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Overall, UFC president Dana White was thrilled with Saturday nights debut with ESPN. He has worked for years to be included on The Worldwide Leader in Sportss family of networks.
The first UFC event on ESPN and ESPN+, however, wasnt without its foibles.
Though flyweight champion Henry Cejudo looked impressive in his 32-second finish of bantamweight titleholder TJ Dillashaw, there were many critics that felt it was an early stoppage. White and Dillashaw were ...
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No. 4 ranked lightweight contender Al Iaquinta wants to face someone ranked higher than him in his next outing and would love for it to be former champion Conor McGregor.
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Backstage during Saturdays UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw event in Brooklyn, New York, Iaquinta discussed when hed like to fight next and the possible opponents....
Valentina Shevchenko won the vacant UFC womens flyweight title by defeating former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk by unanimous decision at UFC 231 in December. Who shed face in her first title defense remained a mystery... until Saturday.
UFC president Dana White revealed that Jessica Eye would face Shevchenko in the Russians first title defense during the UFC on ESPN+ 1 post fight press conference.
I think we said that we were going to do a fight with Jessica Eye. I think Eye is next, ...
Shortly after Donald Cowboy Cerrones victory over Alex Hernandez on Saturday night, he called for a shot at Conor McGregor. The Irishman seems keen to oblige.
Dont go etching the fight in stone, just yet, but UFC president Dana White is keen on the idea as well.
After he failed to take the lightweight belt from Rafael Dos Anjos in late 2015, Cerrone spent the next three years at welterweight, fighting the best the 170-pound division had to offer. Though hes always exciting, Cerrone found moderat...
TJ Dillashaw may have lost in 32 seconds to Henry Cejudo on Saturday night at the first ever UFC on ESPN card from Brooklyn but he refuses to accept defeat.
The end of the fight game in blistering fashion after Cejudo blasted Dillashaw with a head kick and then followed that up with a clubbing right hand that put the bantamweight champion down the mat early in the opening round.
Cejudo swarmed on him with a barrage of punches, forcing referee Kevin McDonald to swoop in and stop the fight before ...
The UFCs debut on ESPN+ and ESPN is in the books. During the events post-fight press conference following Saturdays fight card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, UFC president Dana White announced the recipients of the fighter bonuses. Henry Cejudo, Donald Cerrone and Alex Hernandez took home the performance-based incentives.
Fight of the Night was awarded to Cerrone in Hernandez for their lightweight bout that headlined the preliminary card that aired on ESPN. Hernandez came out aggressi...