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12:44 AM ET A highly anticipated bantamweight matchup between former champion TJ Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen will have to wait after Dillashaw suffered an injury during training. Dillashaw (16-4) was set to return against Sandhagen (14-2) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on May 8 in Las Vegas. On Tuesday, however, Dillashaw announced

The wait to see T.J. Dillashaw step back in the UFC octagon just got a little longer. Dillashaw, a former two-time UFC bantamweight champion, was scheduled to meet Cory Sandhagen in the UFC on ESPN 24 headliner on May 8 in what would be his first bout since January 2019 following a two-year doping suspension.

Getty Images TJ Dillashaw’s return to the Octagon will have to wait. After a report on Tuesday night that Dillashaw had been forced out of his planned UFC Fight Night headliner against Cory Sandhagen on May 8, Dillashaw confirmed the news on Twitter. He also shared of picture of the cut on his Instagram. “I’m

3:03 PM ET Conor McGregor is no longer the majority owner of the whiskey brand he founded, but the UFC star has added to his growing fortune. Proximo Spirits, the company that owns Jose Cuervo and other alcohol brands, has acquired a majority stake in Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey in a deal worth up

Getty Images UFC has rolled right back into the action in 2021. After what can be called nothing short of a massive success in 2020 under incredibly difficult circumstances, UFC hasn’t missed a beat in the time since the pandemic started with big fight after big fight throughout the year. The first two months of

No. 6 ranked UFC lightweight and former simultaneous UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor is a rich man, but the “Notorious” one just got a whole lot richer. On Tuesday, Shanken News Daily reported that Proximo Spirits acquired a majority stake in Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey in a deal that is valued at

The Conversation The FBI is breaking into corporate computers to remove malicious code – smart cyber defense or government overreach? The FBI’s latest cybersecurity moves bring the government into new territory – inside privately owned computers. AP Photo/Cliff OwenThe FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their owners’ knowledge or

4:42 PM ET Conor McGregor has donated $500,000 to a Boys & Girls Club in Louisiana as an apparent resolution to an issue he had with rival Dustin Poirier. The hefty donation from McGregor’s team came in to the Boys & Girls Club of Acadiana on Monday, club president and CEO Missy Andrade told ESPN

Conor McGregor is cashing in on the booze business.  The UFC fighter and his partners have sold their majority stake in Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey for a deal worth up to $600 million. Proximo Spirts, which previously held a 49% stake in the brand, is the buyer. Proximo owns Jose Cuervo and Bushmills among

LAS VEGAS — Jiri Prochazka has fought once in the UFC, and while he’s no newcomer to mixed martial arts, unless you’re one of the sport’s hardcore fans, he’s probably not on your radar. He should be, however. And he probably will be, win or lose, after Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+) when he meets

Getty Images UFC 261 was loaded with big names and the potential for some big divisional shake-ups. With a trio of title fights atop the card, there was only one upset leading to a new champion. Rose Namajunas became strawweight champion after scoring a head kick knockout of Weili Zhang. She is the first two-time

USATSI For those fans who tuned in to UFC 261 this past weekend, it was obvious that the broken leg suffered by Chris Weidman was a serious injury. On Wednesday, one day after having surgery to repair the injury, Weidman shared X-rays of the leg both before and after going under the knife. Weidman explained

MMA Weekly Chris Weidman undergoes successful surgery for broken leg Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman suffered a horrific leg injury in the first exchange in his UFC 261 rematch against Uriah Hall on Saturday. Reminiscent of former middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s leg injury against him at UFC 168 in 2013, Weidman’s leg snapped when Hall

8:39 PM ET Jorge Masvidal said Monday he feels “great” and is hoping to earn his way back to another title shot after losing via second-round knockout to welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on Saturday in the main event of UFC 261. Masvidal, 36, admitted there were brief moments when he thought about “retirement, or could

7:42 PM ET The beef between Daniel Cormier and Jake Paul seemed to come to a head last weekend during a face-to-face confrontation. But now, things have only escalated. Cormier, the former UFC double champion, and Paul, the polarizing YouTube-star-turned-boxer, have gone back and forth on social media since Paul knocked out Cormier’s friend Ben

After a lengthy battle with COVID-19, Khamzat Chimaev is ready to fight again, and he likes the idea being floated about of a potential clash with Nick Diaz. The 26-year-old Chimaev says he grew up watching the legendary Diaz and would now like to test his himself against such a recognizable name. “I want to

USATSI It seems like the public spat between UFC and YouTube star Jake Paul won’t be going away any time soon. UFC president Dana White ripped Paul and Triller at his UFC 261 post-fight press conference on Saturday, saying the company lied about its PPV buys and how much money Paul made for facing Ben

Getty Images If Kamaru Usman could’ve had his pick ahead of time for the best post-fight narrative to exit his welterweight title defense at UFC 261 on Saturday with, it would’ve probably sounded like this: Usman finishes Jorge Masvidal in their rematch while ascending the top of the sport’s pound-for-pound throne.  The crazy thing about