5:41 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC lightweight Kevin Lee wants a spot on the promotion’s blockbuster UFC 229 event on Oct. 6 at T-Mobile Arena, and has already asked the UFC for a specific opponent. Demetrious Johnson, the former 11-time UFC flyweight champion, said he suffered a high-grade partial tear in his LCL during
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1:57 PM ET Former 11-time UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson says he suffered a high-grade partial tear in his LCL during his split decision loss to Henry Cejudo at UFC 227 on August 4. Participating in his first interview since losing the belt to Cejudo in Los Angeles, Johnson made an appearance on Ariel Helwani’s
11:49 PM ET Patricky Freire has a new opponent for next month’s Bellator 205 event. Freire will meet veteran Roger Huerta on the Sept. 21 card in Boise, Idaho, after his original opponent, Goiti Yamauchi, recently withdrew from the event because of an injury, Bellator sources told ESPN. Huerta (24-10-1, 1 NC) lost to Benson
2:47 PM ET The UFC has installed a backup plan for its welterweight title fight between Tyron Woodley and Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sept. 8 in Dallas. Welterweight contender Kamaru Usman (13-1) will submit all required medical forms in the state of Texas and officially weigh-in on Sept. 7, in the event something
2:48 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC light heavyweight contender Ilir Latifi wants Daniel Cormier to be a man of his word and defend his 205-pound title before the end of the year. Latifi (14-5) is rehabbing a rib injury at the UFC’s Performance Institute this week but says he’ll be ready to fight by
10:50 PM ET Cody Garbrandt broke his right hand in his first-round loss to TJ Dillashaw last Saturday night in Los Angeles. According to Garbrandt’s manager Ali Abdelaziz, “No Love” suffered the injury early in the UFC 227 main event, though it’s unclear exactly when. He is waiting to find out if the injury will
7:01 PM ET The UFC has officially added five new bouts to its UFC 229 pay-per-view event, set for Oct. 6 in Las Vegas, which will be headlined by the return of its biggest star in Conor McGregor. A flyweight contest between title contenders Sergio Pettis (17-3) and Jussier Formiga (21-5) leads the way for
7:00 PM ET ESPN News Services COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former UFC champion Mark Coleman says he’s among the victims of a now-deceased Ohio State team doctor who has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 100 former students. Coleman released a statement Thursday saying he wants to cooperate with investigators reviewing allegations against the
5:42 PM ET Chamatkar SandhuESPN Darren Till is just a month away from perhaps becoming only the second UFC champion from England, and the chance was given to him against his own wishes. Till (17-0-1) defeated Stephen Thompson (14-3-1) last May in Till’s hometown of Liverpool, England. After getting the nod from the judges, he
8:00 AM ET Stephen Kihn, KweséESPN South Africa’s Martin van Staden and American Dave Mazany share the same dream and they’re willing to take each other’s heads off to achieve it. Van Staden (26-10-0) will defend his EFC lightweight belt for the first time against the former champion at the GrandWest Arena in Cape Town