Max Holloway, former UFC featherweight champion, addressed the organization's current featherweight champion Elijah Topuria, who had previously put a number of conditions on Max for the fight.
"Bro, you're the one making it hard. Hvvvaaaattttttttt already. I'm bringing your 'Whiny Bastard' belt. All you're doing now is putting words together. You're spiraling," Holloway wrote on social media X.
Earlier, Topuria gave Holloway the following conditions for the fight:
"Do you want to fight? If the answer is yes, there's nothing more to discuss. Bring my belt and your pillow".
Recall, Topuria won the championship belt in the welterweight division by knocking out Alex Volkanovski. The fight took place in February this year.
Alex Volkanovski criticized UFC featherweight champion Elijah Topuria, who finds himself fighting a number of challengers at his weight but is challenging lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.
"This situation smells bad. Because the status of a champion is connected with responsibility. It's a serious pressure. You can't say 'no, no, no'. It's not right. People are used to the way I acted when I owned the belt. I understand he's up to his game. But you have to know how to be a champion. Does he even want to fight anytime soon? Probably not. But the UFC will make him. Topuria isn't in a position to decide anything on his own. He's not worthy of challenging the same Islam Makhachev. Although I understand why he's doing it. Topuria still has a lot to prove," Fox Sports quoted Volkanovski as saying.
Manel Kape, a fighter in the UFC's lightweight division, said in a recent interview that he would beat former promotion middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in a street fight. According to Kape, he has beaten guys on the street many times who were bigger than him.
"I'm not beatable on the streets. I don't care, I've beaten a lot of guys bigger than me. Size doesn't matter. Put Adesanya in front of me on the street and see where it ends," MiddleEasy quoted Kape as saying.
Manel Kape is currently on a streak of four straight wins. Two fights out of the four he has won by knockouts.
As for Adesanya, he lost a unanimous decision to Sean Strickland in his last fight.
The other day it became known that Khabib Nurmagomedov, former UFC lightweight champion, attended the Champions League semifinal match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Khabib, who has long been known as a fan of the Spanish grand, called the bout historic. Later in the comments under Nurmagomedov's post was his friend, former UFC champion in two weight categories Daniel Cormier. He sided with the German team, saying Bayern were better than Real Madrid.
"Give us credit when we deserve it. We were better yesterday. We are better," Cormier wrote on social networks.
Recall, after the end of the fighting career Daniel Cormier works as a commentator and analyst for the UFC.
Famous American boxer Ryan Garcia commented on the news that traces of the banned drug ostarine were found in his doping sample, which was taken ahead of his fight with Devin Haney.
"Everybody knows I don't cheat. Why didn't they tell me about it sooner if they took a sample before the fight? Why did they let me get in the ring and win if I'm a cheater? This is another attack by certain people on me. I've never taken steroids in my life. I don't even know where to get them," said Garcia in a video published in social networks.
Recall, the fight between Garcia and Haney took place on April 21, ending with a victory of Ryan by decision of the majority of judges.
Ukrainian UFC fighter Igor Losing explained why he agreed to fight Michel Pereira on May 4, knowing he had a fight with Shara Bullet announced for June 22.
"My manager called and said: "Igor, how are you doing? We have an offer: you, Michel Pereira, main card, May 4, Rio de Janeiro. What do you say?" I replied, "You know, it's a very interesting fight, but after all, I have a fight with Shara Bullet." The manager said: "Don't think about it, give me an opinion on the fight in Rio." I said it's a good offer and we need to ask Pereira. And the manager says: we don't need to ask because he has no choice because he's close to the top 15. And I said: okay, let's go, I'm ready. Buy me tickets to Rio de Janeiro. Will the fight with Shara happen? That's a premature question. We'll think about it after the Pereira fight. We'll see how I feel. Now I don't know what will happen in the octagon. After the fight I'm ready to answer this question.
Peter Yan, former UFC flyweight champion, has confirmed his willingness to fight former promotion title challenger Marlon Vera in November.
"Do I want to fight Marlon Vera? Yes, I'll be ready for November. Of course I'm going to do it. I'll take him to a mixed martial arts school. You saw how Song Yadong showed his best boxing, but it didn't go according to plan. Things won't go according to plan for Vera either. One hundred percent. October and November is a great time to make this fight, "- said Yae.
Recall, earlier Marlon Vera offered Yae to fight in November in New York, and Peter agreed to this proposal.
Matt Brown, a former UFC fighter, believes that boxing promoters are woefully underutilizing social media, not using it to its full potential to engage their audience.
"When Holloway knocked out Gaethje, the first thing that came to my mind was social media. The UFC work with interviewer Nina Drama, I'm not a fan of hers at all, I don't like watching her, but I understand a thousand percent why the UFC does it. She's good at what she does and the UFC gets clicks. The UFC is still trying to get more clicks, more views, puts more emphasis on social media. And boxing doesn't do that shit at all. They're stuck in the 1990s," Brown said on the podcast The Fighter vs. The Writer.
Vasyl Lomachenko, former world champion in three weight categories, recalled his defeat in a fight with Devin Haney. The fight took place in May 2023, ending with Haynie winning by unanimous decision of the judges.
"I'll never forget my last fight, the fight with Haney. I'll never forget that robbery. I don't understand how... You can be the best, but the judges may have a different opinion (laughs). Right after the fight I said: "I will sleep very well, because I know that I won this fight," - said Lomachenko in an interview with Top Rank.
Recall, already on May 12, Lomachenko will fight for the title of world champion in the lightweight division of the IBF against George Kambososos.
Khabib Nurmagomedov, former UFC lightweight champion, attended yesterday's Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid fight in Munich for the first semifinal match of the 2023/2024 Champions League. The meeting ended in a 2-2 draw.
"What a historic match yesterday!", - commented the fighter.
Khabib is known for his love of soccer, as well as the fact that he is a fan of Real Madrid. Earlier, he repeatedly posted joint photos with the former leader of the attacks of "creamy" Cristiano Ronaldo, calling him the best footballer on the planet.
Recall that Khabib Nurmagomedov ended his fighting career in October 2020 with a record of 29-0. In his farewell fight, he won a choke hold against Justin Gaethje.
