Dustin Poirier will have his second shot at a UFC title belt. Poirier (28-6, 1 NC) held the interim UFC lightweight championship belt after defeating Max Holloway back on April 13, 2019, but lost it months later to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a three-round submission.  The lightweight championship is now in the hands of Charles Oliveira, who will be making his […]

UFC star Conor McGregor has been backed to become a top coach after he calls it quits on his fighting career. McGregor has been sitting on the sidelines since July after breaking his tibia during his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. The former two-weight champion said he will return to "full MMA sparring" by April next year, […]

UFC president Dana White has revealed he and his family tested positive for Covid-19 after Thanksgiving, and that he took recovery advice from ring announcer and podcast star Joe Rogan. White may miss this weekend’s UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas as a result of contracting the disease, which Rogan also caught this year and treated in controversial fashion. Speaking […]

UFC president Dana White is at home with a breakthrough case of COVID-19. He has spent some of his time away from work listening to Joe Rogan. Not Rogan’s podcast, necessarily, but his direct medical advice on how to combat the virus. White told the Jim Rome Podcast (via MMAFighting.com) on Wednesday that he went straight to Rogan after he surmised he […]

UFC president Dana White reveals he ‘tested positive for Covid with his whole family after Thanksgiving’ and Joe Rogan’s recovery methods left him feeling ‘like a million bucks’ Dana White detailed his Covid experience having caught the illness recently UFC president revealed that his whole family contracted it after Thanksgiving  He called long-time UFC commentator Joe Rogan for advice on […]

MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun UFC president Dana White tested positive for COVID-19 this week and is currently in isolation in his Las Vegas home, he said on “The Jim Rome Podcast” on Wednesday. White, 52, said he and his immediate family tested positive after spending the Thanksgiving holiday together in […]

Conor McGregor has a third world title in his sights as he continues his rehabilitation from injury. McGregor has been sidelined since July after suffering a broken leg in his defeat to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, and is yet to set a date on when he will return to the octagon. The 33-year-old, beaten in Las Vegas via doctor’s […]

Conor McGregor has revealed he plans to be ready for a UFC return by April as he steps up his rehabilitation following a broken leg. The Irishman suffered the setback in defeat to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. But despite the gruesome injury, McGregor is bullish about his return and insists he “cannot wait to wrap this steel bar in […]

‘I will be full mixed martial arts sparring by April’: Conor McGregor reveals details of comeback plan for first time since suffering broken leg Conor McGregor is recovering from the broken leg he sustained in July Irishman has struggled on the sidelines but sees light at the end of the tunnel ‘I will be full mixed martial arts sparring by […]

MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun UFC lightweights Beneil Dariush and Islam Makhachev have agreed to meet on Feb 26, manager Ali Abdelaziz told ESPN. The 155-pound five-round contest will headline a UFC Fight Night, said Abdelaziz, who managers both fighters. The promotion has not yet announced a location for that event. […]