Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2023, 06:58 PM ET UFC women’s bantamweight contender Mayra Bueno Silva, in an Instagram post Monday, said she failed a drug test taken the week of her fight against Holly Holm last month. Bueno Silva is facing discipline from the USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, and the Nevada State
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Back in February, Porter ventured to Perth, Australia, where he lost to Justin Tafa by first-round knockout. Saturday night, he steps in with Justin’s little brother Junior, looking for a measure of revenge, along with a second straight victory. “Oh, absolutely!” he said when asked if there he’s looking to exact a little payback by
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Newly-crowned bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley completed his hostile takeover of the 135-pound division with a thrilling, second-round knockout victory over Aljamain Sterling in the UFC 292 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last weekend in Boston. Not only does “Suga” rule the bantamweight roost, but he’s also ranked among the 15 best pound-for-pound fighters in UFC, whatever
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Chris Weidman didn’t get the result he wanted at UFC 292, his long-awaited return to action after suffering a brutal broken leg more than two years ago. Just making it back for another fight was probably victory enough, but the 39-year-old former middleweight champion wanted to win – and Brad Tavares had other ideas. Over
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2023, 07:34 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Undisputed super middleweight champion Savannah Marshall is the latest female fighter in the ESPN boxing pound-for-pound top 10 to make a foray
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Tony Ferguson doesn’t like hearing all this retirement talk. The past four years haven’t been kind to Ferguson. The Ultimate Fighter 13 (TUF) winner’s last win came over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 238 in June 2019 and six straight losses have since followed. While Ferguson’s losing skid started with an interim title beating from
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 20, 2023, 12:55 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Chinese strawweight champion Zhang Weili turned in a near-flawless performance at UFC 292 — and that’s considering the impossibly high standards she’s come to be judged by. Zhang (24-3) dominated
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Leonard Garcia, April 2010 Time dulls some memories, but not this one. If you haven’t seen the first fight between Jung and Leonard Garcia in the WEC, click that link above right now and then come back. I’ll be waiting for you. This may have been one of the greatest introductions to a fighter we’ve
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