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Alex Volkanovski will look to defend his UFC featherweight title at UFC 290 on Saturday, July 8, versus interim champion Yair Rodriguez (not pictured) in Las Vegas. (Photo by James Worsfold/Zuffa LLC) Plan your fight nights ahead with our UFC fight schedule. Included below are all of the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night cards and pay-per-events

Jun 30, 2023, 09:40 AM ET With the UFC schedule midway through 2023, there is plenty to discuss and break down in every division. So far this year, the UFC has seen arguably its most dominant champion, Amanda Nunes, hang up her gloves. It’s also seen one of its most dominant champs, Valentina Shevchenko, lose

Grant Dawson has only one loss and a draw in 21 career MMA fights, and he’s 7-0-1 in the UFC after earning a contract following a win over Adrian Diaz in 2017 on “Dana White’s Contender Series.” Yet, despite all of the winning, there was always a lot of room for improvement in Dawson’s game.

UFC Fight Night returns to Las Vegas this weekend for Strickland vs. Magomedov. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) It’s almost time for another UFC Fight Night. This time around, for UFC Vegas 76, middleweights Sean Strickland and Abus Magomedov will face off in the Octagon. This Saturday’s Fight Night also features Damir

USATSI An unexpected middleweight tilt headlines UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday. Abus Magomedov is not ranked in the UFC’s top 15, but he draws Sean Strickland (No. 7) in his second Octagon appearance. Strickland continues to find himself fighting backward. The controversial fighter is coming off a win against Nassourdine Imavov (No.

Jun 26, 2023, 09:29 AM ET With the conclusion of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, the first half of the year is behind us. Starting with a surprise faceoff between the best heavyweights in the sport, Marc Raimondi, Brett Okamoto, Eddie Maisonet III and Andres Waters discuss the biggest moments we’ve seen so far in the

Ilia Topuria battered and bruised Josh Emmett for five rounds to earn the unanimous decision victory Saturday at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC) Ilia Topuria put on the performance of a lifetime, dominating Josh Emmett and making Emmett’s face barely recognizable in a one-sided beatdown Saturday in the main event of

Getty Images Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are running it back. The top flyweights are reportedly set for a sequel in Las Vegas on Sept. 16, according to multiple reports. Grasso shocked Shevchenko, considered among the greatest fighters in women’s MMA history, to capture the UFC women’s flyweight title in March. Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2

Jeff Wagenheim Jun 22, 2023, 09:21 AM ET Shane Burgos does not want to be the next Rory MacDonald or Anthony Pettis. He doesn’t want to be like Thiago Santos or Krysztof Jotko. Like Burgos, all of those fighters arrived in the PFL with notable résumés built on stints in the UFC. It didn’t go

Ilia Topuria (13-0, 4 KOs) puts his undefeated record on the line Saturday against Josh Emmett (not pictured) at UFC Jacksonville. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Plan your fight nights ahead with our UFC fight schedule. Included below are all of the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night cards and pay-per-events with announced bouts. We’ll also include

Julianna Peña (11-5, 3 KOs) is 3-3 in her last six fights and doesn’t have a win over anyone currently on the UFC roster. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Amanda Nunes’ retirement following her dominant victory over Irene Aldana on June 10 in the main event of UFC 289 left a massive

Jun 17, 2023, 12:45 AM ET There’s plenty of action across MMA over the weekend with PFL Regular Season: Heavyweights and Women’s Featherweights and Bellator 297 in Chicago on Friday night and UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday. In Friday’s action, defending champions Ante Delija and Larissa Pacheco got wins, but only one

Getty Images After coming up short against titleholder Israel Adesanya last year, Jared Cannonier viewed his UFC Fight Night main event against fellow former title challenger Marvin Vettori as an opportunity to get back to a shot at the title. After an impressive showing, Cannonier scored a clear unanimous decision over Vettori to put himself

Marvin Vettori and Jared Cannonier will step into the Octagon this Saturday for UFC Fight Night 225. (Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) It’s time for UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier (AKA UFC Vegas 75 or UFC on ESPN 46). UFC returns home to Vegas tonight to see Marvin Vettori step into

Getty Images The UFC is globetrotting with a trio of new Fight Night main events. UFC president Dana White announced Max Holloway vs. “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung for Singapore this summer, plus headliners for Nashville and Paris cards on Thursday night. White took to social media to confirm three new fights. Cory Sandhagen

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire is a two-belt Bellator champion. (Lucas Noonan/Bellator MMA) Patricio “Pitbull” Freire stands on the precipice of MMA history as he enters his fight Saturday at Bellator 297 against bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Freire is bidding to become the first fighter from a major MMA promotion

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

UFC’s No. 3-ranked middleweight Marvin Vettori headlines Saturday’s UFC Vegas 75 against No. 4 Jared Cannonier (not pictured). (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Plan your fight nights ahead with our UFC fight schedule. Included below are all of the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night cards and pay-per-events with announced bouts. We’ll also include