weekend in Dallas, Texas, for the 125-pound title. However, Montaño was taken
6:18 AM ET Ghana’s Abdul Razak Alhassan made light work of Niko Price at UFC 228 in Texas this weekend, winning his welterweight bout inside 45 seconds. “Judo Thunder” talks to KweséESPN about his knockout victory over the American, walking out to ‘The circle of life,’ and fighting in the Welterweight division. KweséESPN: Thoughts after
11:31 AM ET There’s a good chance Darren Till will have multiple shots at a UFC title before his career is over, but his first crack at one could not have gone worse on Saturday against Tyron Woodley. Woodley submitted Till in the second round of their welterweight title fight in Dallas, and he didn’t
2:27 PM ET Back in July 2016, there was an interesting media day prior to UFC 201 in Atlanta. Tyron Woodley was set to challenge Robbie Lawler for the welterweight title, and the UFC arranged an opportunity for reporters to speak to both. Rather than really answer any questions, however, Woodley responded to nearly every