11:46 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight bout between Colby Covington and Robbie Lawler to headline UFC Fight Night on Aug. 3 in Newark, New Jersey, according to UFC president Dana White. White informed ESPN of the 170-pound matchup on Monday. Additional sources confirmed both sides have agreed to the bout. UFC Fight

8:10 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN A UFC Paris card might not be too far away. France made a major step toward the legalization of mixed martial arts Monday. Roxana Maracineanu, the French minister of sports, announced on Twitter the country will take applications from existing sports federations to be the one that organizes MMA in

2:45 PM ET Francis Ngannou has won eight times in the UFC, each time by stoppage, with his last four wins coming by first-round knockout. Junior Dos Santos has 15 KOs among his 21 professional victories, including in his last two outings. So big fists will be flying when these heavyweights clash in the main

8:41 AM ET It’s Monday, time for another edition of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, which airs live starting at 1 p.m. ET on Twitter and YouTube. After it ends, you can listen to the entire show via the ESPN podcast center. Happy Monday, friends. While most sports not named baseball are pretty quiet right now,

12:17 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN It was another newsmaking UFC fight card Saturday night in Greenville, South Carolina. “The Korean Zombie,” also known as Chan Sung Jung, bounced back from a heartbreaking loss. Randy Brown finished the always-durable Bryan Barberena. And Luis Peña dominated Matt Wiman, who was returning after a layoff of nearly four

10:04 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Very few UFC fighters have lived up to their nickname more than Chan Sung Jung. Whenever “The Korean Zombie” seems to be down — one way or another — he comes storming back. In most cases, violently. And so it was again Saturday night. Jung crushed Renato Moicano with an

9:22 PM ET Alex Pattle LONDON — Rafael Lovato Jr. pulled off a major upset in the main event of Bellator 223 in London on Saturday, defeating Gegard Mousasi by majority decision (47-47, 48-47, 48-47) to become the new Bellator middleweight champion. The fourth-degree jiu-jitsu black belt and multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion started and finished

7:09 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a lightweight bout between two veteran crowd favorites in Jim Miller and Clay Guida, according to multiple sources. Bout agreements have not yet been signed, but the 155-pound fight is expected to be made official shortly. It will take place during the UFC Fight Night event

4:54 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Before Renato Moicano and Chan Sung Jung step into the Octagon for their main event, there are several bouts of consequence happening tonight at UFC Fight Night in Greenville, South Carolina. Here’s how the fights are going down: Deron Winn def. Eric Spicely by unanimous decision Daniel Cormier‘s protégé got

9:16 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN The reason for Bruno Silva‘s dismissal from UFC Greenville is now clear. USADA confirmed Friday with ESPN that Silva is facing a UFC anti-doping policy violation. Silva admitted in a statement to MMA Fighting that he failed a drug test stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected May 5 and that