The UFC has announced event dates for the first quarter of 2019, including its first ESPN Fight Night card on Jan. 19 in Brooklyn, New York. That event, which does not yet have a headliner, will take place at Barclays Center and air exclusively on ESPN+. It is the first event of a five-year, $1.5

NEW YORK — Daniel Cormier added several more notes to his historic résumé Saturday night in a successful heavyweight title defense against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230. Cormier (22-1) became the first fighter in UFC history to officially hold two titles simultaneously and successfully defend both. He submitted Lewis (21-6) via rear-naked choke at 2

NEW YORK — Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza delivered one of the most memorable performances of his career at UFC 230 on Saturday — and Chris Weidman relived a nightmare in his home state. Souza (27-6) finished Weidman (14-4) via TKO at 2:46 of the third round in their middleweight contest, the co-main event of UFC 230

NEW YORK — UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will get a second shot at defending his title on home soil. UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Friday that Whittaker (20-4) will defend his title against Kelvin Gastelum (15-3) in his home country of Australia. White did not provide a specific date, but sources told

The UFC makes its third-ever trip to Madison Square Garden this weekend, with a heavyweight title fight between two-weight champion Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis. This fight came together quickly, on the heels of Lewis’ come-from-behind knockout win against Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 on Oct. 6. It will mark Cormier’s first heavyweight title defense,

The UFC announced Friday it would return to London for a show at the O2 Arena on Saturday Mar. 17. It will be the organisation’s 11th event to be held in London and the first since Alexander Volkov knocked out Farbrico Werdum earlier in 2018. “Ever since our first event in London in 2002, the

The UFC announced Friday it would return to London for a show at the O2 Arena on Saturday, March 17. It will be the organisation’s 11th event to be held in London and the first since Alexander Volkov knocked out Farbrico Werdum earlier in 2018. “Ever since our first event in London in 2002, the

UFC president Dana White does not believe a fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and retired boxer Floyd Mayweather will happen, but says he has been in contact with Mayweather’s team this week. White told ESPN’s Get Up! on Thursday that he met with Mayweather’s associates on Wednesday in Los Angeles to discuss the possibility of promoting

NEW YORK — Derrick Lewis probably shouldn’t be here. Lewis is a 265-pound brawler, with a sense of humor that can teeter between morbid and borderline offensive. He’s a 33-year-old Texan, who claims he has only trained 30 minutes per day the majority of his career, and is quick to admit he’s “not a martial

Madison Square Garden is known as “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” When it hosts UFC 230 on Saturday, an event headlined by a heavyweight title fight between Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis, it will be one of thousands of events the Manhattan building has held since its creation in 1968. Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis