The women’s Featherweight title makes a rare appearance this Saturday (June 6, 2020) when double champ Amanda Nunes squares off with Canadian submission artist Felicia Spencer in the main event of UFC 250, live from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ten pounds south, Cody Garbrandt and Raphael Assuncao look to rebound from their
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Following his first-round submission win over Jordan Espinosa at UFC on ESPN+ 24 in January, flyweight Alex Perez was eager to continue his momentum when the novel coronavirus struck, placing his plans for an immediate return on hold. Initially Perez hoped that a proposed bout with Kai Kara-France would be able to happen in May,
Image Credit: @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Sean O’Malley is expecting to add to his highlight reel at Saturday’s UFC 250 event. The undefeated bantamweight prospect will be opening up the main card pay-per-view against veteran Eddie Wineland. For “Sugar” he says he’s excited to get back in there just three months after his
9:28 PM ET Steve KimESPN A 13-fight hybrid card scheduled for Saturday in Topeka, Kansas, has been moved to Abilene and will not involve any testing for COVID-19 beyond a temperature check and questionnaire. A few weeks ago, fighters on the card — which will feature boxing, kickboxing, bareknuckle fighting combat jiu-jitsu and mixed martial
Photo credit: UFC Twitter Gilbert Burns is the new number one contender at welterweight. In the main event of UFC Vegas, Burns had the biggest win of his career as he dominated Tyron Woodley for all five rounds to earn a decision win. He even dropped the former champion in the first and won the
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently updated its official rankings in the wake of the UFC on ESPN 9 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last Sat. night (May 30, 2020) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Tyron Woodley and Gilbert Burns handling main event duties. Not surprisingly, Burns rocketed to the
Video: Chuck Liddell takes to streets to break up fights and calm protest crowds UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell is done fighting. He’s also done watching others fight in the streets of his neighborhood in Huntington Beach, Calif. There has been a lot of tension amidst protests over the death of George Floyd, the
Image via @mmarlonmoraes on Instagram Marlon Moraes has his eyes set on Dominick Cruz. Moraes was originally supposed to fight Petr Yan at UFC Kazakhstan on June 13. Yet, the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian will now be fighting Jose Aldo for the vacant bantamweight title. With Yan now
2:45 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi One of the UFC’s greatest champions appears set to give up his title. Jon Jones, the longtime UFC light heavyweight champ, tweeted Sunday that he plans to relinquish the belt
Photo: Ed Carbajal UFC president Dana White wouldn’t be surprised if Jon Jones follows through on his plan to relinquish the UFC light heavyweight gold. Jones has expressed frustration with the UFC brass as of late. The UFC light heavyweight champion believes he should receive higher pay for a move up to the heavyweight division.
The greatest woman to ever lace up the four-ounce gloves looks to become the second UFC double champion to defend both titles this Saturday (May 6, 2020) when Amanda Nunes takes on Featherweight contender Felicia Spencer in UFC 250’s ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) main event. UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, will also host two top-notch
Tyron Woodley tops UFC on ESPN 9 fighter salaries despite loss to Gilbert Burns Gilbert Burns dominated Tyron Woodley at UFC on ESPN 9 on Saturday in Las Vegas. He couldn’t best the former champ on the payroll, though. Despite losing the fight via a unanimous decision, Woodley topped the UFC on ESPN 9 fighter
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is doing his part to clean up the streets Albuquerque, New Mexico after a number of protests hit the city over the weekend. On Monday afternoon, Jones rallied a crew of volunteers, packed them into a van, and set out to do affect some
7:59 AM ET UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones hasn’t fought since a razor-thin decision win over Dominick Reyes on Feb. 8, but his current war of words with UFC president Dana White is threatening to overshadow anything taking place in the Octagon. Jones is saying he will relinquish his title and has asked White
Image Credit: Bellator/Spike Ryan Bader is aware of Jon Jones’ issues with the UFC and he has a suggestion for “Bones.” Bader is the current Bellator heavyweight and light heavyweight champion. Jones holds the UFC light heavyweight gold. Back in Feb. 2011, Bader and Jones fought under the UFC banner. Jones ended up submitting Bader
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who claims to have vacated his title after getting stiffed by promotion president Dana White, took to the streets this weekend during the George Floyd protests. And that’s bad news for punk-ass teenagers. Jones posted a video to Instagram on Monday morning, calling for the old
[embedded content] UFC president Dana White and light heavyweight champion Jon Jones have never really been what you’d say are best of friends. But their relationship, at least publicly, has certainly devolved to a rather unhealthy level. As Jones tried to stoke the fires for a move to heavyweight for a “superfight” with top contender
Image: Bellator on Instagram Bellator double champion Ryan Bader told UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones that he would “love to run it back” under the Bellator banner. Bader and Jones fought back at UFC 126 in 2011 when both were still rising contenders in the UFC light heavyweight division. In a battle between the two