If UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones decides to continue fighting after he faces Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, it likely won't be in a title unification bout with interim champion Tom Aspinall.

Welterweight mainstay Neil Magny and rising contender Carlos Prates square off in the main event at UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night (7 p.m. ET on ESPN+, with prelims ...

McGregor is certainly the biggest MMA star - but is he the best?Credit: Getty UFC superstar Conor McGregor considers himself the best MMA fighter ever but, despite taking the sport to new heights ...

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Nissan has said it will lay off thousands of workers as it slashes global production to tackle a drop in sales in China and the US. The Japanese car making giant says it will cut 9,000 jobs around ...

The first three fights have been announced for UFC 312 which is set to go down in Sydney, Australia on February 9 (Feb 8th in the US). The Ultimate Fighting Championship, in the present day, is as ...

When South Africa centre Andre Esterhuizen said the other day he’d "much rather have 18 caps for the Springboks than 70 caps for a different country that I'm not actually born in" there was a ...

A former gymnast himself, George Nissen’s greatest contribution to the sport was his invention of the trampoline, which he developed with Larry Griswold. The Iowa graduate went into business with ...