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Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 09:10 AM ET Ante Delija headlines Friday’s PFL Regular Season: Heavyweights and Women’s Featherweights in Atlanta, and Larissa Pacheco fights in the co-main event. Both are 2022 champions, and both are familiar faces to fans who have followed the fight promotion’s last couple of seasons. But both Delija and Pacheco

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2023, 12:27 PM ET A major welterweight bout is set for Beantown. Perennial contender Geoff Neal will face the undefeated, up-and-coming Ian Machado Garry at UFC 292 on Aug. 19 in Boston, Garry announced via Instagram. Sources confirmed the matchup to ESPN on Wednesday. Neal is currently No. 9

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

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

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 13, 2023, 06:21 PM ET Rob Wilkinson, the PFL’s light heavyweight champion last year, has been suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), according to a meeting agenda posted Tuesday on the commission’s website. No reason for Wilkinson’s suspension was given. He will have his temporary suspension extended or

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

Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Jun 12, 2023, 09:32 AM ET Amanda Nunes sat on the postfight news conference dais for one last time with her two belts on either side of her Saturday night in

Jun 10, 2023, 05:36 PM ET The old saying goes that it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. That’s exactly what happened to the man who plays Miami Heat mascot Burnie, as he had to go to a local emergency room Friday night after twice getting punched by UFC star Conor McGregor during

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 11, 2023, 01:14 AM ET Amanda Nunes laid her two UFC championship belts on the Octagon mat and had the cutman remove her gloves. She put the gloves in the middle of the two titles, kneeled down and cried into the canvas. On Saturday, after one of her most dominant

Jun 11, 2023, 02:19 AM ET What were the biggest moments from the first UFC pay-per-view in Canada in nearly four years? Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi, Jeff Wagenheim and Andres Waters offer up their final thoughts after an 11-fight card in Vancouver, British Columbia. Wagenheim: Nunes is the gold standard Amanda Nunes went out like

Jun 10, 2023, 08:05 PM ET Amanda Nunes defends her bantamweight championship against Irene Aldana in the main event of UFC 289 on Saturday night in Vancouver, British Columbia. The main card at Rogers Center will be on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 9, 2023, 04:35 PM ET Two women’s flyweight fighters on the verge of title contention are set to meet Down Under, as Casey O’Neill will take on Viviane Araujo at UFC 293 on Sept. 9 in Sydney, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Araujo is ranked No. 10 and O’Neill

Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNJun 9, 2023, 08:19 AM ET It’s a rare treat to witness a performance by the greatest in a sport’s history. It is especially rare in the case of Amanda Nunes. The GOAT of women’s MMA will be making her first appearance of 2023 when she headlines UFC 289 on Saturday in Vancouver,

Jeff Wagenheim Jun 9, 2023, 12:56 AM ET Brendan Loughnane won last year’s PFL men’s featherweight championship by rolling to four straight victories. In 2021, the season champion was Movlid Khaybulaev, who defeated Loughnane along the way. On Thursday night, the two champs were in position to set up a rematch in the 2023 playoffs,

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 8, 2023, 04:38 PM ET The UFC is ramping up its women’s divisions with highly regarded up-and-comers. Four women’s MMA prospects were signed by the promotion this week, including undefeated British women’s bantamweight fighter Melissa Dixon, her rep Maurice Blanco of First Round Management confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. In

Jun 7, 2023, 09:00 AM ET The PFL resumes its season this week with a fight card that was originally built on the enticing drama of last chances and no tomorrows. That was most prominently the case for the light heavyweight division, where 2022 champion Rob Wilkinson had won his first fight of the 2023

Andres Waters Jun 6, 2023, 11:15 PM ET “The Ultimate Fighter” returned last Tuesday with two of the biggest strikers in the sport, Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler, splitting up this year’s roster of fighters and beginning training. Last week’s fight went by quickly, with a Chandler-coached Roosevelt Roberts getting one step closer to returning

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 5, 2023, 07:20 PM ET Chris Weidman will return to the UFC this summer after more than three years following a devastating leg break during a 2021 fight. The former UFC middleweight champion will fight Brad Tavares at UFC 292 on Aug. 19 in Boston, sources confirmed Monday with ESPN.