Carla Esparza wanted the storybook ending. Ahead of her return at UFC 307, the two-time strawweight champion announced her retirement with plans to call it a career after facing Tecia Pennington ...

Suarez won The Ultimate Fighter and after winning TUF, she looked like she was destined to become a champion. She won her first four fights which included stoppages over champions Carla Esparza and ...

She won her first four fights which included stoppages over champions Carla Esparza and Alexa Grasso. However, after her fourth fight, the injury bug bit her. After that fourth win, it took Suarez ...

The weekend began with Pantoja at No. 5 in the ESPN men's pound-for-pound MMA rankings, behind Islam Makhachev, Alex Pereira, Jon Jones and Ilia Topuria. The weekend ended the same way ...

He made his return following a layoff of close to four years. Source: Knight went 4-5 in the UFC during a stint punctuated by a four-fight winning streak with three bonuses, followed by a four-fight ...

The strawweight champion and world No 2 in the pound-for-pound rankings was the first female, Asian athlete to become a champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. And her most recent bout saw ...

At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, MMA was unsanctioned in the US and ... champion by defeating the former champion Carla Esparza at UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira on November 12, 2022 ...

Check out the rankings, where you'll notice that four fighters got votes for No. 1. For the ESPN divisional MMA rankings, click here. Note: Results are current; rankings as of Nov. 19. To be ...