Apple Sports adds UFC events with real-time stats and results

Apple continues to expand the appeal of its free Sports app, which focuses on delivering real-time sports scores and stats, across many different sports.

Today, Apple is adding UFC into the mix, so MMA fans can track the fights live through the unified Apple Sports experience.

Apple Sports will provide coverage of every bout across the full fight card, with live stats like total strike counts, takedowns, knockdowns and more.

Apple Sports features animated background artwork to differentiate different games and matches in the detail view, and UFC is no different with a custom backdrop that evokes the ambience of being under the lights of the Octagon. The details card also includes new visualization to illustrate the number of recorded strikes by target.

You can keep up with the action inside the app, or tap the clock icon to start a Live Activity and get score updates delivered directly to your iPhone’s lock screen.

Apple Sports now comes preinstalled when setting up a new iPhone from scratch. If you don’t already have it, you can get it as a free download from the App Store.

The Sports app is still only available on iPhone right now though; Apple has still not announced plans to do an iPad and Mac native version. You can have the Sports Live Activities from your iPhone show up on Apple Watch and Mac, however.