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On a night when not one of the 10 fights went to the scorecards, it seems somehow appropriate that one of the stars of the night was a guy with the last name Usman. Kamaru Usman is the UFC’s welterweight champion, the pound-for-pound top fighter in the world and one of the greatest MMA fighters

Getty Images Thiago Santos and Jamahal Hill meet at the busy intersection of the UFC light heavyweight top 10 on Saturday night. Santos vs. Hill headlines UFC Fight Night as the promotion returns to its home base at the Apex in Las Vegas. It was only three years ago that Santos (22-10) nearly dethroned the

Israel Adesanya’s credentials are already set. If he retired today, he’s done enough to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. He’s 23-1 in his MMA career, and he’s closing in on all sorts of records. In just over four years in the UFC, he’s gone 12-1, with eight of those 13 fights being

12:06 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor will make his first foray into feature films with a role in a remake of “Road House,” McGregor’s spokesperson Karen J. Kessler confirmed to ESPN. Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the movie, which is a new take on the classic 1980s cult hit that starred Patrick Swayze. Amazon

You can tell a great deal about a UFC fighter’s journey by his next opponent. Thiago Santos has 32 career fights, including a TKO victory over Jan Blachowicz three years ago. The win over the former champion earned him a title shot against Jon Jones. Santos went on to lose to Jones via split decision,

Patricio Freire and A.J. McKee won’t complete their trilogy just yet. Instead, featherweight champion Freire will put his title on the line against Adam Borics in the Bellator 286 main event Oct. 1 at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, Calif. McKee also will compete on the card and make his lightweight debut against Spike

USATSI We’ve reached the midpoint of the year and UFC has seen incredible action in the first half of 2022. The promotion has had champions unexpectedly retain their titles, massive upsets and more drama than usual among its star athletes.  International Fight Week saw City Kickboxing continue its run of dominance with both Israel Adesanya

8:00 AM ET After two title fights stole the show in Dallas last weekend at UFC 277 to end the month of July, the promotion will turn the page, starting with a stacked schedule in August, which will feature two UFC Fight Nights before UFC 278 on Aug. 20. With a busy month ahead, our

There was a time, not that long ago, when Amanda Nunes had lapped the field by such a margin that you almost felt sorry for her opponents when a fight was booked. Those days are long gone, even though on Saturday in the main event of UFC 277 at the sold-out American Airlines Center in

Getty Images Women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña is out to prove she’s more than a one-fight wonder when she takes on former champion Amanda Nunes in a rematch Saturday to headline UFC 277. Their main-event showdown tops the UFC 277 fight card (10 p.m.) from American Airlines Center in Dallas. Peña’s willingness to take on

9:16 AM ET JULIANNA PEÑA IS one of the youngest members of a long line of Peña family members who are unbothered by judgment or criticism. Her father, Ernie, left a small agricultural village in Venezuela when he was 12 in search of better opportunities. He eventually emigrated to the U.S. through a scholarship program

Six years ago, Amanda Nunes took less than one round to batter Miesha Tate into submission at UFC 200 and become champion of the women’s bantamweight division. She quickly asserted herself as the most-feared woman in MMA and became the promotion’s third fighter in history to hold two titles simultaneously. After knocking out Cris Cyborg

As the second round of the women’s bantamweight title fight at UFC 269 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas unfolded, it looked by all appearances that it was about to get ugly for Julianna Peña. She found herself standing across from champion Amanda Nunes — widely proclaimed as the greatest women’s MMA fighter in history

When Brandon Moreno made the walk to the Octagon in January as the reigning flyweight champion at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, to defend his belt against arch-rival Deiveson Figueiredo, the roar from the crowd when he became visible in the arena was so loud it was difficult to hear the person next to

6:35 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi What were the biggest moments at UFC Fight Night in London? Brett Okamoto and Marc Raimondi offer up their takeaways from an action-packed event in England. What does the UFC

Getty Images For nearly the entirety of UFC London, the local fans had been given plenty to cheer about. That came to a very unfortunate end in the heavyweight main event as Tom Aspinall suffered a knee injury that ended his fight with Curtis Blaydes in just mere moments. Aspinall stayed true to his word,

Paul Craig is ranked eighth in the UFC’s light heavyweight division, one spot ahead of Volkan Oezdemir, whom he will fight Saturday on the main card of UFC Fight Night in London. That makes sense, given that Craig has won five in a row and six of his last seven. His last three victories were

Tom Aspinall has been increasingly impressive in each of his five UFC bouts, all of which he’s finished. In his last time out, he stamped himself a legitimate contender for the heavyweight title by submitting Alexander Volkov with a straight armbar in the first round. Aspinall’s performance was met with rave reviews. But Aspinall said