Sean Strickland reacted strongly to Luke Rockhold, who insulted him and said he wanted a fight. Sean reminded Luke of the sparring session during which Strickland allegedly beat him.
Luke Rockhold, former UFC middleweight champion, insulted the same former champion of the organization in this division, Shawn Strickland. Luke stated that he would be ready to beat up Sean if they organized a fight.
UFC On ESPN 57 will take place the night of June 9 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville. The prelims broadcast will begin on June 8 at 23:00. And the main card will start at 02:00. The prelims and main card will be broadcast on Setanta.
Oleksandr Usyk, absolute world heavyweight champion, told about the combinations that he and his trainer Yuri Tkachenko practiced before the fight against Tyson Fury.
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, IBF and WBO middleweight champion of the world Zhanibek Alimkhanuly thanked the absolute world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk for his valuable advice. It is worth noting that the Ukrainian boxer visited the training camp of Zhanibek, who is preparing for the fight with Andriy Mykhailovych.
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, IBF and WBO middleweight champion of the world, announced that he is preparing for a fight with absolute world super middleweight champion Saul Alvarez.
Aegis Klimas, manager of absolute world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, reacted sharply to an article by Matt Christie on the BoxingScene website. In that article, the author noted that Usyk's decision to go down to cruiserweight may not be wise. Here's what Klimas responded to him:
UFC On ESPN 57 will take place at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville on the night of June 9. Here is the fight card of the tournament:
Sean O'Malley, the reigning UFC lightweight champion, reacted to the outcome of the fight between Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa.
Daniel Cormier, former two-division UFC champion and current commentator and analyst, has spoken out about the repeated comparisons between Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov.