Derek Brunson will fight Edmen Shahbazyan in a matchup of middleweight contenders, sources close to the organization confirmed on Tuesday.
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Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is expected to fight in the spring for the first time in more than a year. He doesn’t believe it will be for a rematch against Conor McGregor.
The light heavyweight champ opens as a minus-420 favorite over unbeaten contender Dominick Reyes on Feb. 8 in Houston.
The controversial lineman played his first NFL game since January 2018 when he started at left guard for the Raiders on Sunday.
The tight end hauled in 13 passes for 134 yards on a day the passing game generated just 242 total yards.
Houston beat Detroit as a minus-550 favorite a night after losing to the Tigers as the biggest Major League Baseball favorite in memory, netting at least one bettor a $10,000 profit.
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 president of the world’s largest MMA organization addressed a variety of topics after a tour of the new UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas.
The Raiders released the former Oklahoma star on Wednesday to make room for free agent tight end Erik Swoope, who spent his first five seasons with the Indianapolis Colts.