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5:48 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will defend his title Saturday against Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida. It will be the first UFC card in front of a capacity crowd since before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down spectator sports in March 2020. ESPN has Usman ranked

Getty Images A championship tripleheader sits atop a stacked UFC 261 card, which takes place Saturday night from VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The card also marks the first UFC event to take place in front of a sold out crowd since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Welterweight champ Kamaru Usman and

Saturday’s UFC 261 features three title fights including a rematch for the welterweight title between champion Kamaru Usman (18-1 MMA, 8 KOs) and Jorge Masvidal (35-14 MMA, 16 KOs) in the main event.  Zhang Weili will put her strawweight title on the line in the co-main event against former champion Rose Namajunas and flyweight champion

11:57 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori for UFC 263, per UFC president Dana White. Contracts have not been signed, but the 185-pound title fight is expected to headline the UFC’s pay-per-view event on June 12. The UFC has not yet announced a venue for

Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal have promised better performances behind a full training camp after their first meeting came on just a week’s notice. Noticing the recurring theme, the UFC made “no excuses” the official marketing theme behind their rematch on Saturday in the main event of UFC 261. Their matchup tops a main UFC

Getty Images After failing to win the light heavyweight championship at UFC 259, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will return to 185 pounds to defend his title against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on June 12, as first reported by Globo. The fight is a rematch of an April 2018 clash, which Adesanya won by split

Reuters Kamaru Usman, Weili Zhang heavy UFC 261 favorites BetRivers announced that no event this weekend has attracted more bets or handle at the sportsbook than UFC 261. Zhang Weili (21-1), the UFC’s first Chinese-born champ, puts her strawweight belt on the line against former titleholder Rose Namajunas (10-4). Weili is a -200 favorite at

8:00 AM ET The UFC will take another big step toward normalcy this weekend, with a UFC 261 pay-per-view event in Jacksonville, Florida, in front of a full capacity crowd. It’s pretty interesting this landmark event will feature a welterweight title fight main event between Kamaru Usman (18-1) and Jorge Masvidal. (35-14). That’s the exact

Jorge Masvidal received loud ovations this week when he took the stage leading up to UFC 261. There’s little doubt where the majority of fan sentiment will lie when the fourth-ranked challenger takes on champion Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 261 on Saturday night. Their clash tops a main UFC 261 card

12:01 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Anthony Pettis, the main attraction of Friday night’s season-opening event in the Professional Fighting League, is known as “Showtime.” But Clay Collard stole the show. Collard knocked down Pettis, the former UFC lightweight champion, twice in Round 2 and survived a head-kick knockdown in the third round to take a

Jorge Masvidal is getting his second shot at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV), and that’s just one of three title fights scheduled for UFC 261. The UFC welterweight, women’s strawweight and women’s flyweight titles will all be on the line in Jacksonville, Florida, with Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang

Upset, upset, upset. Underdogs cashed in three of the four main card fights Friday at 2021 PFL 1 against three of the promotion’s most notable names. First, it was seasoned MMA veteran Bubba Jenkins, who pulled off an improbable unanimous decision victory over two-time featherweight champion Lance Palmer in the main card opener. Two fights

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Colby Covington hopes to get a face-to-face look at the winner of the UFC 261 main event after the dust settles between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal. Covington (16-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) has a well-documented history with both men set to fight for the welterweight title in Saturday’s headliner. He fought Usman

Getty Images Among fight fans and observers, it’s known UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and “BMF” titleholder Jorge Masvidal are elite fighters. Usman is the weight class kingpin and while Masvidal was previously unable to claim that title in their first fight, the pair are not headlining a marquee pay-per-view event at UFC 261 by

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,