Henry Cejudo, former UFC champion in two weight categories, commented on the title prospects of the promotion's middleweight prospect Bo Nickal. According to Henry, Bo needs to win 10 more fights to become champion.
"Nickal needs to have a full three-round fight. He needs to get a feel for it. After all, if he wants to be champion, he's going to have to have five-round fights against Strickland, Costa, Whittaker or Cannonier. There are a lot of tough guys fighting at middleweight. So he needs to hold his horses. I think he needs to win about 10 more fights to become champion," Sejudo said on the YouTube show Pound4Pound.
Earlier, Robert Whittaker, former UFC middleweight champion, said that Nickal is not ready for top-10 opponents.
PFL fighter Sammy-Jo Laxton, who lost her father, admitted that she now understands former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov's decision to end his career after the death of his father.
"I never understood Khabib's decision to end his career after the death of his father. Now I felt it to the core. 74 fights and at each one he was by my side. I'm not worried about the future as I will knock out 99% of my opponents even on my worst day. But it's sad that he's no longer with me. Dad, I will do everything I can to make you proud of me."
Recall, Khabib ended his career in October 2020. His professional record was 29-0.
Tonight at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, welterweight fighters Romain Debienne and Thad Jean step into the ring for PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season. This undercard match sets the stage before the main event featuring Andrey Koreshkov and Magomed Umalatov.
Romain Debienne and Thad Jean will fight in the undercard welterweight match at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The Welterweights both hope to ride their recent victories to another win tonight.
Alex Volkanovski, former UFC featherweight champion, commented on Max Holloway's win over Justin Gaethje.
"Obviously the most important fight on the card was the fight between Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje. I've been telling everyone not to discount Max Holloway. People were talking about their fight as if these guys are on completely different levels, which was a shock to me. I had no expectations that Holloway was going to send him to a knockout. However, I felt that Max would have a good chance to prove himself in the fight or even win. I mean, Max was winning those exchanges, and then all of a sudden, boom, knockout. I didn't expect that. I had a feeling he'd win, but not like this. Unbelievable performance. After our last fight, a lot of people thought Max was done. But no, that's not the case at all. He's always been good and we just made sure of that again," BJ Penn quoted Volkanovski as saying.
Jorge Masvidal, former UFC welterweight, has spoken about his career plans. According to Jorge, he would like to return to the promotion.
"I wouldn't mind fighting Logan Paul and changing his look. He's a hell of a boxer because he's making an impact in the industry. Logan showed good results in his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. I feel like I can get a finish with that guy. After Logan, I would like to fight Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao. I definitely want to come back to the UFC and bring a win to my city (Miami), my family, my kids and everyone who believes in me. It's my duty to come back to the UFC," MMAJunkie quoted Masvidal as saying.
Elijah Topuria, the UFC's featherweight champion, has revealed when the promotion might hold its debut tournament in Spain.
"Yes, we want to come to Spain. We want to bring the UFC to Spain in the first quarter of next year. That's the reason I want to fight in September-October - to be ready to step back into the octagon in early 2025. Either way, Holloway should be ready to answer the call. What can you do - I've already heard a lot of names of those he's challenged. I don't know if he's interested in fighting me. Anyway, there's always the option of a rematch with Volkanovski," Topuria told MMA Hour.
Romain Debienne and Thad Jean will fight at the PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season in Chicago. They meet in a welterweight match scheduled at the Wintrust Arena.
UFC middleweight prospect Bo Nickal gave a bold prediction for a possible bout with Hamzat Chimaev, who is being hailed as one of the contenders for the championship belt in the division.
UFC middleweight prospect Bo Nickal has revealed when he'll be ready to return to the octagon.
