American mixed martial arts fighter Tatiana Suarez, ranked No. 1 in the UFC women's flyweight division, hopes to fight champion Weili Zhang at UFC 306, scheduled for September 16 at the Sphere Arena in Las Vegas, USA.
Longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan called out Jamal Hill's biggest mistake in his fight with Alex Pereira.
"Look at Jamal, after he threw a groin strike, his legs tucked and he relaxed. He showed his thumb and Pereira touched the ref and then the fight resumed. Pereira didn't lose focus. The fight continued, but would it have happened if Hill hadn't shown him the thumb? It was a strange moment, with no one realizing what was going on. But Pereira kept moving forward and shortened the distance. And he shortened the distance much more than Jamal would have let him. That's Jamal's mistake, always protect yourself," Rogan said on his podcast.
Max Holloway, the former UFC featherweight champion, mocked the thrashtalk of Elijah Topuria, the organization's current featherweight champion.
"That's the kind of person he is. We exchanged Bible references on social media. Everybody was saying I won this duel 10-8. And then he threw me a whole paragraph. I didn't even read it, it was so long. I couldn't finish it, so I passed out. He's acting like a mean girlfriend. Even my wife doesn't text me like that. I started reading his sheet and I thought, fuck it. What's wrong with you? I had to check to see if the message was from my wife. What the hell?" - Holloway pronounced on Joe Rogan's podcast.
Max Holloway, former UFC featherweight champion and current BMF belt holder, has stated that he wants to become a three-time champion of the organization.
"In a perfect world, it would be like this: I would fight Elijah Topuria, win the featherweight title, and then whoever the next lightweight champion is, I would fight him. I want to try to achieve the status of a two-time champion or even a three-time champion. Put the BMF title on the line in a fight for the bantamweight belt and become champion. And then move up to lightweight and do the same thing. That would be crazy," Give me Sport quoted Max as saying.
Gegard Mousasi, the former Bellator middleweight champion, is unhappy with the PFL management, which has yet to offer him a fight after the promotions merger.
"In Bellator you get paid well, but you don't fight often enough. In the UFC you fight a lot, but they don't pay you enough. In the PFL, I don't fight at all. So every promotion has its own nuances. I even offered to let me fight in the welterweight division. The answer was silence. The UFC did the same thing with Orlovski when they didn't give him a fight for a year. I don't know. Apparently, it's politics," MMA News quotes Mousasi.
Recall, his last fight Mousasi held in May last year, losing to Fabian Edwards at the tournament in Paris.
Max Holloway, former UFC featherweight champion, has stated his desire to fight the promotion's current featherweight champion Elijah Topuria in Las Vegas.
"Hopefully the fight with Topuria will be in Vegas. How about the 66,000-seat Elligent Stadium? Now that would be something. Did you see how many Hawaiian flags there were at UFC 300? Vegas is our ninth island. Since we can't have a UFC tournament in Hawaii, let's fight in a soccer stadium in Vegas. Let's make it crazy," Holloway stated on Joe Rogan's podcast.
Recall, earlier Holloway reported that he was knocked out during his fight with Justin Gaethje.
Max Holloway, former UFC featherweight champion, has responded to all those who think he's on the decline right now.
"The problem is these guys have seen me grow up. Coming into the UFC, I was 20 years old, and a lot of people think I'm about 42 years old like Daniel Cormier. But I'm actually a young guy. Especially after the trilogy with Wolf. The first two fights went okay, and the third fight made everybody say, "Oh, he's done." Brother, that was Wolf's night. He was on a roll. It is what it is, and now they're doing MMA math because Elijah was able to knock out Wolf. Even Elijah is doing MMA math, "I beat the guy that beat you." Bro, that's not how it works. I lost to Dustin Puryear and Justin Gaethje sent him to knockout. Can I say now that I beat Dustin? No. Styles make fights," Middle Easy quoted Holloway as saying.
Today it was reported online that two UFC lightweights, Arman Tsarukyan and Benoit Saint-Denis, would have a grappling bout. However, it was later revealed that this bout would not take place. According to Saint-Denis, it was Tsarukyan who withdrew from the confrontation.
"Arman, once again you opened your mouth in vain. Besides lying, you're also disappointing the fans. I can't wait to meet you in the octagon to strangle you," St. Denis wrote on his social media.
As previously reported, the Tsarukyan-Saint-Denis bout was supposed to be the main event of the ADXC 4 tournament on May 18, which will take place in Paris.
Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Anthony Smith said that the promotion's former middleweight champion Shawn Strickland has impressed him a lot in their joint workouts.
Rafael Cordeiro, the coach of UFC ranked American lightweight Beneil Dariush, told why his ward put his career on pause.
Dariush suffered two first-round knockout losses in 2023 - in May to Charles Oliveira and in December to Arman Tsarukian.
"Last year turned out to be very difficult for Beneil. He was knocked out twice and knocked down three times. Plus, he was knocked out once in the gym. All in all, he's suffered head trauma five times in one year. He's still relatively young, so I've asked him to take a break and rest.
My concern for him is not as a trainer, but as a father. He's won eight of his last 10 fights, but there are people advising him to end his career. That's absurd, very disrespectful to Beneil. Let's see what will be the right fights when he fully recovers," MMA Fighting quotes the specialist as saying.
