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Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will put his title on the line Sept. 21 against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 in Toronto.

The concern about Rashad Evans is understandable. From an outside perspective, Evans has never recovered from that five-round loss to Jon Jones in April 2012. He was absent from the cage for 10 months after that, and then looked like a shell of h...

These are the light heavyweight power rankings.

Former light heavyweight and middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen will face Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua on Aug. 17 at TD Garden in Boston. Sonnen announced the bout Tuesday night on Fuel TV.

The word "popularity" trumps a word like "retread" six days of the week. It did in the case of Quinton Jackson -- the popular, yet polarizing, former UFC champion who just became Bellator's latest acquisition, according to a Spike TV press release. "...

Chael Sonnen, who has fought for the middleweight and light heavyweight titles, is offering to replace Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and fight Mauricio Rua in a 205-pound bout June 15 at UFC 161 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The UFC lightweight division is the deep end of the pool. It's nondebatable. According to the new ESPN.com rankings, a well-rounded talent like Jim Miller no longer cracks the Top 10. Same for Nate Diaz -- and he fought for the title six months a...

Adam Hill offers his 10 bold predictions for mixed martial arts. No. 1 on the list: A new middleweight champ will soon be crowned.

Story | Conversation | May 16, 2013

Adam Hill offers up his top 10 MMA fights that must happen, ranking a potential Jon Jones versus Anderson Silva superfight at No. 1. Other top hypothetical bouts include Nick Diaz versus his brother Nate and Ronda Rousey against Cristiane Santos.

Story | Conversation | May 03, 2013

Which is the better superfight: Jones/Silva or Jones/Velasquez?...

At some point during Jon Jones' fifth UFC title defense (which nearly cost him a big toe) Saturday, a reader posted a great question to the ESPN.com live chat. "Is it weird," he wrote, "that I rank Anderson Silva pound-for-pound above Jon Jones, ...

Assuming the story is true, the most heinous villain in MMA history may have been born via innocuous text message during the summer of 2009. That's when a previously unremarkable middleweight named Chael Sonnen contacted Joe Silva, offering to mov...

These are the P4P power rankings.

These are the light heavyweight power rankings.

The Cross-Sport Power Rankings rate the top 10 athletes making noise around the world of sports. This week, Stephen Curry gets the No. 1 spot.

Heading into UFC 159, figuring out ways that Chael Sonnen could compete with Jon Jones required an active imagination. The leading idea on how to get it done was for Sonnen to put his chin down, stick the crown of his head into Jones' chest and drive...