ONE President Chatri Sityodtong's words hurt the former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. The Briton invited Chatri to bring his best lightweight strikers and pit them against the UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhacheva.
Javier Mendez, head coach of the AKA gym, commented on the victory Usman Nurmagomedov in a confrontation with Brent Primus.
Chinese bantamweight fighter Song Yadong stated that Petr Yan withdrew from the fight against him, citing injury. According to Yadong, this information was given to him by his manager.
Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis agreed to replace Curtis Blades in a five-round fight with Gilton Almeida. The showdown will headline UFC Fight Night 231 on November 4 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Star mixed martial arts fighter Nate Diaz announced his readiness to have a rematch with the boxing influencer Jake Paul, to whom he lost by unanimous decision in August of this year.
Former champion in two weight classes Henry Cejudo expressed the opinion that the former contender for the title in the middle division Paulo Costa - too monotonous fighter.
Beneil Dariush, a top UFC lightweight, gave a forecast for a rematch of the organization’s champion in this weight Islam Makhacheva With Charles Oliveira.
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till I'm sure he's the heavyweight champion Jon Jones will deal with the ex-title holder without any problems Stipe Miocic in the upcoming fight.
Top British heavyweight Tom Aspinall criticized the former interim division champion Cyril Ghana.
Former UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa reported that he had surgery on his elbow in mid-September.