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…
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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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…
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…
Francis Ngannou went from making $600K in his final fight with the
#UFC
, to making $20 million (not factoring PPV points) to fight Anthony Joshua.
Talk about betting on yourself 👏🤑
(
#JoshuaNgannou
purses via.
@Independent
)
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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 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…
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.…
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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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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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…
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 🤩
Dustin Poirier reveals what he said to Dana White after his win at
#UFC299
“Hey, you want me to fight these young motherf***ers, huh? This is what happens.”
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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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Justin Gaethje reacts to a tweet saying he pulled out of his fight with Max Holloway because he has CTE 😭
(via. YT /
@Justin_Gaethje
)
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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
#UFCStLouis
😂
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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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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…
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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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…
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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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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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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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]…
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…
A closer look at this hilarious face-off between Merab Dvalishvili and Henry Cejudo 😂
Henry: *speaks russian*
Merab: HEY IM GEORGIAN, I DONT SPEAK RUSSIAN.
Henry: You’re going to Saturday night
Merab: ILL TALK IN SPANISH, OKAY
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🚨 Ilia Topuria says it’s clear that his next fight will be against Max Holloway:
“It’s a clear for me, my next fight is against Max Holloway, congratulations and enjoy tonight, but after fighting me he will have to go back in the line.”
(via.
@CCLegaspi
)
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Israel Adesanya explains why he won't fight Alex Pereira again:
"If I beat Alex next, knock him the f*** out, what are they gonna say? 'Okay now its 3-2'.
You know why they're asking for the fight? Because they need it... I don't need it. All the Poatards out there... they know…
Conor McGregor plans to put his 'titanium shin' to use via. head kick against Michael Chandler:
"I am Terminator now. I have a titanium rod that goes into the knee and down to the bone, right down to my ankle. It’s unbreakable... I wish for and I will work for landing this kick…
Max Holloway calls out Islam Makhachev for not fighting Justin Gaethje in February 😳
“[Islam] you should have fought Justin in February! Why did the guy you knocked out turn around so fast to fight in February, when you were healthy. You should’ve turned around [for] February.…
Justin Gaethje says he WILL knock down Max Holloway tonight at
#UFC300
😳
“I will [put Max Holloway down]. I might get put down as well but that’s the game I play and I love it.
… I couldn’t knock Tony Ferguson down, but that motherf***er’s crazy.” 😂
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Charles Oliveira explains his emotions backstage before the Beneil Dariush fight:
“I’m crying because of joy. Everything I experience here is outside of my reality.
So you stop here and close your eyes and you remember back there. When it was difficult for me to eat, when I…
🚨 The new
#UFC
gloves feature a wristband locking system to prevent glove grabs during grappling exchanges.
They also lack seams which minimizes the possibility of abrasions and cuts.
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@UFCNews
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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…
Ilia Topuria was watching Max Holloway vs Justin Gaethje real closely 👀
During the fight Ilia said “Holloway’s winning, but Gaethje’s very predictable.”
After the knockout he said “let [Max] just enjoy this.” 😭
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Chito Vera reveals that his plan was to win the belt and wrap it around his oldest daughter:
“My whole vision was to wrap the belt around my oldest daughter, because she’s really the reason when my life changed, when I started making the right decision.
And that kind of kills…
Ilia Topuria says he won’t fight Max Holloway unless the BMF belt is on the line:
“Without the BMF belt, I don’t want [to fight Max] at all. If not, I’m gonna fight with Volk who deserves more than him, the rematch.
He’s been saying ‘right now I have a lot of options’, he…
Yair Rodriguez GOES OFF on Ilia Topuria 🍿
“I would love to f*** [Topuria] up. I don’t wanna fight him I want to f*** him up. There’s a big difference on that.
Anywhere I f***ing see him I’ll f*** him up. F*** this b*tch I don’t f***ing like him.”
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Conor McGregor when asked about his return:
“I’m wrapping up this tour… I’m gonna get back and regroup. I’m gonna test myself physical wise… and get myself right back.
I had a camp in Cannes, I had a camp in Dubai where I was hoping for a December date, then a January date.…
Petr Yan accepts Chito Vera's callout to fight in November:
"Do I want to fight Marlon Vera? Yes, I'll be ready by November. Of course I'll do it. I'll take him to a mixed martial arts school.
You saw how Yadong showed his best boxing. It went a little off the rails. Things…
Awkward interaction between a fan and Aljamain Sterling at the
#UFC300
Q&A
The fan boos Aljamain Sterling multiple times while Aljo was answering a question, and Aljamain made sure to respond.
Max Holloway even chimed in with the “Brother are you 120 pounds?” 😂
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Sean Strickland talks about his mental health at the moment
“I have everything- I’m rich, famous, like I have everything I ever wanted and I’m still mentally unwell.”
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@SStricklandMMA
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Conor McGregor talks his return, interest in a quadrilogy with Dustin Poirier, and lack of discussion between him and the UFC:
“There’s no talk about anything, so I wonder what’s next.
I need discussion or conversation because if I’m not getting anything back I just drift off…
Sean Strickland talks about his upcoming fight against Paulo Costa at
#UFC302
:
“I’m gonna make that dirty Brazilian bleed. And I’m gonna do it for Brazil, because Brazil doesn’t even like Costa.”
🎥 YT /
@SStricklandMMA
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Chito Vera’s dream weight class to compete at is lightweight:
“My dream weight would be to fight at 155 [lbs]. No cutting weight.
But f*** dude, [Michael] Chandler would probably break my neck, Islam [Makhachev] would probably break my legs. I mean they’re just too big, those…
Daniel Cormier is puzzled by Alex Pereira’s success 😅
“I always go ‘how’s [Pereira] doing this?’
With all due respect, he can’t wrestle! He does not know how to wrestle, when they grab his leg he kinda just falls down.
But he’s got this singular skill set that is so good,…
Robert Whittaker reacts to his fight against Khamzat Chimaev:
“I cannot wait. I understand he’s a hard fighter, he likes to grapple a lot, he uses his reach and range… he’s got knockout power.
He like to play the villain against these guys, but he’s an honourable fighter.…
Ilia Topuria reveals what he said to Volkanovski before knocking him out at
#UFC298
“When [Volk] connected he celebrated. I told him ‘my turn is coming soon’. I repeated this to him twice, and when [my turn] arrived, the lights went out in Australia”
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Israel Adesanya talks about how he feels that Dricus du Plessis turned down a fight at
#UFC300
:
“They’re not built like us… myself, Alex Volkanovski, Kamaru Usman. When we were champions, f*** it, just fight. F*** the belt.”
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@arielhelwani
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