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Conor McGregor has announced his retirement for the third time in four years. McGregor abruptly made his latest dubious declaration Sunday morning on his Twitter account, where the former two-division UFC champion also announced his retirement in 2016 and 2019. “Hey guys I’ve decided to retire from fighting,” McGregor wrote in a caption below a photo of him and his…

Amanda Nunes’ impressive reign atop two UFC divisions is showing no signs of decline. In fact, her dominance is making history. Nunes became the first UFC fighter to defend two championship belts while actively holding the titles in both weight classes Saturday night, earning a dominant unanimous decision over featherweight contender Felicia Spencer at UFC 250. Former bantamweight champion Cody…

Kicks, punches and grunts echoed through the empty arena

In a story April 30, 2020, about NASCAR’s plans to resume racing, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Professional Bull Riding series as the Professional Bull Racing series

Albuquerque police say UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been arrested on suspicion of DWI and other offenses after officers heard gunshots and found him sitting in a parked vehicle with a gun.

The UFC has postponed its next three scheduled events through April 11, finally giving up on President Dana White’s plan to keep fighting amid the coronavirus pandemic. The UFC will not hold its show scheduled for Saturday, which was initially slated to be held in a full arena in London. The UFC also won’t hold shows scheduled for March 28…

Conor McGregor stopped Donald Cerrone with a head kick and punches 40 seconds into the first round at UFC 246. The former two-division Irish champion announced his return to mixed martial arts with his first victory since 2016.

Human remains discovered in a wooded area have been confirmed as belonging to a missing college student who was the stepdaughter of a well-known UFC fighter, Alabama authorities announced Wednesday. The Auburn Police Department said the Department of Forensic Sciences confirmed the remains belong to Aniah Blanchard, 19. She was the stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris.

An Alabama district attorney said Monday that authorities have “good reason” to believe human remains found in a wooded area belong to the missing stepdaughter of a UFC heavyweight fighter. The remains were found on a county road in neighboring Macon County, Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes told The Associated Press. “I can confirm that human remains have been...

A man wanted in the disappearance of UFC fighter Walt Harris’ stepdaughter has been apprehended in Florida, but the whereabouts of the woman he’s accused of abducting remained a mystery Friday.

In his Nov. 4, 2019, monologue, Jimmy Fallon jokes about President Donald Trump being booed at a UFC fight and Beto O’Rourke dropping out of the 2020 presidential race.

In his Nov. 4, 2019, monologue, Jimmy Fallon jokes about President Donald Trump being booed at a UFC fight and Beto O’Rourke dropping out of the 2020 presidential race.

UFC superstar Conor McGregor announced his retirement on social media Monday night, abruptly ending his remarkable fighting career. In a post on his verified Twitter account, the former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion said: “I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as ‘Mixed Martial Art’ today.” The post wishes his “old colleagues well going forward in competition,” and...

Conor McGregor will return to mixed martial arts on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas for a title bout against UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. The UFC dramatically announced the matchup Friday with a promotional video to close a news conference promoting its slate of fight cards for the rest of 2018.

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor was charged with with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief after causing mayhem at a UFC media event.

UFC star Ronda Rousey’s next fight could come in a WWE ring....
WWE executive Paul Levesque, better known as wrestling superstar Triple H, had dinner with Rousey in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, again fueling speculation that UFC’s biggest female star could leave the octagon for a career in sports entertainment....
“We are talking to Ronda, as we’ve been for a while,”...

The UFC has stripped its light heavyweight title from Jon Jones for a third time and reinstated Daniel Cormier as the 205-pound champion after Jones’ latest failed doping test.

While the fight of the year was going down between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey was having one of the happiest moments of her life.

Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne are engaged. According to TMZ, the UFC fighters got engaged last week while on vacation in New Zealand. Browne told TMZ he proposed with a large diamond ring underneath a waterfall because “it felt like the right place to do it.”

Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter Amanda Nunes defeated Miesha Tate Saturday night at UFC 200 to become the organization’s first openly LGBTQ champion — and the new women’s bantamweight title holder, NBC News reports. “This is a dream come true for me,” Nunes said in a post-fight interview posted by UFC. “I waited 10 years [of] my life [for] this...