Yair Rodriguez has shared images of his gruesome injury following his defeat to Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. The Mexican lost on points after five intense rounds but was left with plenty of battle scars. Both fighters were taken for checks by a doctor with Holloway seeking out Rodriguez as he waited for him in the […]

Yair Rodriguez is a walking highlight reel, best known for his stunning last-second knockout of Chan Sung Jung in a 2018 bout that the Mexican was on the verge of losing by decision. The KO came at 4:59 of Round 5 via a no-look, upward-trajectory elbow that collapsed “The Korean Zombie” in his tracks. It was a thing of beauty. […]

MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Next month’s highly anticipated welterweight fight between Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards is off, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Wednesday. Per Campbell, Masvidal (35-15) was forced to withdraw from the UFC 269 bout on Dec. 11 because of an undisclosed injury. There […]

Conor McGregor has agreed to a future bout with Michael Chandler, following the latter’s instant classic against Justin Gaethje on Saturday. In the main-card opener at UFC 268 in Madison Square Garden, Chandler suffered a unanimous decision defeat by Gaethje in a fight of the year contender. The result in New York City saw Chandler’s UFC record slip to 1-2 […]

Max Holloway takes swipe at UFC ‘elevator divas’ who wait to get to the top rather than take the hard road… with ‘Blessed’ gearing up for risky Yair Rodriguez showdown Max Holloway is clearly the No 1 contender in the UFC’s featherweight division  Alexander Volkanovski recently defended his title but will not fight until 2022  Rather than waiting for another […]

Welcome to our live coverage of one of the biggest MMA events of the year: UFC 268, which takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City tonight. The main event sees fierce rivals Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington battle for the welterweight title for a second time, following their all-time great contest two years ago. In December 2019, […]

NEW YORK – Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington went back and forth Thursday during a heated news conference, fueled by a crowd starved for conflict. Usman shoved Covington during the staredown, sending the fans to another level of raucousness. There has not been a major MMA show in New York City in two years, but on Saturday, the big show […]

Michael Chandler MUST fight fire with fire against Justin Gaethje, Rose Namajunas will beat Zhang Weili again and why there is hope for Colby Covington in his rematch with Kamaru Usman… Michael Bisping runs the rule over UFC 268 UFC 268 is headlined by Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington on Saturday There is another rematch with Rose Namajunas vs Zhang […]

Ian Garry is Ireland’s next big thing will make his debut at Madison Square Garden at UFC 268 just four years after his mother warned him ‘being the next Conor McGregor is NOT a f***ing plan’ The results of Conor McGregor’s UFC rise are beginning to take shape in Ireland  Ian Garry, 23, is making his highly-anticipated UFC debut this […]

‘I’m talking to you with one eye, no knees and half a neck!’: Michael Bisping warns ‘the Tiktokers and strongmen’ about the reality of fighting and reflects on ‘unbelievable’ Khamzat Chimaev Michael Bisping remains at the heart of MMA with his punditry work on the UFC Only British UFC champion in organisation’s history reflected on last weekend He believes Khamzat […]