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5:34 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim The PFL begins its 2021 season on Friday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey, closing the show with “Showtime.” Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis makes his PFL debut in the main event at Ocean Casino Resort, taking on a fighter who built his own name in two sports, Clay

Getty Images Championship fighting is back in front of a live audience this weekend in Jacksonville, Florida. UFC, which was the first sport’s organization to return to action during the height of the pandemic in 2020, is back this week on PPV for UFC 261 with a trio of title fights set to take place

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at one of three featured title fights for UFC 261. UFC 261 takes place Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+. Valentina Shevchenko (20-3

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – At the conclusion on Friday’s UFC 261 ceremonial weigh-ins, the six athletes from the three championship fights came face to face for their final fight-week staredowns. Saturday’s card, which takes place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena and streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view, will feature the eighth championship triple-header in company history. The welterweight,

Usmanvs.Masvidal Weilivs.Namajunas Shevchenkovs.Andrade Hallvs.Weidman Crutevs.Smith MMA Junkie readers’consensus picks2021: 46-29 usman2021 Usman(71%) weili2021 Weili(57%) shevchenko2021 Shevchenko(91%) hall2021 Hall(64%) crute2021 Crute(63%) John Morgan@MMAjunkieJohn2021: 49-26 usman2021 Usman weili2021 Weili shevchenko2021 Shevchenko hall2021 Hall crute2021 Crute Ken Hathaway@kenshathaway2021: 48-27 trophy copy 2018 Champion usman2021 Usman weili2021 Weili shevchenko2021 Shevchenko hall2021 Hall crute2021 Crute Danny Segura@dannyseguratv2021: 47-28 usman2021 Usman

USATSI As reigning UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman prepares to take on challenger Jorge Masvidal on Saturday at UFC 261, bettors are sifting through a trove of prop bets for the entire UFC 261 fight card. One of the more popular UFC 261 prop bets involves what the method of victory will be. Usman (18-1),

7:13 AM ET Roman ModrowskiESPN.com It was March 16, 2019, and London’s O2 Arena was packed for a UFC Fight Night. Darren Till, a popular local fighter from Liverpool, was facing Jorge Masvidal in the main event. Till was favored to beat Masvidal and then face Ben Askren, who was in attendance, for a shot

Getty Images The welterweight title is up for grabs once again this weekend. But the UFC’s latest PPV offering will come with a bit of a wrinkle: fans are back. That’s right, UFC 261 is set to commence on Saturday night in Jacksonville, Florida in front of 15,000 fans from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.

9:34 AM ET A blockbuster welterweight championship rematch is now official. Champion Kamaru Usman and challenger Jorge Masvidal both successfully weighed in Friday morning for their title clash. Usman weighed 169.5 pounds, and Masvidal hit the mark at 170. Usman will defend his UFC welterweight title against Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The women’s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Andrade at UFC 261 is locked in. Dominant titleholder Shevchenko (20-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) and decorated challenger Andrade (21-8 MMA, 12-6 UFC) both successfully made weight on Friday morning at official weigh-ins. Shevchenko looked sharp as usual, hitting the scale at 124.5

Conor McGregor isn’t just returning to the scene of the crime. He’s buying it. The UFC fighter has purchased the Marble Arch pub in Dublin, where he once punched an old man over a whiskey dispute, for a price between €1.5 million and €2 million, according to Irish outlet The Currency.  McGregor pleaded guilty to

BGR NASA’s Mars helicopter just flew for the second time When NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter took off for the first time on Mars on April 19th it was a history-making moment. No manmade spacecraft had ever achieved powered flight on another planet, and the pint-sized helicopter made it look relatively easy. Such a monumental occasion is

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – When UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman says his second fight with Jorge Masvidal isn’t personal, he sounds almost believable. Almost. With three successful title defenses to his name, Usman has had two full years as champion to learn the role. Everyone that steps into the cage is going to have something to

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Jessica Andrade is vowing to give a different approach to a Valentina Shevchenko fight. The former UFC strawweight champion thinks Shevchenko’s (20-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) previous opponents have been afraid and have respected her too much in the cage. Andrade (21-8 MMA, 12-6 UFC) plans on doing the opposite in their flyweight

Rose Namajunas has a tough task ahead of her. The former champion makes a bid for a second title reign on Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV) at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida, against strawweight queen Zhang Weili. Zhang lost her pro debut, a bout she says she never even thinks of now, and then

USATSI UFC 261 features a trio of title fights including some of the best fighters in their divisions on Saturday night. With big events comes big interest at the betting window, and this card is no different. All three champions will enter the Octagon at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida as betting favorites,

Kamaru Usman will defend his welterweight title for the fourth time on Saturday in a rematch against fourth-ranked contender Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261. The main UFC 261 card from Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville is set for 10 p.m. ET. Usman and Masvidal will meet to cap a three-championship-bout

8:07 AM ET Anthony Pettis Anthony Pettis is a former UFC and WEC champion and one of the most popular, well-known mixed martial artists of the last decade. The 34-year-old made headlines in late 2020, when he fought out his UFC contract and then signed an exclusive deal with PFL. The move brought a nine-year