Daniel Cormier scored a historic win at UFC 226 on Saturday night in Las Vegas, becoming just the fifth two-weight champion in the promotion’s history and the second to hold two belts simultaneously. What’s next for the current two-division champ, as well as the rest of the winners and losers of UFC 226? Here’s ESPN’s

3:21 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN The superfight was a magical moment in MMA history. The SuperfightMania (BrockDown? RoyalBumble?) that followed was just a bad magic trick — you know, the kind where you can see the sleight of hand unfolding in the most ham-handed way and wish you could unsee it. It was a clumsy

LAS VEGAS — Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar returned to the company Saturday and will face UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who defeated Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 226. “We’re definitely going to make that fight,” said UFC president Dana White, who didn’t have a date or location for the fight

LAS VEGAS — In arguably one of the strangest fights in UFC history, heavyweight Derrick Lewis claimed a unanimous decision win over Francis Ngannou in the co-main event of UFC 226 on Saturday inside T-Mobile Arena. The bout was promoted as a grudge match, and Lewis (20-5) actually shoved Ngannou (11-3) during a stare down

LAS VEGAS — Daniel Cormier is a two-weight UFC champion. Brock Lesnar is apparently back in the mixed martial arts business. And Dana White has never smiled so big. Cormier (21-1) claimed UFC’s heavyweight championship belt at UFC 226 on Saturday, as he knocked out Stipe Miocic with a short right hand in the opening

LAS VEGAS — When the UFC first announced middleweight prospect Israel Adesanya would face Brad Tavares at The Ultimate Fighter Finale, the question on everyone’s mind was, “Is it too much, too soon?” The answer? It was not. Adesanya (14-0) improved his UFC record to 3-0 on Friday, dominating his way to a unanimous decision

UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will defend his title later this year against top contender Kelvin Gastelum, the UFC announced Friday night. Multiple sources told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani the targeted time frame for the matchup would be the end of 2018. Both fighters also will coach the next season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality television

UFC 226 features a bona fide superfight, as heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic looks to defend his title against light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. Miocic (18-2), of Cleveland, is already the longest-reigning heavyweight champion in UFC history. Cormier (20-1) is considered one of the greatest fighters of all time, his only professional loss coming against Jon

LAS VEGAS — Ronda Rousey was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on Thursday, becoming the first female inductee in the company’s history. Rousey was the UFC’s first women’s champion, holding the bantamweight belt from 2012 to 2015 and defending it six different times. She won her first 12 professional mixed martial arts fights,

LAS VEGAS — Less than 24 hours after UFC 226 lost its co-headliner, UFC officials breathed a sigh of relief after seemingly avoiding another crisis. At the end of Thursday’s UFC 226 prefight news conference, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier tripped over a speaker and fell to the ground. He lay on the floor