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Jeff Wagenheim May 20, 2023, 10:36 PM ET Mackenzie Dern did not add to her record number of submissions but showed off a different dimension of dangerousness in dominating Angela Hill in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. Dern (13-3), a two-time jiu-jitsu world champion whose four submission wins

LAS VEGAS – Rose Namajunas is Mackenzie Dern’s No. 1 option after UFC Fight Night 224. Dern (13-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) scored a dominant decision win over Angela Hill in Saturday’s strawweight main event at the UFC Apex. She called out Namajunas (11-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) in her post-fight octagon interview with Michael Bisping. Dern explains that

Getty Images Meet Mackenzie Dern, mixed martial artist. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist displayed her complete skillset in a dominant performance over Angela Hill at UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Dern’s reputation as one of the most accomplished women in grappling has been a gift and curse for her MMA career. She has generally performed well

It’s almost time for UFC Fight Night 224: Dern vs. Hill (also known as UFC Vegas 73)! UFC returns to Vegas tomorrow night to watch Mackenzie Dern step into the ring opposite fellow strawweight Angela Hill. This square-off replaces the originally scheduled pairing of Raquel Pennington vs. Irene Aldana, in yet another UFC fight card

Whenever Angela Hill glances at her MMA record — 15-12 — she’ll grimace. And her 9-12 record outside of the UFC makes her grimace even a bit longer. “It makes me look like a 50/50 fighter,” Hill said, “and I know I’m not that. I fight only the best of the best of the best,

Yahoo News Exclusive: U.S. could train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s in 4 months Yahoo News has exclusively obtained an internal U.S. Air Force assessment that concludes it would take only four months to train Ukrainian pilots to operate American-made F-16 fighter jets, a far shorter time frame than what has been repeatedly cited by

Getty Images There is nothing in professional sports quite like a vicious knockout. It’s invigorating for some and gruesome for others, but it always elicits a genuine emotional response. The UFC has fielded no shortage of reactions over the first four months of 2023. UFC 287 welcomed three new additions to the list. An exciting

Edmen Shahbazyan was surrounded by hype when he made a big early splash after joining the UFC. Some of it was attributable to his famous then-manager, ex-UFC champion Ronda Rousey, but a lot of it was that he was doing very impressive things at an exceptionally young age. He earned his spot on the UFC

Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Jeff Wagenheim May 16, 2023, 07:02 PM ET The PFL has made it a mission to persuade the MMA public that it is the No. 2 fight promotion in the sport, behind only

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 any odds that are posted at BetMGM. Check back often as this list will be updated as new fights are scheduled. Here are the major scheduled

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 13, 2023, 05:59 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Jailton Almeida still has a long way to reach the top of the heavyweight division, but it certainly appears he’ll be a force to reckon with

Getty Images Look out heavyweights, Jailton Almeida is coming. The Brazilian grappling specialist excelled in his first UFC Fight Night main event, submitting Jairzinho Rozenstruik in Round 1 of their Charlotte headliner on Saturday. “When I come down with the pressure, no one can get me,” Almeida said through an interpreter post-fight. Almeida described the

Johnny Walker (right) kicks Anthony Smith in their light heavyweight fight during UFC on ABC 4 on May 13, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) UFC light heavyweight Johnny Walker has always had enormous amounts of talent. But he displayed in taking apart Anthony Smith on Saturday in the co-main

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 any odds that are posted at BetMGM. Check back often as this list will be updated as new fights are scheduled. Here are the major scheduled

UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith has gone through a trying year, including the loss of his mother and life-threatening injuries. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Throughout his mixed martial arts career and, indeed, his full life, Anthony Smith has been the living, breathing definition of a tough guy. When he was 19, he was

Getty Images UFC International Fight Week is locked in with a card that lives up to its name, if not its reputation for star power. UFC returns to Las Vegas on Saturday, July 8 with a card filled with fighters from around the world at UFC 290. The T-Mobile Arena will host a main event

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 9, 2023, 08:00 PM ET DALLAS – Jake Paul has shaken up his coaching staff following his first career loss. The YouTube-star-turned-prizefighter told ESPN on Tuesday that he is now working with trainers Theo Chambers and legendary retired boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley, along with his longtime coach J’Leon Love, a

Aljamain Sterling hasn’t been on the Yahoo Sports pound-for-pound list despite holding the bantamweight title for more than two years. But after Sterling defeated Henry Cejudo on Saturday at UFC 288 via split decision, it’s high time to change that. Sterling is on an amazing run, having won his last nine and 11 of his