MMA

1:29 AM ET Dan Hooker and Paul Felder wasted no time making their main-event fight official. Hooker and Felder were the first and second fighters on the scale, respectively, at the UFC Auckland official weigh-ins Friday. Both made weight for their pivotal lightweight matchup, which acts as the card’s headliner. Hooker came in at 156
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5:42 PM ET An intriguing middleweight bout is getting uprooted and placed on a new card. The bout between top prospect Edmen Shahbazyan and Derek Brunson will be moving from UFC 248 to UFC Portland, UFC officials confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Shahbazyan had tweeted about a potential relocation earlier in the day. UFC Portland
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3:33 PM ET Brazilian light heavyweights Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will meet for the third time at UFC 250 on May 9 in Brazil, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. The UFC 250 pay-per-view is scheduled to take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inside Ginasio do Ibirapuera. The UFC has not yet
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12:25 PM ET The UFC is targeting a middleweight bout between former champion Chris Weidman and Jack Hermansson to headline UFC Fight Night on May 2, multiple sources told ESPN. Bout agreements have not been signed, but the UFC is working on finalizing the fight, sources said. The UFC Fight Night event is scheduled to
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10:50 PM ET AUCKLAND, New Zealand — UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski laughed off Henry Cejudo‘s comments about a potential title showdown, saying Wednesday he would “squash” the current bantamweight title holder. Cejudo (15-2) last week called out Brazilian veteran Jose Aldo and Volkanovski as the fighters on his wish list for 2020, despite the
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12:05 PM ET Tyrell Fortune Undefeated MMA heavyweight Tyrell Fortune faces the stiffest test of his career on Friday, when he meets 10-year veteran Timothy Johnson at Bellator 239 in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Fortune, 29, is one of Bellator’s most promising prospects. A former NCAA Division II national champion wrestler at Grand Canyon University, Fortune (8-0)
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5:36 PM ET The top mixed martial arts promotion in Asia will run its next major event with no fans in attendance. ONE Championship fighters competing at ONE: King of the Jungle on Feb. 28 in Singapore will do so in an empty arena, company CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced Monday on Facebook. The decision is
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11:29 PM ET Jan Blachowicz knew he needed to make a serious statement Saturday to even have the slightest shot at UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. And that’s exactly what he did. Blachowicz (26-8) recorded the 16th finish of his professional career, as he knocked out Corey Anderson (13-5) with a devastating right hand
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