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UFC Fight Night: Atlantic City

Saturday's UFC Fight Night in Atlantic City has lost a bantamweight matchup between Aspen Ladd and Leslie Smith, after Ladd failed to make the 136-pound weight limit on Friday. Ladd (6-0) announced via social media she attempted to salvage the bout, but Smith, who successfully made weight, declined to accept the bout under new circumstances.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer1d ago

UFC lightweight Kevin Lee (16-3) has missed weight for his 155-pound main event against Edson Barboza (19-5) in Atlantic City. Lee came in at 157 pounds, the limit is 156. Both sides have agreed to remain in the fight. Lee will be fined 20 percent of his fight purse.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer1d ago

UFC Fight Night: Atlantic City

Kevin Lee discusses first camp without head coach, lightweight title picture

UFC lightweight contender Kevin Lee, who fights Edson Barboza on Saturday night, is motivated by carrying on the legacy of his former coach who died in December.

UFC lightweight Kevin Lee, who fights Edson Barboza in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday, talks about dealing with the loss of head coach Robert Follis, who took his own life in December.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer3d ago

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Miocic: Cormier hasn't fought anyone like me.

Stipe Miocic joins Get Up! to break down his upcoming bout with Daniel Cormier and what he thought of Connor McGregor's incident.

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Poirier knocks out Gaethje in fourth round.

In a back-and-forth brawl, Dustin Poirier finishes Justin Gaethje with a flurry of punches in the fourth round of a lightweight bout.

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UFC Fight Night: Glendale

Welterweight Alex Oliveira (18-5-1) submits Carlos Condit (30-12) via guillotine in the second round at UFC Fight Night in Glendale, Arizona. Oliveira survived a rear-naked choke attempt from Condit in the first round, and then cut him with an elbow in the second before the guillotine. Condit's winning drought continues, as he has not won a fight since May 2015.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer7d ago

Middleweight prospect Israel Adesanya (13-0) stays perfect in MMA, but has to go the distance for the first time in his career against Marvin Vettori (12-4-1) at UFC Fight Night in Glendale, Arizona. Judges have it a split decision, 29-28, 29-28 and 28-29 for Adesanya. Not a performance that will set the world on fire, but Vettori is a tough out and Adesanya seemed in control throughout, despite the split decision result.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer7d ago

UFC strawweight Michelle Waterson (15-6) takes a split decision win over Cortney Casey (7-6) at UFC Fight Night in Glendale, Arizona. Judges had it 29-28, 29-28, and 28-29 for Waterson. Very close fight. Waterson did well getting into top position, Casey threatened off her back, but judges favored Waterson's top game.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer7d ago

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Former lightweight champion Michael Chandler submits Brandon Girtz in the first round via arm triangle choke at Bellator 197 in St Louis. This was supposed to be a rematch between Chandler and Brent Primus, the man who took his title last June. Primus fell off due to injury. Impressive performance by Chandler.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer8d ago

Bellator featherweight prospect AJ McKee defeats Justin Lawrence via unanimous decision at Bellator 197 in St. Louis. McKee won convincingly, via scores of 30-26, 30-26 and 30-27. McKee is the son of MMA veteran Antonio McKee and trains with fellow prospect Aaron Pico.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer8d ago

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P4P rankings: Nurmagomedov moves up after dominating victory

Demetrious Johnson remains the pound-for-pound king, but Khabib Nurmagomedov is moving up in the rankings after his impressive victory over Al Iaquinta at UFC 223.

Women's P4P rankings: Namajunas makes a move

Strawweight champion Rose Namajunas climbed a few spots after her rematch victory over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 223.

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VanZant opens up about sexual assault in new book.

Paige VanZant joins Get Up! to share her remarkable and struggle-filled journey to the UFC.

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Mayweather in the cage? Not crazy at all

Is there any interest in seeing Mayweather in MMA?

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Stephen A. sees Mayweather vs. McGregor coming to life.

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White 'pretty confident' Mayweather fights in UFC.

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Khabib Wins

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Nurmagomedov claims UFC lightweight belt

Capping off a surreal week in New York, Khabib Nurmagomedov dominated Al Iaquinta through five rounds Saturday night to become UFC's undisputed lightweight champion and officially strip Conor McGregor of the title.

Nurmagomedov wants to 'humble' McGregor.

After winning the UFC lightweight title, Khabib Nurmagomedov gives Brett Okamoto his account of Conor McGregor's actions on Thursday, trash-talks McGregor and explains why he wants a fight with Georges St-Pierre.

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Nurmagomedov dominates Iaquinta to win belt.

In the main event of UFC 223, Khabib Nurmagomedov wins a one-sided decision against Al Iaquinta to capture the UFC lightweight title.

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Rose defends

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Namajunas decisions Jedrzejczyk to keep belt

The rematch between Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk went the distance Saturday night at UFC 223, with Namajunas hanging on to her strawweight belt by unanimous decision.

Namajunas wins rematch against Jedrzejczyk.

After knocking out Joanna Jedrzejczyk last November to win the UFC women's strawweight title, Rose Namajunas defends her belt via unanimous decision at UFC 223.

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Namajunas describes her 'fight before the fight.'

UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas tells Brett Okamoto about "shaking past" the situation with Conor McGregor on Thursday and facing her fears.

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White now turns focus to McGregor.

UFC president Dana White tells Brett Okamoto that Conor McGregor needs to settle his legal issues before they figure out what's next for him with the promotion.

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White 'pretty confident' Mayweather fights in UFC.

UFC president Dana White says Floyd Mayweather "knows the money's right" and that's why he's entertaining the idea of fighting inside the Octagon.

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White 'blown away' by Nurmagomedov's performance.

Dana White says that Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of three fighters that would've withstood the issues he went through this week and was very impressed by his ability to handle business inside the Octagon.

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Floyd to UFC?

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Floyd says if he returns, it'll be in UFC.

Floyd Mayweather says that if he ends his retirement, it would be at 145 pounds in the UFC. When asked if Conor McGregor would be in the running, Mayweather says, "McGregor has other things to deal with."

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How would an MMA trainer prepare Floyd Mayweather?

Takedowns. Kicks. An acrobatic Bruce Buffer intro. Floyd Mayweather will see many new things if he fights in the UFC. How would our panel of MMA trainers try to prepare him for that in six months? Do any think he'll go through with it?

Woodley: Floyd wants to strategize MMA training.

Tyron Woodley tells Brett Okamoto that Floyd Mayweather reached out to him to train MMA and discusses the dynamics of their relationship.

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UFC 223

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UFC 223 undercard recap - Zabit Magomedsharipov wins 11th straight

Zabit Magomedsharipov, Chris Gruetzemacher and Karolina Kowalkiewicz earned big wins at UFC 223, and they set themselves up for bigger opportunities later this year.

Full coverage from UFC 223

We were ringside for UFC 223 to bring you all the action from one of the biggest nights of the year.

Aubin-Mercier uses knees to finish Dunham.

Olivier Aubin-Mercier hits Evan Dunham with a knee to the body that sends the pair against the cage. Aubin-Mercier pours on the offense with some punches and another powerful knee as the fight ends in the first minute at UFC 223.

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Conor McGregor

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Conor McGregor faces a new reality after his arrest

The same preening, adolescent vanity that, combined with beautiful combat skills, made Conor McGregor the most interesting fighter in the world has now taken full possession of his soul.

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Woodley questions need for interim title.

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley says he's back training and sparring three and a half months after having shoulder surgery. Woodley, who claims he could fight in July, calls the June interim title bout a No. 1 contender bout.

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Conor arrested

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McGregor charged after Barclays bus attack

Conor McGregor has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault and one count of felony criminal mischief after an incident caught on camera showed him throwing a hand dolly through the window of a bus that was carrying UFC fighters.

White: McGregor 'not apologetic' for attacking bus.

Dana White joins Get Up! as he denies that Conor McGregor's outburst was a stunt and calls it "embarrassing for the sport."

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White questioning doing business with McGregor.

Dana White says he is disgusted with Conor McGregor after Thursday's incident at a UFC 223 media event.

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America's most infamous loading dock, scene of this week's Conor McGregor melee at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff Writer14d ago

Conor McGregor

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Conor posts $50K bail, released from custody

UFC star Conor McGregor was released from custody on $50,000 bail Friday. The judge issued an order of protection involving several of the fighters from Thursday's fracas and ordered McGregor to stay away from them.

Judge places McGregor's bail at $50k.

Conor McGregor was released on $50,000 bail by a judge Friday one day after his outburst at Barclays Center.

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Khabib to McGregor: 'We have to fix this.'

Khabib Nurmagomedov hopes Conor McGregor fixes his problem and they fix their problems with each other, "inside the cage or outside the cage."

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Ronda Rousey

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Not sure if even Ronda Rousey is allowed to call him Mr H....

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior Writer14d ago

Ronda Rousey made a detour from the official red carpet to take selfies with fans at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. A WWE staffer came over and asked her assistant, "She's just here without security?" Her husband Travis Browne, a 6-7 MMA fighter, was close by though. "I'm here to make sure everyone behaves."

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior Writer15d ago

Ronda Rousey focusing on present, moving on from past

Ronda Rousey was the UFC's first women's champion and MMA's most dominant fighter. But that was in the past, and she's not interested in that anymore. Rousey is in the WWE now, doing what is making her happy.

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McGregor taken out of police station in handcuffs.

Conor McGregor, who ambushed a UFC 223 media event, is escorted out of a police station in New York after being charged.

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White was working on new deal with McGregor before incident.

Dana White says he will take a step back and let the law help decide if Conor McGregor will fight in the UFC again.

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Conor McGregor

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Conor McGregor wreaks havoc at UFC 223 media day.

Former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor stormed Barclays Center with his entourage on Thursday, appearing to damage a vehicle containing UFC fighters.

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Dana White calls McGregor incident 'most disgusting thing' in UFC history.

Dana White voices strong displeasure after an ugly incident during UFC 223 media day where Conor McGregor and his entourage attacked a bus, injuring several people at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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Paul Heyman on Brock Lesnar's (and his own) future in the WWE and UFC.

Tim Fiorvanti, ESPN.com15d ago

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Was McGregor's outburst staged?

Jalen Rose says he has been to the Barclays Center many times, and Conor McGregor needed multiple levels of access to get to where the scene happened.

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Was McGregor's stripped title just a PR stunt?

Mike Greenberg senses some WWE-style hype after UFC President Dana White stripped Conor McGregor of his lightweight title.

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