LAS VEGAS—After briefly flirting with the lightweight division, Alexander Volkanovski returned to featherweight and showed Saturday night why he’s still the best in that weight. Volkanovski re-asserted himself as the champion with a technical knockout over Yair Rodriguez at 4:19 of the third round in UFC 290. Rodriguez was the interim champion after Volkanovski temporarily…
Volkanovski Beats Rodriguez With 3rd-Round TKO for Featherweight Title in UFC 290
UFC’s Tony Ferguson Arrested Following Hollywood Crash
LOS ANGELES—UFC veteran Tony Ferguson was arrested early Sunday morning in Hollywood for suspicion of drunken driving after he allegedly crashed into parked cars and flipped his truck, police said. Los Angeles police arrested Ferguson at around 2 a.m. Police said Ferguson’s truck hit at least two parked vehicles and flipped over near Sunset Boulevard….
Israel Adesanya Knocks out Alex Pereira in UFC Title Rematch
MIAMI—Israel Adesanya wanted a quick rematch after a November loss to Alex Pereira stripped him of the 185-pound championship belt he’d held since 2019. Five months later in UFC 287 in Miami early Sunday, Adesanya dropped the middleweight champion Pereira with two right hands, then raised his fists in triumph as he took back his…
WWE and UFC Agree to Massive Merger Creating $21 Billion Company
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) have agreed to merge and create a newly combined wrestling entertainment company. The new entity will be called “NewCo,” until it is named at a later date, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange as TKO. WWE and Endeavor, the parent company of…
UFC 286: Edwards Retains Title by Majority Decision Vs Usman
LONDON—Leon Edwards retained his welterweight title Saturday, beating challenger Kamaru Usman at UFC 286 by majority decision. Judges scored the trilogy fight at the O2 Arena in London 48–46, 48–46, 47–47 in favor of the Jamaican-born Brit, who landed the cleaner blows as their third fight went the distance. Edwards made an encouraging start, connecting…
UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar Dies at Age 45
Former fighter Stephan Bonnar, who played a significant role in the UFC’s growth into the dominant promotion in mixed martial arts, has died, UFC announced. He was 45. Bonnar, who was inducted into the UFC’s Hall of Fame in 2013, died Thursday from “presumed heart complications while at work,” according to a statement from UFC…
Former UFC Champion Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez pleaded not guilty Monday to felony attempted murder, assault and weapons charges in a case involving a man who allegedly sexually abused one of Velasquez’s children. Velasquez was charged in March in San Jose, California, after he allegedly shot at a pickup truck carrying a man…
Edwards Stops Usman Late in 5th, Wins UFC Welterweight Title
SALT LAKE CITY—Leon Edwards dropped Kamaru Usman with a kick to the head and neck in the final minute of the fifth round to win the welterweight championship at UFC 278 on Saturday night. Usman appeared to be seconds away from a 16th consecutive victory, which would have tied an all-time UFC record, before Edwards…
Adesanya, Volkanovski Retain Titles at UFC 276
LAS VEGAS—Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski scored dominant unanimous decision victories and retained their UFC titles at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday on a UFC 276 fight card that was short on fireworks but that had plenty of skill on show. Adesanya did a masterful job of controlling the distance to evade the punching power…
Former UFC Champion Cain Velasquez Arrested on Attempted Murder Charges
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection to a shooting in Northern California. San Jose police announced Tuesday that Velasquez, 39, was arrested in connection to the incident, in which an adult was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Few details were released about the shooting, including the identity of…
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