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2:09 PM ET Former UFC champion Jon Jones has enlisted veteran boxing promoter Richard Schaefer as a representative, he announced via social media on Wednesday. Jones, 33, is one of the most dominant fighters in UFC history, although he has not fought since February 2020. A former light heavyweight champion, Jones vacated his UFC title

Carla Esparza is hopeful that the UFC will grant her a title shot. The former strawweight champion is waiting anxiously to be the next challenger to the newly crowned two-time UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas after dominating Yan Xiaonan in her most recent fight at UFC Vegas 27. Despite absolutely mauling Xiaonan in the fight

There hasn’t been a whole lot to be optimistic about regarding Jon Jones and the UFC’s relationship over the past year. Jones went from being the consensus GOAT and indestructible light heavyweight champion to out in the wilderness pretty quick, all after a call out of Francis Ngannou turned into a very public and very

Following a year and a half layoff, welterweight Bobby Nash returned to action this past November in about as strong of a fashion as he could have, picking up a first round TKO of Spencer Jebb in the first round of the XFC welterweight tournament. Not only did picking up the win prove to be

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones announced that he has hired boxing promoter Richard Schaefer as his new advisor. Earlier this week, Jones promised that he would share some big news with his fans, and he did so on Wednesday when he announced that he has hired Schaefer as his new advisor. Schaefer is

7:31 AM ET With a rare off week on the UFC calendar, it’s a good moment to take a step back and look at the biggest stories across several key divisions, with each having its own questions surrounding the championship and the greater title picture. The heavyweight division is seemingly headed toward a rematch of

Jon Jones and Chael P. Sonnen are at it yet again. Our saga begins with Jon Jones teasing the world of a big announcement forthcoming. I’m about to give birth to something big, something out of the ordinary. — BONY (@JonnyBones) May 24, 2021 “I’m about to give birth to something big, something out of

Luke Rockhold is coming off back-to-back knockout losses and has not seen the inside of the Octagon for nearly two years. But don’t expect that to rattle the confidence of the 36 year-old ex-champ, who already has his sights set on reigning 185-pound kingpin Israel Adesanya. “I know what Israel is capable of, I’ve been

Luke Rockhold seeks middleweight return: “Everything that I’ve entertained, someone’s gone running or chosen a different route.” Luke Rockhold is looking for a fight. Rockhold has not fought since suffering a KO loss at light heavyweight to current division champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 239 in July 2019. Now, the former middleweight champion is keen

Michael Venom Page is keen to test his skills in the UFC. The 34 year old has spent the majority of his career competing at Bellator, but admitted that the prospect of fighting in the UFC is the reason he got into MMA. As reported by Adam Martin, Page spoke to Michael Bisping on his

1:33 PM ET Aaron Pico has his next fight queued up. The top MMA prospect will fight Aiden Lee at Bellator 260 on June 11 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. That card will be headlined by a welterweight title fight between champion Douglas Lima and challenger Yaroslav Amosov. Pico

Jon Jones dropped a bombshell Tuesday night about when we might see him compete again. For months, Jon Jones has argued that the one thing preventing him from making the move up to the UFC’s heavyweight division is his current salary. Jones has made it clear that he would like to fight Francis Ngannou when

Oh how quickly fortunes can change in MMA. 2020 saw Kevin Holland become Fighter of the Year, winning five (five!) UFC fights in seven months. That includes four finishes. Three performance of the night bonuses. The man was on fire. Then came 2021, and two decision losses in a row, both on account of poor

Former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier believes Carla Esparza should be next in line to challenge Rose Namajunas for the strawweight title. Esparza defeated Namajunas via submission by way of rear-naked choke on the TUF 20 finale to become the first ever UFC strawweight champion in December 2014, but subsequently lost the

UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping absolutely destroyed Diego Sanchez’s former manager Joshua Fabia in the latest edition of his podcast. It was revealed last week that Sanchez had severed ties with Fabia just a few weeks after “The Nightmare” was cut by the UFC. With Sanchez letting go of Fabia, his former manager and

7:29 AM ET The Ultimate Fighter was an instrumental force during the UFC’s explosion of popularity in the early 2000s — shining a spotlight on fighters like Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock, who coached a variety of MMA hopefuls in a season-long competition in which all of the competitors were housed

Derrick Lewis is convinced his potential rematch with Francis Ngannou will be better than their first fight. Lewis is set to take on the newly crowned UFC heavyweight champion, Ngannou in the summer according to the UFC president Dana White. This will be the second time they face each other after their first bout ended

Former UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza won her fifth straight fight by smashing fellow 115-pound contender Xiaonan Yan in the UFC Vegas 27 co-main event last Sat. night (May 22, 2021) inside APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, landing at No. 3 in the division. rankings as a result. Message received. Elsewhere on the charts,