Mixed Martial Arts and Boxing

UFC 295 misses star power after Jon Jones injury calls off heavyweight clash with Stipe Miocic

List some of the marquee main events to headline UFC cards at Madison Square Garden -- Conor McGregor , Georges St-Pierre and Daniel Cormier are among the winners -- and Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic could have topped them all.

Nov 10, 2023 11:21 AM Read more >

Middleweight title on the line as UFC returns to Toronto with January card

TORONTO — American Sean (Tarzan) Strickland will make his first middleweight title defence against South Africa's Dricus (Stillknocks) du Plessis at UFC 297 in Toronto on Jan. 20.

Nov 6, 2023 6:42 PM Read more >

Canadian-born Ben (Vanilla Thunder) Tynan a winner in his One Championship MMA debut

Canadian-born MMA heavyweight Ben (Vanilla Thunder) Tynan leaves Bangkok, Thailand, with a US$50,000 bonus after winning his debut in the One Championship promotion.

Nov 4, 2023 2:46 PM Read more >

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones injured, title fight at MSG vs. Stipe Miocic called off

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic will no longer fight for the UFC heavyweight championship next month in New York after Jones tore a pectoral tendon off the bone during training.

Oct 25, 2023 5:14 AM Read more >

Makhachev retains lightweight belt with first-round KO of Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev watched featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski enter the octagon inside Etihad Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi to the 1981 hit “Land Down Under” by Australian band Men

Oct 21, 2023 2:50 PM Read more >

Prosecutors won't charge ex-UFC champ Conor McGregor with sexual assault after NBA Finals incident

MIAMI (AP) — Former UFC champion Conor McGregor will not face sexual assault charges following an investigation of allegations that surfaced during the NBA Finals last June in Miami, his lawyer, police and prosecutors said Wednesday.

Oct 18, 2023 2:44 PM Read more >

UFC creates its own drug-testing program in wake of split with USADA over McGregor

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The UFC is moving on from the United States Anti-Doping Agency and is creating its own drug-testing program in a feud that involves former champion Conor McGregor.

Oct 12, 2023 7:02 PM Read more >

Conor McGregor back in testing pool but USADA says it's splitting with UFC

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Former UFC champion Conor McGregor's return to action helped trigger a split between the league and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which has been testing the league's mixed-martial arts fighters for the past eight years.

Oct 11, 2023 6:22 PM Read more >