10:54 PM ET LAS VEGAS — It’s too early to predict how far he will go, but ex-NFL player Greg Hardy sure looks like a legitimate prospect in mixed martial arts. Hardy (2-0) earned his second professional win in stunning fashion Tuesday, as he knocked out Tebaris Gordon (3-1) in just 17 seconds at Dana
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8:08 PM ET Flyweights Joseph Benavidez and Ray Borg will meet on a UFC Fight Night card Nov. 10 in Denver and not at UFC 229 in Las Vegas because of Borg’s legal history with Conor McGregor, sources told ESPN. UFC 229 will be headlined by a lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and McGregor.
Aug 7, 2018 The UFC is close to finalizing a heavyweight fight between Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov for UFC 229 on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The bout has been targeted to serve as the co-main event. UFC 229 stands to be one of the biggest events in
1:57 PM ET Conor McGregor is back. After more than 20 months without an MMA fight, the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion will take on Khabib Nurmagomedov on October 6 in Las Vegas. The Dagestan native, in possession of the lightweight belt, has won all 26 fights of his professional career. Every McGregor bout
8:44 PM ET A flyweight bout between former title challengers Joseph Benavidez and Ray Borg has been added to UFC 229 on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN. UFC 229 stands to be one of the biggest events in the company’s history, with a lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor
6:59 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Dominick Cruz says he, not champion TJ Dillashaw, is the greatest bantamweight in UFC history, and he’s now healthy enough to prove it. Cruz, the former two-time champion who has not fought since December 2016 because of injuries, was responding to Dillashaw’s “best bantamweight of all time” claim made in
3:05 PM ET UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani he wants to face bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw next and “will knock him out.” Dillashaw is coming off a first-round TKO win against Cody Garbrandt this past Saturday at UFC 227 to retain the belt. On the same card, Cejudo upset 11-time division
2:14 PM ET Bellator MMA has announced the first-round matchups for its highly anticipated Welterweight Grand Prix, which kicks off on Sept. 29 in San Jose. The tournament will begin with a previously announced rematch between former champions Douglas Lima (29-7) and Andrey Koreshkov (21-2). That bout will take place at Bellator 206, inside SAP
Aug 6, 2018 One of the better rivalries in recent years came to a (presumed) conclusion, and the most dominant champion in UFC history was finally toppled. Between TJ Dillashaw‘s first-round finish of Cody Garbrandt and Henry Cejudo‘s historic upset against Demetrious Johnson, UFC 227 delivered the goods last weekend inside Staples Center in Los
7:35 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Dana White lives for selling fights. That’s his job as UFC president, and he does it better than any combat sports promoter ever has. But do you remember the night when the fight fan in him came bursting to the forefront and he told people not to buy his prizefights?