The UFC released the mic’d up footage of referee Marc Goddard during the Gaethje vs Holloway stoppage
Marc says it’s the first time in his 20 year professional career that he reacted like that from a fight result 🤯
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Max Holloway on Justin Gaethje’s power:
“He missed some shots, I was getting hurt by the wind on the shots. That’s how hard he hits.”
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The fan involved in the altercation with Arman Tsarukyan during his walkout says he won’t sue the UFC, but wants tickets for McGregor vs Chandler 😂
“To answer Dana White’s comments about suing: I will not sue, that never crossed my mind. Thank you Uncle Dana for blessing us
Dustin Poirier says his daughter will be watching his fight at
#UFC302
from the front row for the first time ever:
"My daughter's gonna be there, front row, for the first time ever. I want to show her that you can accomplish your dreams...
I think this might be the last time I
Alex Pereira was asked if his legacy in such a short time in the
#UFC
has surpassed Israel Adesanya's:
"Honestly I don't know man. You have to see the criteria they use. Adesanya made several [title] defenses, I couldn't defend the middleweight belt...
But there are things I
🚨 Dana White confirms that
#UFC303
headlined by McGregor vs Chandler has already surpassed a $20 million gate, making it the highest gate in UFC history
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Belal Muhammad explains why he doesn't like Sean Strickland:
"I posted one thing about Palestine... and he said something like 'they need to just give up'...
Somebody like that who's sitting there, laughing at people dying making a joke out of it. It just shows what type of
An emotional Charles Oliveira describes the meaning of “Do Bronx”
“A kid who came from nothing, from the bottom, from the favelas, disparaged. If God were to take me today, I would die very happy.
For all that I have, for all that I provided my parents. That’s what “Do Bronx”
Alex Pereira said that he wanted this fight to go 5 rounds initially.
However, after Jamahal Hill started talking trash during fight week, Alex says “the least I could do was [knock him out].” 🥶🥶
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Jiri Prochazka was spotted, alone and in the middle of the night, standing in front of the T-Mobile Arena the night before his fight 😭
Even the fans were afraid to approach him 💀
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Islam Makhachev got confused why a producer was in the call as he was being interviewed 😂
"Brother who this guy. He don't have question, he just listen us."
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Renato Moicano does NOT want to fight Max Holloway 😭
“I saw a lot of people asking me ‘do you wanna fight Max Holloway’. Hell f***ing no my brother. I’m good, Max Holloway would beat me up.
We have to be real, we are not on the same level. I have to fight somebody like
Tom Aspinall believes the start times for
#UFC304
in Manchester is unfair on the fans:
“As a fighter, in all honesty doesn’t make that much difference…
As a fan who wants to watch it live, I think it is absolutely terrible. It’s just not fair on the fans…
Why can’t the
Alex Pereira rejects Magomed Ankalaev's callout to fight in Abu Dhabi:
"I don't want to fight at the end of the year, I want to fight sooner, so maybe that shows [Ankalaev] won't be ready. I don't know why he said that, this guy is complicated.
Honestly, I have to see what’s
Brian Ortega: “I'll be honest with you right here, it's been rough. I lost one of my best friends, I lost two friends after that. I got betrayed by people that were close to me. I had 4 surgeries back to back. It's just a lot of things in my personal life, and it looked dark.
I
Demetrious Johnson talks about his feud with Dana White and the UFC:
“I fought and fought, they specifically said we don’t give PPV points to flyweight guys.
When Dana White says I didn’t want PPV points, that’s not true. I asked for PPV points.
Look at CM Punk. This guy comes
Jose Aldo is rooting for Conor McGregor in his comeback fight against Michael Chandler at
#UFC303
:
"I always root for the guys who I fought and the guys who have beat me because that just proves that I lost to the best.
I hope that he can go in there and be the Conor of old and
Max Holloway talks about being dropped by Justin Gaethje, and says it should count as a knockdown:
“All I remember [was] getting hit by that punch, and then like I sat and then I came back up, I was like, ‘Wtf did he just hit me with?’
…That was a good punch… I don’t know
Francis Ngannou went from making $600K in his final fight with the
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, to making $20 million (not factoring PPV points) to fight Anthony Joshua.
Talk about betting on yourself 👏🤑
(
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purses via.
@Independent
)
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Justin Gaethje reflects on his loss at
#UFC300
and insists he is 'not done':
"I mean, [it] was certainly a war... especially getting put to sleep like that. Yeah, but I'm not done. I'm gonna fight in the future - and that's the only way that I fight.
So even if I wanted to
This video of Ilia Topuria giving himself a pep talk before his walkout at
#UFC298
will give you goosebumps.
“It’s time to fulfill the dream.
All good things are on the other side of fear.
It’s written… I’m going to win spectacularly”
Justin Gaethje has no regrets taking the Max Holloway fight, and says he's happy for Dustin Poirier for getting the title shot:
"I have no regrets. I had so much fun, I think it was such a huge, historic card for the UFC. It was a huge risk, I failed.
If I would've won that
Alex Pereira calls out Jamahal Hill for “playing a nice guy” 😳
“A few days ago… [Jamahal] played a nice guy, he asked for an autograph. And then he did what he did yesterday.
Tomorrow he’s gonna lose.”
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Chito Vera goes off on Aljamain Sterling after he said he heard Chito had a bad camp for
#UFC299
“Aljo dude. He’s so f***ing hungry for attention. He never got attention in the UFC.
He became a world champion, he defended, he got booed in f***ing Jersey against f***ing Cejudo.
Francis Ngannou reveals what he made in his final
#UFC
fight, and how much he turned down to become a free agent.
“You know I took $600K for my last fight in the UFC, as opposed to $5 million that they were offering for the same fight.
And I was broke, at the time I owed Usman
Merab Dvalishvili explains why he never made fun of Henry Cejudo’s height
“Everybody told me go beat this midget, I’m like bro I’m the same size” 😂😂
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Max Holloway responds to Ilia Topuria saying that he won’t fight him unless the BMF belt is on the line:
“That’s not [a] very BMF way to say it. That’s kinda un-BMF.
A BMF fights whatever, whoever, whenever… that’s not a tone of a BMF.”
(via.
@jimrome
)
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Rafael Fiziev’s reaction to Max Holloway knocking out Justin Gaethje is too good 😭
“That’s how I had to fight with Justin, but I f*** it up.”
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🚨 Dustin Poirier is seriously considering retirement after
#UFC302
, regardless of if he wins or loses:
"I'm not going to climb the ladder again. I've been doing this a long time. It's a very selfish sport. I'm ready to be a father and be a husband and be home and be into a
🚨 According to Mash, Khabib Nurmagomedov owes the Federal Tax Services in Russia 306 million rubles ($3.3 million USD).
The department has blocked the accounts of the Eagle FC promotion, a charitable foundation, and other companies.
According to the report, Russian authorities
Max Holloway goes off on Ilia Topuria and says he tweets like an angry girlfriend 😭
"This is the guy we're dealing with bro. So we had a bible verse-off on Twitter... and he writes like a freaking paragraph to me. I didn't even read it, that's how long it was.
It was like an
The ending to Ryan Garcia and Sean O’Malley’s FaceTime is hilarious 😂
O’Malley: “I’m gonna go out there do what I need to do against Merab [Dvalishvili], put his lights out.”
Garcia: “I know you’re gonna win, I think you’re gonna knock him out.”
O’Malley: “Yea Merab sucks,
Justin Gaethje GOES OFF on Jorge Masvidal 😳
“The only orbital [Masvidal] got broken is against Kamaru [Usman]. And I loved to see it. He f***ing cheap shotted Colby Covington and didn’t break his orbital.
Nothing was more special than seeing all that mist come off his face
Conor McGregor gives his thoughts on Kamaru Usman and Ilia Topuria 😭
“Kamaru Usman? F*** him, he’s a bum.
Opinions on Topuria? F*** him too. Don’t give a f*** about him either.”
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Aljamain Sterling says the UFC tried to make Chito Vera look like a good win for O’Malley. Also says his Ilia callout was “ridiculous”.
“You defended the belt against a guy who wasn’t even ranked in the top 5, they moved him up to the top 5 to make it look like he was better.
Daniel Cormier responds to Nate Diaz saying he’s not a fighter.
“If I’m not a fighter, what does that make him?
One time I was talking to Khabib, when Nate was coming at him, and Khabib said ‘this man lost 13 fights, I can’t take this guy serious’.
One thing we will not do is
Brian Ortega on what’s next for him after
#UFCMexico
“Volk was a great champ. For people to kick him down right now, I find it disrespectful for everything that he’s done.
If [Volk] decides that he does not want to fight and chill, I’m more than happy to go to Spain.”
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Chael Sonnen: “If I saw Jorge Masvidal, he probably has 3-4 buddies with him and I’m alone. After a very brief skirmish they would realize they should’ve brought more people.” 🥶
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The UFC's new gloves will debut at
#UFC302
on June 1st, meaning that Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier will be among the first to fight with the golden championship gloves 🤩
Max Holloway on what’s next after
#UFC300
:
“It looks like [Islam Makhachev] is finally defending against a 55er which is good on him.
There’s an El Matador [Ilia Topuria], he’s doing everything in his will to try to escape a bull in the pen. I’m here.”
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Dustin Poirier reveals what he said to Dana White after his win at
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“Hey, you want me to fight these young motherf***ers, huh? This is what happens.”
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Justin Gaethje reacts to a tweet saying he pulled out of his fight with Max Holloway because he has CTE 😭
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)
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Joaquin Buckley crashes the
#UFC300
press conference and asks Dana White to replace Derrick Lewis for himself for the main event of
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😂
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Cory Sandhagen goes off on Chito Vera
- Says he had no business being in there with O’Malley
- Calls Chito Vera “homeless looking”
- Says he feels dumb for buying into the “Chito Hype”, because that’s what all of his fights look like unless he gets a knockout
- Says Chito
Dana White says after Khabib beat Conor McGregor, Vladimir Putin gifted him and his father $20 million worth of property in Russia 🤯
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Arman Tsarukyan saw Dana White at a stop light in Vegas and offered him a ride 😂
“Saw the boss walking offered to give him a ride.”
