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Conor McGregor completely denies rumors about fighting Ilya Topria, says he has accepted an offer to fight Logan Paul in IndiaIlia Topuria replied, “I do not fight and have no interest in fighting the Arpists.”#UFC #mixed martial arts pic.twitter.com/PqHqrGTTMN — Championship Round (@ChampRDS) December 17, 2024 Ilya Topria has harshly criticized Conor McGregor after the Irishman brought up his name.McGregor recently denied rumors of a fight with Topuria. Instead, the Dubliner claims he has struck an initial agreement with India’s billionaire Ambani family for a boxing match with YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul. However, “Notorious” still plans to return to the Octagon…

The first card of 2025 for Ultimate Fighting Championship is officially confirmed.The promotion confirmed the 14-fight lineup for UFC Vegas 101 (also known as UFC Fight Night 249) in a release Tuesday. The card will take place on January 11th at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and will be headlined by a strawweight rematch between Amanda Rivas and Mackenzie Dern, while the co-main event of the night will see Chris Curtis take on Roman Kopylov in a middleweight clash. We will compete against each other.Rivas, who defeated Dern by unanimous decision in their first encounter at UFC Fight Night…

The Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson trilogy bout will not take place at the Professional Fighters League’s Road to Dubai event, as originally planned. Following initial reports from MMAFighting.com, promotion officials confirmed the cancellation to Sherdog.com on Tuesday. PFL is looking for a new co-main event for this card. Nemkov was originally scheduled to face 2022 PFL Heavyweight Champion Ante Derija at Road to Dubai, but the 34-year-old Croatian withdrew from the bout.Road to Dubai will be held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai and appears to be a rebranded version of the Bellator Champions Series. In the main event,…

UFC Tampa was, at least in part, a showcase for older fighters. While 41-year-old Cub Swanson’s KO of Billy Quarantillo in the co-main event naturally garnered the most attention, 38-year-old Michael Johnson followed up with a brutal KO of Ottman Azaitar after the match. He scored with a unique and spectacular finish. An evening anchor will be held Saturday night at Amalie Arena.Johnson, who was a finalist on 2010’s “The Ultimate Fighter 12,” never imagined his career would last this long. “I didn’t think I’d fight until I was 38,” he said during the UFC Tampa post-fight press conference (video…

Khabib Nurmagomedov is confident about his cousin Umar Nurmagomedov’s upcoming title fight against Merab Dvalishvili. Umar will challenge Dvalishvili for the bantamweight title in the co-main event of UFC 311 on January 18th at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California. Dvalishvili was initially reluctant to fight Umar, believing him unworthy of a shot at the title.Although Umar apparently didn’t say anything inflammatory about the bantamweight champion, Dvalishvili claims he felt disrespected by the Dagestani. When announcing the UFC 311 fight, Dana White revealed that Dvalishvili agreed to the fight because he felt disrespected by his opponent. “The Machine” continues…

Khabib blames DJ for making his cousin Abu Bakr lose the match 😭Khabib: “He lost the fight because you always took him to the matches.” DJ: “I haven’t seen him play in a long time.”Habib: “Because I’ll destroy his computer.” 😭😭🎥 @MightyMousepic.twitter.com/WSmRLU3wCl — Championship Round (@ChampRDS) December 16, 2024 Khabib Nurmagomedov claims his cousin Abubakar Nurmagomedov lost the fight to Demetrius Johnson.’Mighty Mouse’ is currently helping coach Khabib prepare for the upcoming title fight between Islam Makhachev and Umar Nurmagomedov. Makhachev will defend his lightweight title against Arman Tsarukyan in the main event, but Umar will defend the bantamweight strap…

The only man to defeat Islam Makhachev is a valuable asset to Arman Tsarukyan’s camp. Adriano Martins, who knocked out the current UFC lightweight champion in October 2015, traveled to Brazil to help Tsarukyan prepare for his main event against Makhachev at UFC 311 on January 18 in Los Angeles. He traveled to American Top Team from Manaus, Amazonas.”Palumpa-sama” [Marcos DaMatta] I play similar to Islam and I believe I can help Armand a lot in this camp. “I have a fight in Russia on December 27th, so they invited me to camp here at ATT,” the 42-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu…

It’s no surprise that Colby Covington has a different perspective on what happened last Saturday night at UFC Tampa. The three-time welterweight title challenger returned for the first time in a year, but lost by third-round technical knockout to Joaquin Buckley in the night’s main event at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The bout was stopped by cageside doctors at the 4:42 mark of the third round due to a large gash above Covington’s right eye.The exact cause of the injury was unclear, but Covington appeared to believe it was caused by a head-to-head collision. Buckley appeared to have clear…

Javier Mendez isn’t excited about Ilia Topria’s lightweight plans. Topria recently said he may be done competing at featherweight after just one title defense. The undefeated champion instead hopes to move up to lightweight to fight current 155-pound titleholder Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira, who has already booked his next defense.Makhachev will put the belt on the line against Arman Tsarukyan in the main event of UFC 311 on January 18th at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California. Topria has taken multiple shots against Makhachev recently, but Mendes, the Dagestani’s longtime coach, has yet to pay attention. Mendez is…

⚡️ Bryce Mitchell received a DM from his future wife after meeting with Tucker Carlson.They eventually married and now their son is named after Tucker. 👏🎥 @dc_mma pic.twitter.com/bvw0FmVPtu — Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) December 15, 2024 Bryce Mitchell also thanked Tucker Carlson for the beautiful family he is today.Mitchell is a very interesting character in several ways. The UFC featherweight is a flat country native who loves farming and lives a secluded life on a ranch in Arkansas. Mitchell is married to Erin Handlow and they had a son together earlier this year. “Bad Nasty” names his son Tucker after…