Welcome to Midnight Mania! For the second time, there’s a pound-for-pound debate centered around Jon Jones and one of the sport’s elite Dagestani fighters. Back in October 2020, Khabib Nurmagomedov retired on top, smoking Justin Gaethje before riding off into the sunset (despite Dana White’s protests). Prior to leaving the sport for good, Nurmagomedov publicly
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Yoel Romero hopes ‘this is the moment’ he becomes a champion Despite being one of the most recognizable and powerful fighters in mixed martial arts, Yoel Romero has never won a major promotional championship. He hopes that Bellator 297 on Friday in Chicago is his time to shine. Having won 13 of his 15 victories
The Miami Heat have taken it on the chin this week after losing the NBA Finals to the Denver Nuggets and also watching their mascot Burnie go down in a heap courtesy of UFC superstar Conor McGregor. The latter incident was obviously a planned skit during Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami, which
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun UFC president Dana White has become extremely committed to being non-committal on future matchups the night of an event. These days, when White gets asked about a division’s landscape, the
Also featured on the main card will be Cyborg Abreu, a seven-time champion in no-gi competition, against Nick Meregali, the reigning Pan IBJJF champion, and former UFC flyweight title contender Alex Perez squaring off against Roman Bravo-Young, the former 2021 and 2022 NCAA wrestling champion from Penn State. The main event will highlight Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Yoel Romero has not forgotten what happened the last time he competed in Chicago. The 46-year-old Cuban light heavyweight was on the wrong end of a 2018 middleweight title fight with Robert Whittaker, a fight many believed Romero did enough to earn a decision. That was in the UFC when middleweight was still looking for
Event: UFC 292: “Sterling vs. O’Malley”Date: Sat., Aug. 19, 2023Location: TD Garden in Boston, MassachusettsBroadcast: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN, ESPN+Start Time: 6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card UFC 292 PPV Main Event On ESPN+: 135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley UFC 292 PPV Co-Main Event On ESPN+: 115
Watch Marvin Vettori defeat Jack Hermansson in a ‘Fight of the Night’ battle Marvin Vettori is ranked No. 3 in the UFC middleweight division and will look to keep his place in the rankings when he takes on No. 4 ranked Jared Cannonier in the UFC on ESPN 47 main event. Before Vettori and Cannonier
Michael Chandler is dominating his Ultimate Fighter 31 coaching matchup with Conor McGregor. On this week’s episode, Team Chandler improved to 3-0 in the TUF 31 quarterfinals as Austin Hubbard (15-6) won a lopsided decision over Aaron McKenzie (11-2-1) in their lightweight tournament bout. The younger, but slightly more experienced Hubbard (Hubbard has more pro
Andres Waters Jun 13, 2023, 11:07 PM ET We’re three weeks into ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ Season 31, and Michael Chandler‘s team has gotten the better of the team coached by Conor McGregor for the third week in a row. Team Chandler’s Austin Hubbard followed up back-to-back first-round knockouts by his teammates Roosevelt Roberts and Cody
2. Charge Your Phone Sounds like a no-brainer, but seemingly everything in Las Vegas is eye-catching, and you’ll be taking more pictures than you can imagine. This is doubly true for UFC fans during IFW, who are always surprised by the amount of fighters and UFC personalities they see walking around. Not only will you
Modestas Bukauskas wanted to fight in London in July but is ready for redemption at the UFC Apex. Bukauskas was re-signed by the UFC earlier this year as he took on Tyson Pedro on short notice at UFC 284. Heading into the fight, the former Cage Warriors champ was a sizeable underdog but shocked many
Reddit’s mixed martial arts (MMA) community (r/MMA) recently went dark to protest against proposed changes to its application programming interface (API). But it wasn’t just r/MMA, as detailed by Twitter user, Aakash Gupta. According to the report, 40 percent of Reddit went dark, which is a significant amount for one of the most popular social
Watch Jared Cannonier smash Derek Brunson 👊 UFC Fight Video Watch as Jared Cannonier bludgeons Derek Brunson and then smashes him into a TKO victory ahead of Cannonier’s return to the Octagon at UFC Vegas 75 on Saturday. Sitting at No. 4 in the UFC middleweight division, Cannonier is looking to keep himself on the
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 13, 2023, 01:50 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Henry Cejudo willingly relinquished the UFC’s bantamweight title three years ago. Now, it appears he’s prepared to do anything to get it back. Cejudo (16-3) is one month removed from
The Florida State Athletic Commission has suspended John Gotti III for six months as punishment for his post-fight outburst in an exhibition boxing match against Floyd Mayweather. Gotti III, the grandson of notorious mob boss John Gotti, momentarily ignored referee Kenny Bayless’ decision to stop the exhibition bout and continued to fight Mayweather, sparking an
Catch Up On All Things The Ultimate Fighter Since premiering in 2005, The Ultimate Fighter provided the opportunity for myriad champions and Octagon legends to get their start. From current Hall of Fame members like Michael Bisping and Rashad Evans to surefire future ones like Kamaru Usman, Robert Whittaker and Rose Namajunas, the show provides
UFC champion Israel Adesanya is explaining why he doesn’t fancy a future move to WWE. With Endeavor’s recent acquisition of the world’s premier pro wrestling organization, and the decision to merge the WWE and UFC under the same financial umbrella, there has been much talk about potential crossovers between the two sports in the not
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