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Following UFC on ESPN 58 and 2024 PFL 4, the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings required updating. The PFL event in Uncasville, Conn., saw the rapidly rising Dakota Ditcheva stop her opponent, Chelsea Hackett, in the first round. The undefeated flyweight is making waves and enters the honorable mentions for the first time. In the

UFC 305 in Australia has its main event. Dricus Du Plessis will defend his middleweight title against former champion Israel Adesanya on Aug. 17 in Perth at RAC Arena. The South African fighter, 30, won the championship at UFC 297 in January, earning a split decision over Sean Strickland. His UFC record is 7–0 with

Getty Images Israel Adesanya is back and he’s coming for the title once again. Adesanya announced on Monday that he will face UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis in the main event of UFC 305 from RAC Arena in Perth, Australia on Aug. 17. The champ confirmed the fight in his Instagram stories but the

Jun 16, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tatsuro Taira continues to impress as he recorded another victory in his bout against Alex Perez in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. Taira (16-0) won by taking Perez (25-9) down with a unique body triangle while on his back,

Jamahal Hill’s withdrawal from the once-planned UFC 303 co-main event vs. Carlos Ulberg was more than warranted. Former light heavyweight champion Hill (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) stepped out of the scheduled matchup with Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) on the June 29 in Las Vegas as part of a massive overhaul to the lineup that

Getty Images With Thursday’s news that Conor McGregor was forced out of the UFC 303 main event, the International Fight Week card was in need of a new, big main event. UFC president Dana White announced on Thursday night that the new main event would feature a rematch between light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira and

Conor McGregor’s nearly three-year layoff from the UFC will become even longer, as the Irishman withdrew from his UFC 303 fight against Michael Chandler on Thursday. UFC president Dana White announced McGregor’s exit, only saying that the Irishman had sustained an injury. The main event, set to take place June 29, will be replaced by

Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 10, 2024, 08:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dustin Poirier didn’t get a chance to finish his story at UFC 302 when he fell short against Islam Makhachev for the UFC lightweight championship. Following the loss, Poirier said he had been mulling the possibility of retirement. However, had he achieved his dream

Carlos Prates beat Charlie Radtke with a first-round knockout Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 57 at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Take a look inside the fight with Prates, who got the first finish of the show after six straight decisions – and won a $50,000 performance bonus for it,

Getty Images Nassourdine Imavov scored the biggest win of his career but not without controversy. Imavov’s fourth-round technical knockout of Jared Cannonier won’t sit well with some due to a perceived early stoppage at UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Imavov handed Cannonier his first stoppage loss in 10 middleweight fights. It’s an impressive feat but

Cub Swanson doesn’t need to defend his legacy. (Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) George W. Bush was president. Joe Rogan was the “Fear Factor” host. YouTube didn’t exist and neither did any UFC division below 170 pounds. Such was the world in which Cub Swanson made his MMA debut. So imagine still

Check out these photos of the 2024 PFL Europe 2 fighter faceoffs at St. James Par, how of Newcastle United F.C. in Newcastle ahead of the event, which features the professional MMA debut of boxing champion Savannah Marshall. (Photos courtesy of PFL) 2024 PFL Europe 2 faceoffs at Utilita Arena in Newcastle Savannah Marshall –

Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 5, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dustin Poirier is still deciding whether he will continue his MMA career following his fifth-round submission loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302. But given his list of injuries suffered in a grueling lightweight championship fight, it appears that he’ll be spending a decent

Getty Images May was a slow month for UFC as the promotion recovered from an all-time great UFC 300 card. The same wasn’t true outside of the cage. There was drama galore that kept the news cycle turning. UFC champions Jon Jones and Sean O’Malley were some of the big names generating headlines in last

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 3, 2024, 05:50 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are set to fight on June 29. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC announced on Monday it had postponed a news

Maybe you noticed and maybe you didn’t, but there was something different about UFC 302. Right there on every fighter’s fist? That was the newest iteration of UFC gloves. This was a development the UFC was pretty excited about. The day before UFC 300 back in April, UFC officials gave a whole presentation on the

[embedded content] Conor McGregor has been key to a lot of big UFC moments in his time with the promotion. But perhaps none was bigger than when he became the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles at the same time. McGregor was featherweight champion following a 12-second knockout of longtime champion Jose

Getty Images UFC 302 goes down on Saturday from Newark, New Jersey and a huge lightweight championship bout sits atop the card. Champion Islam Makhachev continues his run to prove he’s the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport when he defends his title against fan-favorite Dustin Poirier. Poirier is looking to finally add a world