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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

Getty Images With “UFC Embedded” cameras in tow as Rose Namajunas finished packing in her Colorado home earlier this week for a journey to Jacksonville, Florida, where she’ll look to regain her women’s strawweight title at UFC 261, chief training partner Chico Camus delivered a poignant synopsis regarding the unique (and sometimes frustrating) arc of

10:00 PM ET Australian Jimmy Crute is in little doubt where he’ll be this time next year. Some might call it confidence, others cockiness, but the outside noise matters little to a bloke who spent much of 2020 alone with his thoughts. Alone with his thoughts and dog, Buddha, in the back of a van,

The Associated Press Raptors ride strong 3rd quarter to 114-103 win over Nets TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Pascal Siakam had 27 points and nine rebounds, OG Anunoby scored 25 points and the Toronto Raptors seized control in the third quarter in a 114-103 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, extending their winning streak to

Bill Algeo vs. Ricardo Ramos is back on the books. The featherweights will fight one another at UFC Fight Night 188 on May 22, which is expected to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain

The Week Columbus police fatally shoots Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, quickly releases body-cam footage A police officer in Columbus, Ohio, shot a teenage girl Tuesday evening while responding to reports of an attempted stabbing. The girl, identified by family members and Franklin County Children’s Services as Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, was taken to the hospital, where she