Boxing

UFC 245 closes out the pay-per-view calendar for the world's largest MMA promotion, and it's ending 2019 in style. The card features a trio of championship bouts and is shaping up all around to be one of the best shows of the year.UFC struggled to book a fight between

Jairzinho Rozenstruik might be the best MMA prospect you've never heard of. The Surinamese heavyweight hopes to change that on Saturday when he faces veteran Alistair Overeem in the main event of UFC on ESPN 7. The 12-bout UFC on ESPN 7 card takes place at Capital One Arena

Were you to distill the theoretical ideal of a heavyweight fight down to its essence, the resulting matchup would look a lot like Alistair Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Two hulking monsters with brutal finishing power standing across the cage with an early finish a near certainty. Fans will be

Heavyweight contenders clash in the main event of UFC on ESPN 7 as veteran Alistair Overeem squares off against rising star Jairzinho Rozenstruik on Saturday night. The 12-bout UFC on ESPN 7 fight card takes place at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The main card is scheduled for

Joanna Jedrzejczyk held the UFC strawweight championship for nearly three years before she was shockingly defeated by Rose Namajunas. Now, more than two years after her historic title reign ended, Jedrzejczyk is being positioned for another shot at the title. According to a report by MMA Fighting, Jedrzejczyk will

This Saturday features the most pro wrestling tinted fight of the 2019 mixed martial arts calendar when former WWE champ Alberto Del Rio returns to MMA for the first time since February 2010 to face legendary former UFC champ Tito Ortiz under the Combate Americas banner. Del Rio and

The long-awaited fight between UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson is finally happening. Nurmagomedov and Ferguson will main event an upcoming UFC pay-per-view at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on April 18, according to ESPN's Brett Okamoto.Nurmagomedov reportedly signed his contract earlier in the week with

UFC fighter Walt Harris' worst fears were confirmed on Wednesday when authorities said that human remains found earlier this month belonged to Harris' missing stepdaughter, Aniah Blanchard.In the aftermath of the tragedy, Harris shared a heartfelt Instagram post in which he expressed what Blanchard meant to him. Harris called

Conor McGregor is back. The former two-division UFC champion will fight on Jan. 18 against Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone in the main event of UFC 246 in Las Vegas. The two will fight at welterweight in a non-title bout, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. McGregor (21-4) will make his first

The long-awaited fight between UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson has a new target date -- and seemingly a bout agreement signed by the champ. On Monday evening, Nurmagomedov manager Ali Abdelaziz tweeted a photo of an agreement signed by the champ, naming the date and location