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Gervonta Davis is one of boxing’s rising stars. The 27-year-old has won all 26 of his professional fights, 24 by knockout, and has won world title belts at super featherweight, lightweight and super lightweight. He’s also been a consistent ticket-seller, filling arenas around the country. Sportsbook operators have gotten the message, as well. Davis is

8:00 AM ET The UFC has fighters ranging from 115 pounds to more than twice that weight. Yet size does not matter very much when it comes to assessing where the greatest fights are. Some weight classes are top-heavy, featuring dominant champions no one can match. Other divisions draw their intrigue from a level playing

Getty Images Valentina Shevchenko has her sights set on becoming a two-division UFC champion by the end of 2022. Shevchenko, in the lead up to her UFC women’s flyweight title defense against Talia Santos at UFC 275, is keeping a close eye on Julianna Pena vs. Amanda Nunes 2. The promotion recently announced that Pena

Social media, predictably, erupted in the moments after the UFC women’s bantamweight fight between Ketlen Vieira and Holly Holm ended on Saturday at Apex with Vieira picking up a split decision victory. Most fans, and UFC announcers Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier and Paul Felder, seemed to believe Holm had won. The only two people who

Getty Images Ketlen Vieira doubled up on wins over former UFC champions by defeating Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Vieira walked out of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada with a narrow split decision over the boxing legend. Holm and Vieira struck accurately and often. Vieira landed 40 of 45 total

Holly Holm believes she was robbed at UFC Fight Night 206. Competing for the first time in 19 months, Holm dropped a close split decision to Ketlen Vieira on Saturday in the main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The judges scored the fight 47-48, 48-47 and 48-47 for Vieira, who dropped to

9:00 AM ET For the first time in nearly 10 years, Holly Holm is thinking about professional boxing. To be clear, Holm’s primary focus is still very much on MMA and recapturing the UFC bantamweight championship that she won in 2015 and surrendered in 2016. Holm (14-5) faces Ketlen Vieira in the main event of

The UFC continues to churn out fight cards for bettors with UFC Vegas 55 on Saturday. Holly Holm headlines the 11-fight card against Ketlen Vieira in a matchup between two women’s bantamweight contenders. It’s fascinating how these two fighters’ careers have intertwined to this moment. Holm will always have a special place in the hearts

Bellator MMA It may not have been pretty — or without some controversy — but Logan Storley is the new Bellator interim welterweight champion. Storley defeated Michael “Venom” Page in the main event of Bellator 281 this past weekend to claim the interim belt that was created when the invasion of Ukraine sidelined division champ

Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez was once again denied bail in his attempted murder case. A Santa Clara County, California, judge denied bail for Velasquez again Monday, according to ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, while citing his “reckless disregard for human life.” He was first denied bail on March 7, and is due in court next for

LAS VEGAS — Charles Oliveira wasn’t much different than any young boy when he was growing up in Brazil. He was playing one sport or another during nearly all of his waking hours. In his quiet moments, he’d dream of himself as the big star in one of them. For as long as he could

8:51 AM ET With big fights happening every week and new champions being crowned along with current championship forging their legacy, it’s easy to forget that Kamaru Usman is still the pound-for-pound best in MMA today. But is it possible for Usman to catch a former pound-for-pound champ and arguably the greatest ever welterweight in

LAS VEGAS — Jan Blachowicz knew he needed to change things in his approach after he lost the UFC’s light heavyweight title to Glover Teixeira last year. The joy was gone from the game for Blachowicz and he knew that at 39 years old, he’d have to find it quickly. Blachowicz on Saturday looked like

Combate Global Combate Global continues to be one of the most exciting promotions in mixed martial arts and has another loaded Combate Global fight card scheduled for Friday. The five fights will be headlined by a pair of 25-year-old Mexican fighters with matching 3-1 records as Maximiliano Gonzalez takes on Axel Osuna. Both are submission

Logan Storley is the interim Bellator welterweight champion whether you like it or not. In the Bellator 281 main event, Storley (14-1 MMA, 9-1 BMMA) utilized his wrestling for the duration of five rounds en route to a split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46) over Michael Page (20-2 MMA, 16-2 BMMA). The decision came much to

2:28 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight matchup between Vicente Luque and Geoff Neal for Aug. 5, sources told ESPN Thursday. Contracts have not been signed but the bout has been verbally agreed to. The UFC has not announced an official location for the UFC Fight Night event on Aug. 6. Luque (21-8-1)

Getty Images Charles Oliveira may no longer be the official UFC lightweight champion after forfeiting his title on the scales last Friday. His subsequent performance, however, submitting Justin Gaethje in the first round at UFC 274 in Phoenix, has gone a long way in making that key footnote nothing more than a moot one for

2:36 AM ET A 14-fight card at UFC 274 produced some big wins, fantastic action, memorable knockouts and a lackluster co-main event sandwiched between two amazing bouts. Jeff Wagenheim and Carlos Contreras Legaspi react to the pay-per-view and offer up their biggest thoughts on the night. Big fight nights headlined by championship bouts typically provide