Former two-weight UFC champion BJ Penn will return to the cage at UFC 232 on Dec. 29 in a lightweight bout against Ryan Hall. UFC Tonight announced the 155-pound matchup on Wednesday. UFC 232 will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Penn (16-12-2) hasn’t fought since he suffered a majority decision loss to

DALLAS — Kamaru Usman is laying down in his bed inside Room 783 of the Hilton Anatole on Thursday night dreading what the next few hours will be like as he pulls the covers over his body and closes his eyes. “This is going to be a tough weight cut,” Usman said. “They’re all tough

Lyoto Machida’s Bellator debut is set. The former UFC light heavyweight champion will meet former Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Carvalho on Dec. 15 on the promotion’s debut card in Honolulu. The event will be headlined by Hawaii’s Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Valerie Letourneau for the Bellator flyweight title, and it will take place at the Neal

As much as it may feel as if Alistair Overeem has been fighting forever, the veteran heavyweight understands he cannot, in fact, fight forever. Overeem (43-17), a former champion in the Strikeforce and Dream promotions, and in K-1 kickboxing, has been relatively quiet since he suffered a third-round TKO loss to Curtis Blaydes at UFC

Bellator MMA has beaten the UFC to the punch by booking the first major mixed martial arts event in Hawaii in a decade. Flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, a native of Honolulu, will defend her belt on Dec. 15 in her hometown, taking on Valerie Letourneau. Flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, a native of Honolulu, will defend

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has suspended former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum for two years for a failed drug test administered on April 25. USADA announced the two-year sanction on Tuesday. Werdum, 41, will not be eligible to compete in the UFC until May 2020. The Brazilian tested positive for Trenbolone, an anabolic

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley credits much of his success to longtime head coach and retired lightweight Din Thomas, who has been in his corner since 2006. In addition to his relationship with Woodley, Thomas is close with UFC president Dana White. So he has a balanced outlook on what’s often been a strained partnership

1:02 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Tyron Woodley was planning on making a big splash during his walkout to Saturday’s welterweight title defense. Instead, he ended up making a bold statement, drawing inspiration from an athlete outside of MMA. Tyron Woodley refers to himself as the “worst-treated champion” in UFC history. Will Saturday’s sensational win over

UFC lightweight Michael Chiesa has filed a civil lawsuit against Conor McGregor, seeking damages he allegedly suffered during McGregor’s infamous bus attack in April. Chiesa, 30, was scheduled to fight at UFC 223 on April 7 in Brooklyn but was forced to withdraw when he suffered minor injuries during McGregor’s attack, days before the fight.

UFC veteran Mark Hunt won’t rule out fighting beyond his current contract as he prepares for his next showdown with Russian Aleksei Oleinik in Moscow this weekend. But the “Super Samoan” remains angry at the way his protests against performance-enhancing drugs have been handled by UFC administrators, blasting the sport’s custodians and those athletes he