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UFC Vegas 68 was a fairly low-profile Fight Night offering from the UFC, with the main highlights prior to the event being the final bouts for the Road to UFC tournament and the main event between top heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivac. Those fights did end up providing a few of the event’s most

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 4, 2023) with a special late night attraction, featuring a 265-pound showdown between two Top 15 contenders — Derrick Lewis (No. 7) vs. Serghei Spivac (No. 12) — a colossal showdown that was originally supposed to go down in

10:21 AM ET Conor McGregor‘s return has been set, as the former UFC double champion will coach against lightweight star Michael Chandler on the next season of “The Ultimate Fighter” before facing him in the Octagon. UFC president Dana White announced McGregor and Chandler as the coaches on social media Saturday. No date or location

LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 218 takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results beginning at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT). UFC Fight Night 218 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. In the main event, two-time heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis

UFC Vegas 68 takes place tonight from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! In the heavyweight main event, Derrick Lewis will look to get back in the win column when he takes on Serghei Spivac, who’ll be chasing his third consecutive victory. While

Jon Jones isn’t the only Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star to score a new eight-fight deal to start 2023. On Saturday, UFC president Dana White rolled out another special announcement to unveil the new coaches for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. It will be Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler, who will fight at

10:37 AM ET The Ultimate Fighter, the reality show that brought fighters together in a home, is on ESPN+. The reality series launched the mixed martial arts explosion around the world in 2005. Over the course of 12 weeks, 16 up-and-coming mixed martial artists fought to stay in the house while receiving world-class coaching from

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main card for UFC Fight Night 218. UFC Fight Night 218 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+. Last event’s results: 3-2 Overall picks for UFC main cards in 2023: 6-4-0

Boxing star Manny Pacquiao will make his fighting return against Kota Ibushi at an upcoming RIZIN event in Japan. According to a report from Tokyo Sports, the Pacquiao/Ibushi matchup is in the preliminary stages of negotiations but is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. The report comes after Pacquiao appeared at the Bellator

Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling is moving back his proposed title fight with Henry Cejudo once again. As Sterling still recovers from a nasty bicep injury his return to the Octagon continues to be put on hold. The 33-year-old champion was last seen defending his title in a TKO victory over

The PFL’s Challenger Series returned for the second week of 2023, with athletes gunning for a PFL contract that could either serve as a developmental deal or earn them a spot directing into the regular season to compete for its $1 million prize. 2023 PFL Challenger Series 2 took place Friday at Universal Studios in

While he may have had gold wrapped around his waist, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jamahal Hill doesn’t believe he’s accomplished “the ultimate test” yet. After consecutive headline triumphs at the Apex in 2022, Hill had the opportunity to feature in the promotion’s first pay-per-view main event of the new year. With that, “Sweet Dreams” headed

Despite being promoted more than next week’s UFC 284 pay-per-view (PPV), Power Slap is not exactly thriving on cable tv. On Wednesday night, Power Slap went on air for the third week of its scheduled eight episode run, and ShowBuzzDaily reported the latest viewer count (H/T Bloody Elbow). The results aren’t great. In week one,

5:02 PM ET NEW YORK — Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn didn’t rule out the possibility of a future fight between former boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, he told ESPN on Thursday. Joshua has a fight against Jermaine Franklin on April 1, sources told ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, and

Saturday, after nearly 23 years and almost 50 fights, an all-time great will hang up his MMA gloves. Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko is set to retire after one more fight – and that fight happens to be one last crack at Bellator’s heavyweight title. Emelianenko (40-6 MMA, 4-2 BMMA) will challenge champion Ryan Bader (30-7

UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev feels his upcoming showdown with Alexander Volkanovski hasn’t been promoted well. Makhachev will face Volkanovski in the UFC 284 headliner in Perth on February 11th. He’ll defend his lightweight title in a super fight against the featherweight champion Volkanovski. The Makhachev/Volkanovski clash is one of the biggest ‘champion vs. champion’

Bellator 290 is set to go down this Saturday night (Feb. 4, 2023) on CBS, which will feature a Heavyweight championship rematch between division king, Ryan Bader, taking on Fedor Emelianenko in what will be “The Last Emperor’s” retirement fight. In the co-main event, Johnny Eblen will defend his Middleweight title for the first time

10:17 PM ET The UFC has shifted a highly anticipated bantamweight main event between Marlon Vera and Cory Sandhagen from Feb. 18 to March 25, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The bout was originally scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night later this month at the Apex in Las Vegas, but will now serve