MMA

Francis Ngannou has announced his arrival in the Professional Fighters League after being stripped of his UFC heavyweight title; the 36-year-old failed to agree a new UFC contract following his last title defence in January 2022…

Fabian Edwards to meet Johnny Eblen for the Bellator middleweight title in Dublin on September 23; British fighter beats Gegard Mousasi via unanimous decision in Paris on Friday night to earn shot at Eblen; Edwards' brother Leon is the reigning UFC welterweight champion…

Leon Edwards on Colby Covington: "He said: 'you need to fight me'. I was like: 'chill out'. It goes off my timing, I don't work off him. I'm the champion. He's trying to fool everyone. I want to fight him because I don't like him so that will be even more fuel for me. He's a weirdo"…

Brazil's Amanda Nunes claimed UFC 289 victory over Mexico's Irene Aldana in Canada, defending her bantamweight belt; Nunes won by scores of 50-44 (two), 50-43; 35-year-old, she then announced her retirement from the sport in the Octagon…

MMA featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski made his fifth successful title defence with a third-round stoppage of Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 in Las Vegas; the show also featured wins for Alexandre Pantoja and Robbie Lawler…

Tom Aspinall was victorious at UFC London, securing a first-round stoppage against Marcin Cybura; Aspinall was back at the O2 Arena a year after he injured his knee in the course of defeat to Curtis Blaydes…

It took Tom Aspinall 73 seconds to dispatch Marcin Tybura on Saturday evening, but he spent a year building up to it after tearing ligaments in his knee last summer; in an interview with Sky Sports in May, the 30-year-old admitted he had "dark days" and even considered ending his career…

Julija Stoliarenko forced Molly McCann to submit in the first round at the UFC event in London; McCann was coming back from her first round loss to Erin Blanchfield; Heavyweight Tom Aspinall was also returning after suffering a leg injury and finished Marcin Tybura in just 90 seconds…

Molly McCann suffered a second successive first-round submission loss at the UFC event in London on Saturday; former champion Michael Bisping explains how she can come back from a painful defeat; "I think she'll have even more respect from people," Bisping said. "I know that first hand"…