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9:29 PM ET Former NFL All-Pro Greg Hardy will return to the Octagon against Maurice Greene in a heavyweight fight on a UFC Fight Night card Oct. 31, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. No location has been determined for the event. MMA Junkie was the first to report the news. Hardy (6-2, 1

6:34 AM ET From the moment Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier 3 was signed back in June, I’ve been calling it the biggest fight in UFC heavyweight history. Now that it’s fight week, I suppose I should make sure I haven’t been lying about that. Admittedly, I did not meticulously revisit the history books before

1:31 PM ET What is arguably the most significant fight in UFC heavyweight history is now official after champion Stipe Miocic and challenger Daniel Cormier weighed in successfully Friday morning for the main event of UFC 252 in Las Vegas. Miocic made weight at 233 pounds; Cormier was 236. The bout Saturday will decide the

6:42 AM ET UFC president Dana White has said the winner of Saturday’s main event — Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier — will be the greatest heavyweight ever. And the two fighters involved with UFC 252, not surprisingly, agree with the promoter. Nobody would argue that either fighter isn’t great. Miocic’s three heavyweight title defenses

11:03 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Former two-weight UFC champion Daniel Cormier has repeatedly stated his heavyweight title fight against Stipe Miocic on Saturday will be the final fight of his career. What does UFC president Dana White think each time he hears that? “No, it’s not,” White told ESPN on Thursday. “No, it’s not.”

8:18 AM ET It was Sept. 11, 2017, a beautiful day in the Cleveland suburb of Valley View, and fire chief Ken Papesh was anxiously awaiting a visitor. UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was headed to the firehouse to interview heavyweight champ — and part-time firefighter/paramedic — Stipe Miocic for the FS1 show “In

1:36 PM ET Newly signed Bellator MMA light heavyweight Corey Anderson said a recent health scare and wisdom from two-time UFC champion Daniel Cormier were behind his recent promotional switch. Anderson (13-5) secured his release from UFC last week — despite two fights remaining on his contract — and immediately signed a deal with Bellator.

3:47 PM ET Paige VanZant has found a new home. The former UFC fighter says she has signed a new four-fight, exclusive contract with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Her debut for BKFC isn’t set yet, but the current plan is for her to compete in November. “It was an amazing contract, an amazing opportunity,” VanZant

6:53 AM ET Editor’s note: When Daniel Cormier walks to the Octagon on Saturday to challenge heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 252, the MMA world will be viewing it through the prism of historical significance. Cormier, 41, has said that this will be the last fight of his storied career,

7:48 AM ET Marcus Marinelli was leaning against the Octagon at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 17, 2019. His fighter, Stipe Miocic, was inside the cage, challenging Daniel Cormier for the UFC heavyweight title. In the fourth round, with Cormier ahead on all the scorecards, Miocic landed a big body shot, followed by

4:13 PM ET Marcus Marinelli was leaning against the Octagon at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 17, 2019. His fighter, Stipe Miocic, was inside the cage, challenging Daniel Cormier for the UFC heavyweight title. In the fourth round, with Cormier ahead on all the scorecards, Miocic landed a big body shot, followed by

10:50 AM ET Luke Rockhold has decided against calling it a career. The former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion told ESPN on Sunday he has decided to resume his MMA fighting career. This comes after he said in October that it was “very” possible he’d never fight again. “Because I felt like it,” Rockhold replied

2:18 PM ET UFC welterweight Geoff Neal is resting at his home in Dallas, following a recent health scare that forced him into an intensive care unit for seven days. Neal (13-2) was scheduled to face Neil Magny at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 29, but he announced his sudden withdrawal on social media on

7:29 AM ET The main event of UFC 252 is considered one of the most critical fights in the promotion’s history, with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic defending against former two-division champ Daniel Cormier on Saturday in Las Vegas. Cormier ended Miocic’s record run of three straight heavyweight title defenses in their first meeting in 2018,

11:18 PM ET Former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler has agreed to replace surging contender Geoff Neal in a bout against Neil Magny later this month, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. Neal (13-2) was scheduled to face Magny (23-7) at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 29, but announced on social media on Sunday he had

12:24 AM ET Derrick Lewis found himself flat on his back late in the first round, deep in the grasp of submission specialist Aleksei Oleinik. Lewis survived the choke attempts, but he admitted that getting to the second round on Saturday night was dicey. “I couldn’t breathe at all,” Lewis said in the postfight interview.

12:00 AM ET Derrick Lewis is the UFC’s new heavyweight knockout king. “The Black Beast” stopped Aleksei Oleinik via TKO at :21 of the second round Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. With the stoppage, Lewis earned his record 11th UFC heavyweight KO/TKO, breaking a tie with former champions

5:05 PM ET The past few years have been unkind to Ray Borg. And now he no longer has an MMA contract on top of it all. The UFC has released Borg, a former title challenger, promotion officials confirmed Friday with ESPN. The news was first reported by MMA Fighting. A request for comment from