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9:37 PM ET UFC president Dana White went on a fight announcement spree Thursday night, making official several big upcoming bouts including a pair of pay-per-view co-main events. Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad will meet in a short-notice welterweight contender bout that will act as the co-headliner of UFC 288 on May 6 in Newark,

9:46 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Raufeon Stots has been tested repeatedly in the past year — as a fighter and owner of an unfailingly positive attitude. Shortly before the Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix began last April, Stots had to move his fight preparation to a gym halfway across the country from where he’d been

Mar 14, 2023 Conor McGregor is back, lending his star power to the long-running reality TV show that might well have saved the UFC. “The Ultimate Fighter” was an instrumental force during the UFC’s explosion of popularity in the early 2000s, shining a spotlight on fighters such as Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz and

2:08 PM ET Former UFC fighter Karl Roberson was arrested in New Jersey for his alleged involvement in a theft of more than $200,000 worth of jewelry and valuables from a home, the Howell Township (New Jersey) Police Department announced Saturday. Roberson, 32, is being charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, possession of a controlled

9:04 PM ET The next UFC women’s bantamweight No. 1 contender will likely be decided next month. Raquel Pennington and Irene Aldana will meet in a rematch May 20 in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Tuesday. The two fought in July 2019, with Pennington winning

10:27 AM ET The UFC has a new main event for its card next week. A scheduled bantamweight bout between Song Yadong and Ricky Simon will take the headlining spot of UFC Fight Night on April 29 in Las Vegas, the promotion announced Monday night. Song vs. Simon was originally scheduled for the UFC Fight

9:24 AM ET It’s already April and much has gone on in the world of mixed martial arts in 2023. The sport saw, likely, the truest version of a pound-for-pound championship fight in February, between UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Makhachev prevailed, but the fight was so good, we might

12:19 AM ET Max Holloway is still one of the best featherweight fighters in the world, which has been the case for the better part of a decade. The former UFC featherweight champion beat Arnold Allen via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) in the main event of UFC Kansas City on Saturday. It was a

12:43 AM ET The next UFC heavyweight title fight could be headed to the Big Apple. The UFC wants heavyweight champion Jon Jones to defend his title against former champ Stipe Miocic at Madison Square Garden in New York, UFC president Dana White said Saturday at the UFC Kansas City postfight news conference. The UFC’s

9:50 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Defending PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier spoiled the PFL debut of 2022 free agent signee Shane Burgos to earn three regular-season points late Friday night. Aubin-Mercier (18-5) defeated Burgos (15-4) via unanimous decision inside The Theater at Virgin Hotel. The 2022 finalist used a well-rounded plan to keep Burgos