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The UFC is headed back to Charlotte, N.C. for the first time since 2018. Thursday, the promotion officially announced its upcoming May 13 event will be held at Spectrum Center. MMA Junkie reported Thursday that Charlotte was the frontrunner for the event, which also had been linked to Nashville. While a fight card was not

9:17 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN If you’ve ever watched an evening of PFL fights, you know the company runs its show differently from other mixed martial arts promotions. In a sport fueled by star power and talking a good game, the PFL’s season format shifts the focus to the nitty-gritty of fight results. Viral tweets

Getty Images Bellator MMA continues through spring with a solid slate of upcoming events. The year started with Ryan Bader stopping Fedor Emelianenko to retain the heavyweight title and Yaroslav Amosov outpointing Logan Storley to retain the welterweight crown. Most recently, Usman Nurmagomedov sent Benson Henderson into retirement and reclaimed his lightweight championship. Big boys

7:30 PM ET Saddle up. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, one of the most active and popular fighters of the past several decades, will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame this summer, the promotion announced Saturday during the UFC San Antonio broadcast. Cerrone, 39, will join a prestigious class that includes former longtime UFC champions

Cory Sandhagen punches Marlon Vera in a bantamweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at AT&T Center on March 25, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Cory Sandhagen has been one of the elite bantamweights in the world for at least the last three years. On Saturday

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone retired last year as one of the UFC’s all-time great knockout artists. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Donald Cerrone, whose take-no-prisoners style made him one of the most exciting fighters in MMA history, was chosen Saturday as the latest member of the UFC’s Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

Since it was announced, there was no fight on the UFC schedule that I have looked forward to more than the one that will headline UFC San Antonio on Saturday between No. 3 bantamweight Marlon “Chito” Vera and No. 5 Cory Sandhagen. It should be a wild battle filled with punches, kicks, elbows and plenty

8:48 AM ET 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 Bantamweight is arguably the deepest division in the UFC. The list of potential fighters who could one day be champions is long — perhaps longer than in any

Getty Images For as dramatic and inspirational as Leon Edwards’ head-kick knockout of Kamaru Usman was in their rematch last summer, there was a working theory adopted by many entering their UFC 286 trilogy that he would have to do it a second time for it to truly count.  If we learned anything from their

USATSI Establishing oneself as an exciting fighter in a bantamweight division brimming with top-quality talent takes something special. Cory Sandhagen and Marlon Vera fit the bill. They collide in the main event of UFC Fight Night in San Antonio on Saturday night. Sandhagen vs. Vera was originally scheduled to headline a Fight Night at the

Leon Edwards retained the UFC welterweight title with a second-straight win over former pound-for-pound king Kamaru Usman on Saturday at UFC 286. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Leon Edwards’ majority decision win over Kamaru Usman in their welterweight title bout on Saturday at UFC 286 in London, England, shook up the Yahoo

9:07 AM ET An old adage in combat sports says that someone is not truly the champion until they defend the title. Well, if that is indeed the case, Leon Edwards cemented himself as the top man at welterweight on Saturday at UFC 286 in London, beating Kamaru Usman for a second straight time with

Anderson Silva (right) will join Jens Pulver and Jose Aldo in the UFC Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. (Photo by James Law via Getty Images) The only thing that could be said Saturday about the news that Anderson Silva was elected to the UFC Hall of Fame in its pioneer wing is this: What

Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman are 1-1 against each other. On Saturday, they’re going to do it again, settling the score in the rubber match in the main event of UFC 286. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Much of the speculation about the main event of UFC 286 between champion Leon Edwards

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

USATSI A rare trilogy highlights the UFC 286 card on Saturday as welterweight champion Leon Edwards meets former champion Kamaru Usman in the main event. The third meeting between these longtime rivals will anchor the main UFC 286 fight card (5 p.m. ET) from the O2 Arena in London. Edwards had to win nine consecutive

Mar 13, 2023 Jeff Wagenheim The UFC first visited London in 2002 for an event dubbed “The Brawl at the Hall.” The hall was hallowed old Royal Albert Hall, which prior to Matt Hughes defending his welterweight title against Carlos Newton that night had been best known for appearances by tenacious fighter Sir Winston Churchill

Getty Images Kamaru Usman enters enemy territory to try to reclaim his crown from UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards. Their trilogy fight headlines UFC 286 on Saturday, March 18, London’s first UFC pay-per-view event in six years. England hosts a major UFC event for the first time since UFC 204, a card headlined by hometown