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Colby Covington’s feud with LeBron James is intensifying. Just days after calling the Los Angeles Lakers star a ‘spineless coward’ following his UFC fight, Covington decided to step things up a notch.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers won Game 2 of their Western Conference Finals showdown against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. Following the game, James sent a clear message to his critics.

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Colby Covington delivered quite the message following his win at UFC Fight Night on Saturday night. Covington, after taking care of Tyron Woodley in their grudge match via a fifth-round TKO, took shots at former Vice President Joe Biden and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James in his post-fight interview. He also received a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump, which he took on speaker phone during a media session live on ESPN.

Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), took part in the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention where he reiterated his support for President Donald Trump. “Many of you know who I am, what I do, and that I am friends with the president,” White said. “I spoke at this convention four years ago, and I am back because I believe we need President Trump’s leadership now more than ever.” “Before the pandemic, President Trump built the greatest economy in our nation’s history and created opportunities for all Americans like no one before him,”...

As the NBA continues to struggle to attract the sort of viewership it had last year, the UFC is seeing the opposite happen. Despite meaningful postseason basketball being played on a daily basis, NBA Playoff viewership has dropped from 2.39 million average viewers in 2019 to 1.68 million in 2020. That is a 30 percent decline. Meanwhile, the UFC’s four preliminary cards since the promotion returned from its COVID-inspired hiatus have done an average of 1.17 million viewers across ESPN and ESPN+. That number is up 30 percent from what pay-per-view preliminary cards did in 2019. Mind you, UFC pay-per-view...

Luana Carolina tore at least one ligament during her devastating kneebar submission loss to Ariane Lipski at "Fight Island" Sunday. The Brazilian UFC fighter was carried out of the Flash Forum arena in Abu Dhabi because she couldn't even walk properly, Insider previously reported.

... While doing so, the CEO also heaped praise on the President. “We’re all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder,” Unanue said. “And so we have an incredible builder. And we pray. We pray for our leadership, our president, and we pray for our country, that we will continue to prosper and to grow.” ...on Saturday, Masvidol expressed support for Goya Foods, taking aim at the those calling for the boycott of the Spanish foods company and linking to a story about Goya donating a million pounds of food...

UFC fighter Jacare Souza has tested positive for coronavirus and will NOT participate in his scheduled fight at UFC 249 on Saturday, the UFC confirms to TMZ Sports. The 40-year-old Brazilian was slated to fight Uriah Hall on the undercard of the massive PPV event in Jacksonville, Florida -- but he tested positive during the UFC's thorough testing process and now he's out. We're told he was asymptomatic. "Our process worked," Dana White tells TMZ Sports. White had spelled out the testing process on "TMZ Live" on Friday -- explaining that fighters and their teams were being subjected to multiple...

Jon Jones, the UFC light heavyweight champion who is widely regarded as the greatest mixed martial arts fighter of all-time, was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico, early Thursday according to a report by KOAT.com. According to Albuquerque police records, Jones was stopped at 1:01 a.m. MDT on Central Ave SW. He was charged with aggravated DWI, negligent use of a firearm, no proof of insurance in the vehicle and possession of an open container. MMA Fighting reported that Jones performed poorly on a field sobriety test and then tested at or above the legal limit. In New Mexico, the blood...

Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk fought an instant classic on Saturday at UFC 248 in Las Vegas. The merciless brutality that unfolded through five five-minute rounds would have been enough to make timid people recoil in horror, yet it was hailed as one of the greatest bouts in the history of women's combat sports. Now you can live through it all again: The UFC released slo-mo footage of the highlights, and you can see the strikes that caused both sides of Jedrzejczyk's forehead to swell so much that she was barely recognizable.

Prelims on ESPN, now Main card at 10 eastern on PPV* 2 belts on the line Israel Adesanya (c) vs. Yoel Romero for the Middleweight title Zhang Weili (c) vs. former Champ Joanna Jędrzejczyk for the Women's Strawweight strap UFC 248

Ultimate Fighting Championship legend Conor McGregor on Monday saluted another battler who has overcome the odds. “Phenomenal President,” McGregor tweeted in praise of President Donald Trump. His tweet then inserted the image of a goat, shorthand for “Greatest of All Time.” “Most certainly one of them anyway, as he sits atop the shoulders of many amazing giants that came before him. No easy [feat]. Early stages of term also. Incredible. Congrats and Happy Martin Luther King Jr. day America,” McGregor said.

UFC world champion Conor McGregor praised President Donald Trump on Monday evening, branding him a “Phenomenal President” who “sits atop the shoulders of many amazing giants that came before him.” In response to President Trump’s Twitter post commemorating three years since he had been sworn into office, McGregor commented, “Phenomenal President. Quite possibly the USA [goat emoji]. Most certainly one of them anyway, as he sits atop the shoulders of many amazing giants that came before him. No easy feet (sic).” “Early stages of term also. Incredible,” he continued, adding, “Congrats and Happy Martin Luther King Jr. day America.”

So much for the three-year winless streak. So much for the notion that he couldn’t compete with a welterweight. So much for the notion that Conor McGregor no longer had the desire to push himself to be the best. He ended all of the doubts in a stunning and spectacular knockout Saturday of Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, winning for the first time since he finished Eddie Alvarez on Nov. 5, 2016, to claim the UFC’s lightweight title. In the main event of UFC 246 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, McGregor laid waste to Cerrone in 40 seconds, delighting the standing-room only...

Prelims on ESPN at 8 eastern Main Card on 'PPV' at 10 Former Champ Conor McGregor returns to face Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone in a Welterweight Bout In the Co-main Former Women's Champ Holly Holm faces Raquel Pennington Anthony "Showtime" Pettis also on the card

You think the campaign trail is tough? Try sparring with a UFC champ!! That's what presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard did in Boston last week -- trading shots with strawweight superstar Weili Zhang ... and TMZ Sports has the video. Remember, Gabbard played a huge role in helping the Chinese superstar get a visa so she could come to the U.S. on a media tour. Gabbard, a U.S. military combat vet and current member of the Army National Guard, is a HUGE fan of MMA and has watched Zhang compete for years. So, when the opportunity came up to spar with...

Okay. I'm just going to let my hands drop to my waist and let this fight be over right here and now.