The 145-pound champion will put his belt on the line against Frankie Edgar on Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, after moving up to lightweight.
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Both fighters from Saturday night’s WBA welterweight title bout at the MGM Grand Garden were issued temporary bans from competition, with Thurman ordered to get an X-ray on his right hand.
Jones is facing one count of misdemeanor battery stemming from an allegation by a strip club waitress in April, the latest in a string of run-ins with the law.
The beleaguered former NFL pass rusher stuffed a takedown attempt in the opening seconds and landed 30 straight right hands before the fight was stopped after 45 seconds.
The beleaguered former NFL star, coming off his first official UFC victory, will fight Juan Adams on Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 4 card in San Antonio.
Aubrey Dawkins and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rakhman were part of the same 2014 recruiting class at Michigan and lived together during their time in Ann Arbor.
Miami’s first-round draft pick, Tyler Herro, scored a game-high 25 points and added seven rebounds and five assists in a win against the Magic.
League reaches across borders to expand the quality and diversity of its referee talent with Vegas Summer League as both a classroom and proving ground.
Thunder, Celtics and Bulls among those who were victorious on Monday.
The victorious champions from Saturday night’s event at T-Mobile Arena continued to construct their cases for greatest fighter of all-time.
The light heavyweight champion was unable to take control of his main event bout against Thiago Santos, but earned the favor of two of the three judges to earn a split decision.
Nunes knocked out Holly Holm with a similar technique to the one that led to Holm’s greatest triumph in the cage on the same card Jorge Masvidal records the fastest knockout in UFC history
The organization unveiled its schedule for the last quarter of 2019 and it didn’t include an end-of-the-year show on The Strip for the first time in more than a decade
The legacy of the oft-troubled light heavyweight champion is still to be determined as he prepares to defend his belt against Thiago Santos in the main event of UFC 239 at T-Mobile Arena.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 239 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
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