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Gilbert Burns reacts to his loss against Jack Della Maddalena at
#UFC299
:
"First of all, shoutout to Jack Della Maddalena what a tough one. I'm a bigger fan now. No excuses at all, not even one.
I'm 37... but I do believe I have everything I need to become a champion. I'm still
Michael Venom Page tells Ariel Helwani what his plan was for his walkout at
#UFC299
He wanted the lights to go dark, and then appear in the octagon. Then he wanted the lights to go dark again, and reappear in the tunnel and then walk to the cage.
The idea wasn’t cleared by the
Max Holloway says he’ll recover in ‘a week or two’, and talks about Justin Gaethje’s kicking power 😂
“The punches with Gaethje wasn’t - he hits hard don’t get me wrong.
But his kicks brother, the guy kicks like a donkey or something. Kangaroo, coming off his tail, the guy
Dana White praises Kamaru Usman
“Usman does not get the credit he deserves. I think when Kamaru is gone, then they’ll appreciate him.
That guy never turned down a fight. He fought everybody, started running through guys twice. Usman was a bad boy.”
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Michael ‘Venom’ Page doesn’t seem interested in a fight with Wonderboy and says it would probably be a boring fight:
“A positive and a positive doesn’t always make a positive. Because we are such similar style fighters, it could potentially be a boring fight.
I don’t actually
Justin Gaethje when asked if he’d like Mark Coleman to wrap the BMF belt around the winner at
#UFC300
:
“I’ll definitely enjoy it more than [Jorge] Masvidal putting [the belt] on me.
He’s a f***ing loser.”
(via.
@MMAJunkie
)
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Tom Aspinall attempts to break Francis Ngannou’s punching machine score of 129,000.
Tom proceeds to get a score of 45,000.
“If [Ngannou] did 129,000 and I did 40,000, that is ridiculous stuff. I think there’s something going on then, I’m thinking about quitting!” 😂
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Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje have no plans on holding back at
#UFC300
Max: “We’re gonna go in there, hurt each other, and get a drink after”
Justin: “and a bonus!” 😂
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Christos Giagos, former opponent of Arman Tsarukyan and Charles Oliveira, was hyped to see himself get knocked out in a UFC 300 promo 😂
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Conor McGregor shows love to his Muslim fans
"My muslim fans, Alhamdulillah. We have Forged Stout zero-zero coming soon for sure for you to try...
Thank you so much for your support, Mashallah." 😂🙏
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Backstage footage of Sean O’Malley right after his win shows Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili attempting to confront him
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Demetrious Johnson criticizes Jake Paul’s selection of opponents:
“What are you doing when you’re fighting these guys that you find off the street. When he fought Andre August, that gentleman was running pizza routes.
Go find somebody who’s 25-26 years old… that’s in the gym,
🌺 Max Holloway wants his floral shorts!
“One thing I think the UFC can still give me is my floral shorts. I’m not giving up on that.
We’ve seen people with purple, pink. Give me my damn floral. I want it, the people want it, the UFC likes to give what the people want.”
(via.
Max Holloway explains why he took the Justin Gaethje fight instead of waiting for the result of Volk vs Topuria:
“I thought that if Topuria was to beat Volk in any way, Volk gets a direct rematch. Volk did enough work to earn himself a direct rematch.
And then with the [Justin]
Islam Makhachev gets caught lying while praising Dustin Poirier's guillotine 😂
Islam: "[Dustin] have very good guillotine."
Cormier: "No he's lying. He's being disrespectful."
Islam: "Okay, I don't respect his guillotine... because I never see him finish someone in
Alexandre Pantoja goes off on Sean Strickland for comments about women and flyweight fighters:
“You want [me to] lose my money, lose my job? That’s so crazy… why you say that.
I’m very mad when [Sean] Strickland said that for women and flyweight guys, shut your mouth. Respect
Conor McGregor goes for a walk outdoors while barefoot, and hugs a tree 😂🌳
“I’ve been hugging the trees lately, it’s a nice little feeling yea.” 😂
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Dustin Poirier reacts to Benoit Saint-Denis revealing his staph infection leading up to
#UFC299
:
“I think all of that’s just talk. You say those type of things when you win, you don’t say that when you lose.
I’ve gone into so many fights with staph infection, with fractured
Chael Sonnen responds to Jorge Masvidal calling him out.
“I will not let him get close. I cannot trust Jorge Masvidal.
Jorge Masvidal will be in Miami next week, where I will be. I will be the person in the nice trimmed suit. I assume he will be the thug with a hood up that I
Max Holloway responds to people telling him to fight Ilia Topuria:
“This whole Ilia [Topuria] talk, a lot of people just harassing me like ‘oh my god he’s gonna kill Max’.
Brother, when I was Ilia’s age I think I had a title defense already. I was fighting for like 3 titles