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6:59 AM ET On April 6, 2013, MMA coach Mark Henry was at Ericsson Global Arena in Stockholm to corner one of his fighters. It was the same card that featured the UFC debut of Conor McGregor. McGregor earned a KO-of-the-night bonus with a first-round stoppage of Marcus Brimage. Henry, watching from the locker room,

LAS VEGAS — He was wearing a suit, but that was the only thing about Conor McGregor on Thursday that was the same as it was in Abu Dhabi. In January before UFC 257, McGregor was low key — by his standards, anyway — and respectful toward his opponent, Dustin Poirier. On Thursday, after showing

LAS VEGAS — Greg Hardy is essentially Dana White’s science project. The UFC president decided to find out how quickly NFL athleticism, elite MMA coaching and a burning desire to succeed could turn Hardy from an All-Pro defensive lineman into the heavyweight champion of the world. Thirty months into the experiment, the only thing that

Dustin Poirier will look to hand Conor McGregor back-to-back losses for the first time in his career when they meet at UFC 264 on Saturday, July 10 at T-Mobile Arena. The main UFC 264 fight card is expected to begin at 10 p.m. ET. McGregor has never lost two bouts in a row and never

8:21 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The punch exploded on the chin of Jose Aldo and reverberated across the mountaintops of mixed martial arts. When Conor McGregor knocked out the previously shatterproof UFC featherweight champion with a straight left hand just seconds into their 2015 title fight, there suddenly was a brazen 27-year-old Irishman sitting on

LAS VEGAS — Away from competition, there are few more easier going men than Gilbert Burns, the second-ranked welterweight in the UFC. But when there is something on the line, few are more fierce competitors than Burns, who on Saturday in the co-main of UFC 264 at T-Mobile Arena will face fourth-ranked Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson

Getty Images We are in the homestretch to the epic trilogy bout finally commencing. A pair of top lightweights, Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor, will collide on Saturday, July 10, for a third time in what has become an epic series. The rivals third and likely final meeting will take place inside the T-Mobile Arena

LAS VEGAS — The peak of Conor McGregor’s UFC career — as a fighter, at least — came at UFC 205 on Nov. 12, 2016, at Madison Square Garden in New York. On that night, the Irish superstar dominated and then knocked out Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight championship, becoming the first UFC fighter

10:43 AM ET The UFC 264 main event between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier won’t have a title on the line, but there will be plenty at stake on July 10 before a capacity crowd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. And the significance goes deeper than the winner likely landing a title shot against

If you’re heading to Las Vegas for one of the biggest trilogies in UFC history, or are from the area, there are several events you can attend for free. UFC 264 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. In the main

With losses in two of his past three fights, former two-division champion Conor McGregor knows his status as the biggest star in mixed martial arts is on the line in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier. The brash Irishman has told the media the third fight is for “all the marbles” when he meets Poirier

7:14 AM ET UFC 264 is expected to produce the next challenger to lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, as Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor complete their trilogy in the main event. But could there be a wrinkle in those plans? Few doubt Poirier will pursue the title if he wins. He could already have fought for

Two of the most popular fighters in the entire UFC will meet for a third time on Saturday, July 10 at UFC 264 (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). What happens next will have major implications for the careers of both Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. The winner likely gets the first shot at new UFC

LAS VEGAS — As Conor McGregor’s next fight approaches, on July 10 in the main event of UFC 264 at T-Mobile Arena against Dustin Poirier, the question keeps arising more frequently: What will happen to McGregor if he loses again? McGregor was knocked out by Poirier in the second round of their bout at UFC

Tyron Woodley/Twitter In the leadup to Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition fight with Logan Paul in June, the boxing legend threw out an offer to train former UFC champion Tyron Woodley ahead of Woodley’s pro boxing debut against Jake Paul on Aug. 28. Woodley had accepted the offer shortly after it was made and Woodley posted photos

8:01 AM ET We’re already halfway through the UFC’s 2021 schedule — a span of six months that has seen 10 championship fights. Those 10 title fights have produced some memorable moments, to say the least: Kamaru Usman‘s one-punch knockout of Jorge Masvidal; Francis Ngannou avenging his loss against Stipe Miocic to seize the heavyweight

Nothing “happened” to Francis Ngannou when the UFC announced that an interim heavyweight title fight between Derrick Lewis and Cyril Gane would headline UFC 265 on Aug. 7 at the Toyota Center in Houston. Ngannou is, and will remain, the UFC heavyweight champion, a title he won when he stopped Stipe Miocic in the second

USATSI Two of the top UFC lightweights will meet for the second time this year when Irish legend “Notorious” Conor McGregor takes on Dustin Poirier on Saturday, July 10 in Las Vegas. Bettors are sifting through a trove of prop bets for the bout’s entire UFC fight card. One of the more popular UFC 264