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Nov 11, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions When it comes to breaking down Saturday’s heavyweight title fight that headlines UFC 309 — one of the most anticipated matchups in the division’s history — nobody has a deeper understanding of what it’s like to be locked inside the Octagon with Jon Jones or Stipe

Nov 11, 2024, 09:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Jones makes the first defense of his heavyweight championship when he faces former champ Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309 on Saturday in New York. The main card at Madison Square Garden is on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET, with

Dre Waters Nov 8, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC will host its second to last pay-per-view event of the year next week, as the promotion takes its show on the road to New York’s Madison Square Garden for UFC 309. In the main event, UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones puts his

Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 7, 2024, 07:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions If UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones decides to continue fighting after he faces Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, it likely won’t be in a title unification bout with interim champion Tom Aspinall. Jones, 37, has teased retirement after his Nov. 16 bout against Miocic.

Nov 6, 2024, 07:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Neil Magny meets Carlos Prates in the welterweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. All of the fights at UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the main card starting at 7 p.m. ET, preceded by prelims at 4 p.m. Magny (29-12)

Associated Press Nov 5, 2024, 07:18 PM ET DUBLIN — A woman accusing Conor McGregor of sexually assaulting her in a Dublin hotel in 2018 testified in an Irish court on Tuesday at the start of a civil case seeking financial damages against the mixed martial arts star. McGregor was at the High Court in

Nov 4, 2024, 09:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On hip hop artists Future and Metro Boomin’s 2024 song “Like That,” Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar made an appearance referencing what many believe is the present day’s Hip Hop Big 3 of rappers: himself, Drake and J. Cole, before shaking up the industry and proclaiming himself

Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 3, 2024, 12:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time flyweight champion Brandon Moreno handed Amir Albazi his first loss with a high-volume striking clinic to earn a unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Moreno (22-8-2) returned after a self-imposed hiatus following a

Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 2, 2024, 12:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Saturday’s heavyweight fight between Derrick Lewis and Jhonata Diniz at UFC Edmonton at Rogers Place has been cancelled. UFC officials said the last-minute cancellation was due to Lewis suffering from a “non-weight cut related medical issue” that rendered him unable to compete. Lewis (28-12)

Andreas Hale, ESPNNov 1, 2024, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC will end the calendar year with a bang as welterweights Ian Machado Garry and Joaquin Buckley will headline UFC Fight Night on Dec. 14th at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The announcement for a fight between surging welterweights comes a day

Nov 1, 2024, 01:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Don’t look now, but the UFC’s 2024 calendar is nearly complete. November brings multiple Fight Night cards, a pay-per-view event in UFC 308 and some new rules going into effect. In December, fight fans get one additional Fight Night and pay-per-view (UFC 309) until the holidays

Oct 30, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former two-time UFC men’s flyweight champion Brandon Moreno meets Amir Albazi in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta. All of the fights at Rogers Place are on ESPN+, with the main card starting at 8 p.m. ET, preceded by prelims

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 31, 2024, 11:19 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Belal Muhammad has been forced out of a welterweight title defense against Shavkhat Rakhmonov in December, the UFC champion revealed Thursday. Muhammad (24-3) was set to defend

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis would like to face undefeated contender Khamzat Chimaev next, instead of a rematch against Sean Strickland. Du Plessis (22-2) won the

Associated Press Oct 29, 2024, 12:42 PM ET ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has agreed to attend four hours of anger management classes to resolve a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his New Mexico home in which he was accused of being hostile. A bench trial was

Open Extended Reactions Former UFC champion Conor McGregor is talking about retirement, again. In a recent exchange with a fan on X (formerly known as Twitter), McGregor responded to a message stating that he has no reason to return to MMA, that he’s done it all, go and enjoy your life. “Ya know what, you’re

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 28, 2024, 09:30 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC 308 marked the end of an era as two former champions were on the wrong end of marquee matchups against younger stars. In the main event,

Oct 26, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A 13-fight card at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi was headlined by a featherweight title fight between champion Ilia Topuria and former champ Max Holloway. Topuria, Khamzat Chimaev and Magomed Ankalaev emerged as big winners from the night, but what’s next for each fighter? To make